Fragment of Fear (1970)
British oddity that seems to have it's eye on both the Italian giallo and Hammer's thriller output in which a reformed druggie (David Hemmings) witnesses his aunt's murder whilst on holiday in Italy. On returning to England he finds himself implicated in the murder in every way possible. That's just for starters.
An interesting psychological thriller that ramps up the levels of paranoia to screaming point but ultimately fails due to it's fairly unsatisfying ending and a lack of motive behind...well everything really.
Although David Hemmings is okay as the former drug addict whose world slowly collapses around him in a paranoid frenzy, Gayle Hunnicutt was wasted and the crucial plot point of her wearing her glasses at her wedding made absolutely no sense whatsoever.
Despite this there's lovely atmosphere of mystery about Fragment of Fear with Johnny Harris' soundtrack evocative of the work of Bruno Nicolai with the likes of Adolfo Celi and Angelo Infanti adding to the international flavour in addition to it's early Pompeii setting.
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