Spasmo.
Christian(Robert Hoffman) a hirsute chap with a passing resemblance to Noel Edmonds
dumps his girlfriend after meeting Barbara(Suzy Kendall) who he thinks is dead at first after finding her stretched out on the beach. and later go back to her pad for sex on the understanding that he will shave off his beard first. however he finds that there's a creepy hitman in her bathroom and ends up shooting him in a struggle, but it turns out that he's not dead afterall.
This is from Umberto lenzi the chap who made Cannibal ferox and all the other great cannibal films. and although this film is a serious head scratcher plot wise it is still a very stylish effort and like all of the giallos i've seen entertaining. There's nice locations on beaches and old stone buildings, and with bizarre dreamlike images of mannequins or are they sex dolls?
dressed in sexy lingerie and being hanged and stabbed to death.
and just when you think you have a handle on the plot, Lenzi throws in another curve ball.
good effort in deed, and with favorite Ivan Rassamov playing Christian's brother in the film who has a lot to hide as well. Just a shame that Suzy Kendall had packed her mini skirts away in this one.
79 out of 100.