Synopsis: A composer rents a villa while composing the theme of a thriller/horror film. He starts to suspect that something is wrong when people begin to disappear and he sees evidence of murder. Include a female film director, a mysterious previous occupant of the villa who almost seems to haunt the place and multiple suspects and you have this film.
The English voice acting was kinda crappy, I really wish the Iralian versions were more available. A lot of Italian horror suffers from this. The acting wasn't too good either but not directly bad.
Like in a lot of horror films you have to ask yourself about the characters IQ. If you believe people are being murdered in your house you don't continue to live there with your girlfriend and just talk about how you know it's true. Also why in the world does nobody ever fight back in these films??? A knife isn't exactly the best weapon. Especially not the tiny one used in the beginning.
It's not all bad though. It's actually incredibly scary at times and LB manages to get the most tense atmosphere. It feels like somethings going to happen all the time and it gives a fantastic effect.
LB also managed to hide the killers identity well and I kept guessing. Seriously it could have been anyone. Even someone you hadn't seen, or perhaps not. He also manages to link pieces that at first seemed like it wasn't a part of the main story into the most important aspect of it.
Of course the ending turned out to be pretty mediocre where someone has to tell the "dumb" audience why things happen so they will grasp this super intelligent film. That was kinda annoying.
Verdict: Just another slasher, but a pretty scary one. Seemed like a lesser version of a Mario Bava film.
Rating: 6/10, the atmosphere alone drags it up.
The English voice acting was kinda crappy, I really wish the Iralian versions were more available. A lot of Italian horror suffers from this. The acting wasn't too good either but not directly bad.
Like in a lot of horror films you have to ask yourself about the characters IQ. If you believe people are being murdered in your house you don't continue to live there with your girlfriend and just talk about how you know it's true. Also why in the world does nobody ever fight back in these films??? A knife isn't exactly the best weapon. Especially not the tiny one used in the beginning.
It's not all bad though. It's actually incredibly scary at times and LB manages to get the most tense atmosphere. It feels like somethings going to happen all the time and it gives a fantastic effect.
LB also managed to hide the killers identity well and I kept guessing. Seriously it could have been anyone. Even someone you hadn't seen, or perhaps not. He also manages to link pieces that at first seemed like it wasn't a part of the main story into the most important aspect of it.
Of course the ending turned out to be pretty mediocre where someone has to tell the "dumb" audience why things happen so they will grasp this super intelligent film. That was kinda annoying.
Verdict: Just another slasher, but a pretty scary one. Seemed like a lesser version of a Mario Bava film.
Rating: 6/10, the atmosphere alone drags it up.