Per sempre (1987)

A sort of remake of "The Postman always ring twice", set in Italy, and with a horror twist at the end: the murdered husband comes back as a living dead looking for revenge...

Director:

Lamberto Bava

Writers:

Lamberto Bava (screenplay), Elisa Briganti (story),

Stars:

Gioia Scola, David Brandon, Giuseppe Stefano De Sando

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Gioia Scola	...	Linda
David Brandon	...	Carlo
Giuseppe Stefano De Sando	...	Il Maresciallo dei Carabinieri (as Giuseppe De Sando)
Roberto Pedicini	...	Luca
Marco Vivio	...	Alex
Urbano Barberini	...	Marco
Claudio De Angelis	...	Carlo (voice)

Storyline

A sort of remake of "The Postman always ring twice", set in Italy, and with a horror twist at the end: the murdered husband comes back as a living dead looking for revenge...

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

1987 (Italy)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dania Film, Reteitalia

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the film that ended the partnership between Lucio Fulci and Dardano Sacchetti. Fulci claims he came up with the story, Sacchetti wrote a treatment and they were to make it together, but it continually fell through. Eventually Sacchetti copyrighted the story himself and made the film with Lamberto Bava. Sacchetti claims that the story had been his all along and Fulci was just upset because the project never took off with him as director.

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Connections

Followed by Brivido giallo: La casa dell'orco (1988)

User Reviews

Until death do us part....violently!

Inconspicuous but nevertheless stylish Lamberto Bava thriller with a couple of remotely suspenseful sequences and an attractive Italian cast. The plot sounds very familiar but, although Bava doesn't really pretend to be original, he still manages to make his film look innovating and compelling at times. The beautiful Linda and her virulent lover Carlo just killed Luca, Linda's fatuous husband, and they continue running the hotel/restaurant near a popular fishing-lake. Eight years later, however, a hitch-hiker shows up and he seems to know alarmingly many details about Linda's first marriage. Linda and Carlo start to distrust each other and even her little son Alex begins to suffer from nightmares about a murdered man that comes crawling out of the muddy ground... Indeed, the plot resembles a lot like "The Postman Always Rings Twice" but - since it's Bava - the killings are nastier and the characters are more deranged. When it comes to atmosphere and horrific mood-setting, this definitely is one of Lamberto Bava's best accomplishments. The music is also good and the acting is far above Italian standards, with Gioia Scola (Lucio Fulci's "Conquest), Urbano Barberini (Dario Argento's "Opera") and especially David Brandon, the mean-looking actor from "Delirium" and "Caligola – the Untold Story". Recommended!