I'd have to rate this as one of my favorite Italian Horror movies, simply because it blended in so many different ideas in a fairly seamless whole. You have a British protagonist living in Italy, a drunken piano player, a conference of psychics, a lot of murders, a childhood tale of tragedy, and a lot of red herrings (for the viewer, anyway).
The only things I can really hold against it is that the viewer doesn't understand why a couple of the murders happened until later in the film, and that it is definitely not a movie for the VCR/DVD generation...one of the clues is a fleeting glimpse at the scene of one of the first crimes we see. Do yourself a favor and don't hit rewind to see it more clearly - you'll spoil the film for yourself!
I think this is a good film to start with if you are just getting into Italian horror.
The only things I can really hold against it is that the viewer doesn't understand why a couple of the murders happened until later in the film, and that it is definitely not a movie for the VCR/DVD generation...one of the clues is a fleeting glimpse at the scene of one of the first crimes we see. Do yourself a favor and don't hit rewind to see it more clearly - you'll spoil the film for yourself!
I think this is a good film to start with if you are just getting into Italian horror.