Shedding the Skin (2005)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Kit Gavin

Writers:

Mike Baronas (writer)
Kit Gavin (writer)

Release Date:

18 February 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Short

Plot:

Documentary giving brief history of the giallo and the background to the film UNA LUCERTOLA CON LA PELLE DI DONNA - featuring interviews with various cast members and special effects technicians of the film |

Cast

Florinda Bolkan	...	Herself
Franco Di Girolamo	...	Himself
Mike Kennedy	...	Himself
Carlo Rambaldi	...	Himself
Jean Sorel	...	Himself

Runtime:

34 min | USA:70 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Bracciano, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Media Blasters

Movie Connections:

References Una lucertola con la pelle di donna (1971)

average

This documentary gives a brief and totally bland lightweight and uninformative history of Giallo films. It then talks about the film "Lizard in a Woman's Skin" of which this featurette can be found as an extra on the second disc of Shriek Show's 2-DVD set of that movie (which itself is a mixed bag). The interview with Florida Bolkan is pretty good. She talks about her experiences of working on the film and her first impressions of Fulci himself. This documentary also has interviews with various other members of the surviving cast and crew. It's good for what it is, but perhaps I was just expecting a little bit more.

My Grade: C