Atmospheric and imaginative Giallo with chilling frames , a lot of erotism , twisted scenes and confusion around a beautiful wife in distress . A decent , oddball mystery/thriller with abound suspense and combining the elements of intrigue with drama and plot twists . Gorgeous Minou (Dagmar Lassander) is newly married to Peter (Pier Paolo Capponi) , an entrepreneur in overdue debts as he works to bring a new product to market . They met through Dominique (Nieves Navarro who married director Luciano Ercoli) , Minou's best friend, and a sexually active woman , in addition , Peter's former and possibly still love r. An ominious stranger (Simón Andreu) harasses Minou one night on the beach while Peter is away . He tells her that Peter has murdered a business colleague and blackmails her into sleeping with him . He compounds the blackmail with photos taken of their tryst . To Minou's surprise , this same man is in an erotical photo Dominique has imported from Denmark . Along the way , a stubborn commissioner (Osvaldo Genazzani) investigates the bizarre events . Then , things go wrong, resulting in a deadly game with unpredictable consequences.
Luciano Ercoli's great success is compellingly directed with well staged set pieces and plenty of startling visual content , though it was submitted to limited censorship in Spain . Dealing with a twisted triangle of love , and adding betrayal , suspicion , friendship , sex , brief nudism , and , maybe killing . Being a Spain/Italy co-production here shows up familiar faces such as Italian actors : Dagmar Lassander , Pier Paolo Capponi , Osvaldo Genazzani and Spanish players as Nieves Navarro or Susan Scott and Simón Andreu . This is a customary Gialli where the intrigue, tension , suspense appear threatening and lurking in every room , corridors and luxurious interior and exterior . The picture packs atmospheric blending of eerie thrills and creepy chills combined with a twisted finale . This is pretty entertaining stuff about a wealthy wife who's blackmailed by a mysterious man into having a sadistic relationship with him , while her husband , a businessman in trouble , seeks answers . Suspenseful and interesting screenplay by expert , prolific Ernesto Gastaldi and Mahnahén Velasco , though slow-moving at times. This intriguing/chilling Italian/Spanish exploitation movie displays colorful images , disturbing frames , eerie scenes , nakedness , mysterious events and pretty unexpected and unpredictable climax . Some illogical parts in the story are more than compensated for the excitement provided by some bizarre images , though are sometimes poorly shot . The movie is running out of ideas a lot ; however , being still good enough to be fun . Stars the extremely attractive Dagmar Lassander as the beautiful young who's stalked by a stranger , Pier Paolo Capponi as his jealous husband as well a financially struggling businessman , while Nieves Navarro or Susan Scott is the sexually voracious friend and Simón Andreu as the Blackmailer.
It displays an adequate and brilliant cinematography by Alejandro Ulloa who photographed Horror Express , totally filmed in Barcelona , though interiors shot in Elios Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy . Equally , it contains a mysterious and evocative musical score by the great Ennio Morricone . The picture was professionally directed by producer/filmmaker Luciano Ercoli. Talented and versatile Ercoli has produced/directed a vast array of often solid and entertaining films in all kind of genres as horror, Giallo and Western, in a middling career . He produced a trilogy for Duccio Tessari formed by two Western as ¨A pistol for Ringo¨, ¨The return of Ringo¨ and ¨Kiss, Kiss , Bang , Bang¨ , the latter is set in modern times and deal with a heist . All of them are amusing and entertaining and starred by similar cast as Giuliano Gemma , Fernando Sancho , Lorella De Luca and Nieves Navarro who married the producer Luciano Ercoli . He also produced the Giallo trilogy starred by Simon Andreu and his wife Susan Scott formed by ¨Death walks on high heels¨ , ¨The forbidden photos of a lady above of suspicion¨, and ¨Death walks at midnight¨. Rating: Acceptable and passable : 6/10 , this is one imaginative slasher picture in which the camera stalks in sinister style throughout a story with acceptable visual skills though contains some flaws and gaps . This is a bewildering story , funny in some moment but falls flat and it will appeal to hardcore Gialli fans .
Luciano Ercoli's great success is compellingly directed with well staged set pieces and plenty of startling visual content , though it was submitted to limited censorship in Spain . Dealing with a twisted triangle of love , and adding betrayal , suspicion , friendship , sex , brief nudism , and , maybe killing . Being a Spain/Italy co-production here shows up familiar faces such as Italian actors : Dagmar Lassander , Pier Paolo Capponi , Osvaldo Genazzani and Spanish players as Nieves Navarro or Susan Scott and Simón Andreu . This is a customary Gialli where the intrigue, tension , suspense appear threatening and lurking in every room , corridors and luxurious interior and exterior . The picture packs atmospheric blending of eerie thrills and creepy chills combined with a twisted finale . This is pretty entertaining stuff about a wealthy wife who's blackmailed by a mysterious man into having a sadistic relationship with him , while her husband , a businessman in trouble , seeks answers . Suspenseful and interesting screenplay by expert , prolific Ernesto Gastaldi and Mahnahén Velasco , though slow-moving at times. This intriguing/chilling Italian/Spanish exploitation movie displays colorful images , disturbing frames , eerie scenes , nakedness , mysterious events and pretty unexpected and unpredictable climax . Some illogical parts in the story are more than compensated for the excitement provided by some bizarre images , though are sometimes poorly shot . The movie is running out of ideas a lot ; however , being still good enough to be fun . Stars the extremely attractive Dagmar Lassander as the beautiful young who's stalked by a stranger , Pier Paolo Capponi as his jealous husband as well a financially struggling businessman , while Nieves Navarro or Susan Scott is the sexually voracious friend and Simón Andreu as the Blackmailer.
It displays an adequate and brilliant cinematography by Alejandro Ulloa who photographed Horror Express , totally filmed in Barcelona , though interiors shot in Elios Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy . Equally , it contains a mysterious and evocative musical score by the great Ennio Morricone . The picture was professionally directed by producer/filmmaker Luciano Ercoli. Talented and versatile Ercoli has produced/directed a vast array of often solid and entertaining films in all kind of genres as horror, Giallo and Western, in a middling career . He produced a trilogy for Duccio Tessari formed by two Western as ¨A pistol for Ringo¨, ¨The return of Ringo¨ and ¨Kiss, Kiss , Bang , Bang¨ , the latter is set in modern times and deal with a heist . All of them are amusing and entertaining and starred by similar cast as Giuliano Gemma , Fernando Sancho , Lorella De Luca and Nieves Navarro who married the producer Luciano Ercoli . He also produced the Giallo trilogy starred by Simon Andreu and his wife Susan Scott formed by ¨Death walks on high heels¨ , ¨The forbidden photos of a lady above of suspicion¨, and ¨Death walks at midnight¨. Rating: Acceptable and passable : 6/10 , this is one imaginative slasher picture in which the camera stalks in sinister style throughout a story with acceptable visual skills though contains some flaws and gaps . This is a bewildering story , funny in some moment but falls flat and it will appeal to hardcore Gialli fans .