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This is a rare movie & the guy who sold me a copy said it's a giallo. Perhaps he said so because he knew I am a avid giallo fan. To set the record straight - this is not a giallo, though the lead actors come from giallo background. Stunningly beautiful Barbara bouchet needs no introduction to giallo fans, and Günther Stoll (the husband) had a somewhat minor role in "What Have You Done to Solange?". There is no masked killer & no blood & gore. Nevertheless, it's a very good thriller/drama. The story revolves around Iro (Barbara) who is cheating on her rich jealous husband & planning with her lover to kill him. Husband & wife tries to outwit each other throughout the movie. I simply loved the ending - it was very different. Acting is good, direction is well done & Barbara has few amazing erotic scenes. Overall - nothing spectacular, but definitely worth a watch, you won't regret.

Lovecraft is my favorite horror writer but his stories are incredibly hard to translate into films (Dagon is one exception, which is a well made adaptation of Lovecraft's Shadow over Innsmouth). This movie is made with super low budget & most of film shooting happens within a derelict house. The actors were so stupid & direction so bad that I couldn't stop laughing my ass off for most of film. When a monster kills stupid college kids one by one, all rest of the folks do is run around the house in circle & call each other on top of their voice. I guess they thought monster can't hear human screams! The monster itself is so funny that you can tolerate whole 1.5 hours of nonsense just to get a glimpse of it. Oh, did I tell you guys that the monster got breasts? See this movie if you are in for some good laugh.

I saw the movie because Umberto Lenzi was its director. Umberto is one of my favorite directors, however, I was disappointed seeing this movie. There is some innovative murders in this (electric chair tied to a bike), but whole plot is so disjointed that it seems like they just stitched few scenes together without thinking of inter-transition. You won't feel any emotional attachment with any of the characters in movie. Not unwatchable, but you won't miss anything if you give this one a slip.