Painajainen

Rather splendid and unusual giallo like thriller, shot in and around Milan with much location photography and fine views. Pre-credit sequence provides us with extensive information for later and when film proper begins we seem to have to begin again but all does tie up and by the end this has been a most absorbing film. Not really a giallo but there are two SM orientated photographic sessions that imitate the genre and are really quite interesting because although there is no actual blood, the menace seems far worse than might otherwise be and are most effective and central to the plot. Great car action, particularly through the tunnels at Lake Como and altogether an exhilarating film with fine performances all round.