Malocchio

Evil Eye is a very strange film. A very, very strange film. But it keeps the viewer watching to the end, if only to see how director Mario Siciliano can possibly bring it all together and make sense of the weirdness. In short: he doesn't even try, excusing the lack of logic throughout with a clichéd cyclical ending, finishing things as they began - with a nightmare interrupted by a telephone call.

After one of his wild, orgiastic parties, playboy Peter Crane (Mario Siciliano) is woken by a phone call from a beautiful French woman named Yvonne Chevrel (Lone Fleming), whose dead husband warned her that Cray would kill her. Despite the warning, Yvonne meets with Peter, and - surprise, surprise - is strangled by the lothario (but only after he has made out with her).

Unable to recall what happened, Peter visits his psychiatrist Dr. Stone (Richard Conte), but is unable to find the answer to his problem. He does, however, come away with a date with the doc's sexy assistant Sarah Turner (Pilar Velázquez), so the visit isn't a total waste of time.

Anyway, to cut a long and very confusing story short, Peter is unsure whether he is really a killer or if he's going mad. And he's not the only one: I defy anyone to come to a satisfactory conclusion, given the strangeness that occurs. The freaky nightmares continue, Peter gets mysterious phone calls from someone who says he saw what he did, inanimate objects come to life, a crane load of building blocks fall and crush a woman (whose body disappears), a cop keeps losing his hearing, and Crane's servant Walter (Eduardo Fajardo) coughs up a frog.

Still, as perplexing as the whole thing is, I can't say I was bored, which must count for something I suppose.

4.5/10, rounded up to 5 for Peter's bold double-denim outfit (bleached denim flares and matching jacket).