Non aver paura della zia Marta (1988)

Director:

Mario Bianchi

Writer:

Mario Bianchi (writer)

Release Date:

1988 (Italy)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A family of 4 makes a long drive to Aunt Martha's house to visit her for the first time in years. Only she isn't there. Just the caretaker and his message that she will appear the next day...if they survive the night. |

Plot Keywords:

Aunt | Caretaker | Bicycle | Telephone | Corpse

Cast

Adriana Russo	...	Nora Hamilton
Gabriele Tinti	...	Richard Hamilton
Anna Maria Placido	...	Richard's mother
Jessica Moore	...	Georgia Hamilton
Maurice Poli	...	Thomas the caretaker
Massimiliano Massimi
Edoardo Massimi
Sacha Darwin	...	Aunt Martha (as Sacha M. Darwin)

Also Known As:

Don't Be Afraid of Aunt Martha
Non avere paura della zia Marta (Italy) (alternative spelling)
The Broken Mirror
The Murder Secret

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Alpha Cinematografica

Movie Connections:

References Poltergeist (1982)

Slow, gory, twisted and nonsensical

After spending 30 years in a mental hospital, aunt Martha is free to leave and writes a letter to her relatives, inviting them to spend a weekend on her isolated country house. But when they get there, they meet only the caretaker, who informs them that their aunt has not arrived yet....After 50 slow minutes of virtually NOTHING HAPPENING, there are a few gory murders, and then it's time for the twisted secrets and nonsensical plot revelations. As it often happens in these Italian horror films, there is a very atmospheric score, which actually does most of the director's work for him. And I must mention that the actress who plays the daughter (IMDB doesn't have a who-played-whom listing for this movie) is really hot. There are two scenes of her checking herself out in the mirror, and let me tell you, this girl has every right to be proud of what she sees. (*1/2)