偏执狂

简介：ThisfilmisanextremelyentertainingpsychologicalthrillerwithCarrolBakerexcellentasarichAmericanwidowgettingawayfromitallatasecludedItalianvilla.Entersmaleckdownonhisluckplayboy,LouCastel,whohassomegolddiggingmotivesbehindhisslickhipsterseductiontechniquesandhasnoqualmsabouthowhegetswhathewants.HeenuragesBaker'scharacter'sincipientalholismanddubiousself-esteem,bringsinhissupposed'sister'tohelpdragBakerevenfurtherintoamazeofsickmindgames,drugaddictionandgroupsex,allculminatinginadescentintonear-madnessandself-destructivedepravity.Iwon'tgiveawayanymore,sufficetosaythatthefilmdeliversonitsswingingsixties,Eurosleazeambienceandpsychologicalsuspensethrillercredentialsinspades.DirectorUmbertoLenzi'sworkhasbeen,atbest,unevenandhe'schurnedouthisshareofcrap.However,hemadesomequitegoodgiallosandcrimepicturesinthesixtiesandseventiesandthisisoneofthem(othergoodfilmsbyLenzi--SPASMO,SEVENBLOODSTAINEDORCHIDS,ASSAULTWITHADEADLYWEAPON,tonameonlyafew).Unfortunatelythisfilmisofennfusedwithanotherokaybutnot-quite-as-goodLenzifilmthatwasalsoreleasedbrieflyhereinAmericaunderthesamePARANOIAtitle(butismoremonlyknown,especiallyonvideo,asAQUIETPLACETOKILL).