Anima persa

Stunning cinematography, beautiful 70's aesthetic, charismatic actors and a sad/twisted Gothic story. That's enough to make any cinephile invest in this movie and watch it pleasantly. Gassman is imposing, commanding the screen. Deneuve is not just a beautiful face but a great actress, too. Of course, it's a flawed movie. If you think it through, story doesn't make much sense, plot has many holes. But it's a 70's mystery movie, they didn't care much back then for realism and verisimilitude, focusing on other aspects of film making. And they did fine because 70's cinema is among the best cinematic decades ever, if not the best.

Keep in mind though, this is more mystery than horror. You don't watch movies like this in order to get scared. Sit back and enjoy the show. Although, in the end, it's not that" "enjoyable", more like sad and heart breaking.