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Lyle Horowitz
12-26-2004, 06:52 AM
...Gave me nightmares! :nervous:

I watched the first half of this trippy giallo last night (I fell asleep about 45 minutes into it, I was beat) and it is certainly an interesting and unique peice of cinema. Fenech is really beautiful, but that's about the only pretty thing in the whole film. I bought the DVD because I love Sergio Martino's other giallo, Torso, and I ended up liking this one even better (so far). The opening sequence is really twisted, I love it. I'm surprised at how stylish this film is, too. Why isn't Martino considered one of the greats, alongside Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci? Now please excuse me while I go off and finish this...

I'll get back to you with my full thoughts on the film in the next day or so. What do you all think of this surreal giallo?

BTW -- My nightmare was that I was in this giant prison and I was running away from this guard. They were going to try to lock me up and my only way of escaping was to go through a giant meat grinder. Doesn't really have much to do with the film at all, but the film most probably left me with those unsettling thoughts in my mind before I went to bed.
dwatts
12-26-2004, 04:34 PM
I love the film. I've owned it for six months or so, on a German import. The film doesn"t wain, and kept my interest all the way through. It's not much of a giallo though, and has more of a Rsemary's Baby vibe. Great film, glad to see some R1'ers catching up - with it finally.
Lyle Horowitz
12-26-2004, 05:11 PM
I love the film. I've owned it for six months or so, on a German import. The film doesn"t wain, and kept my interest all the way through. It's not much of a giallo though, and has more of a Rsemary's Baby vibe. Great film, glad to see some R1'ers catching up - with it finally.
I didn't think it was a giallo either, by definition. It does still have many giallo elements, however. I finished the film, and I loved it -- despite the ending, which I thought was a bit rushed. I am glad I bought this film, I will be watching it again soon. Despite some of the reviews I read online, I did not find the film monotonous at all.
Andrew
12-26-2004, 05:12 PM
Yeah, it's ROSEMARY'S BABY meets CASE OF THE BLOODY IRIS. I liked it, but I don't know if I liked it enough to upgrade to the R1 DVD. It certainly is an interesting flick though.
dwatts
12-26-2004, 05:16 PM
Me either, no upgrade for me. I saw some screen shots somewhere, and there wasn't much in it. It's not a reflection on the film at all, it's just that I own it already.