简介：Thismovie(nottobeconfusedwithanotherCarrollBakervehicle"KissMe,KillMe"aka"BabaYagi--theWitch")isUmbertoLenzi'sfollow-uptohisgroundbreakingclassic"Paranoia".ItcameoutthesameyearasDarioArgento's"TheBirdwithCrystalPlumage"(thefilmwhichstartedthedelugeofItaliangialli)andwasproducedbytheMartinobrothers,wholatermadeanumberofinterestinggiallofilms(usuallyfeaturingEugenioMartino'salluringmistress,EdwigeFenech).ItstarsCarrollBaker,demonstratingheractingchopsherebyplayingacharacterthatistheexactoppositeofthenaivevictimsheplayedin"Paranoia",anditalsofeaturestwoexcellent,nativeEuropeanactors--JeanLoiusTrintignantandthegorgeousEricaBlanc.Thescriptissurprisinglywell-writtenandfullofsuspenseandgenuinesurprises.ItisaclevervariationontheclassicFrenchfilm"Diabolique"withadecadent,high-societyhusband(Tritignant),wife(Blanc),andmistress(Baker)allcrossinganddouble-crossingeachother.Itcleverlyplayswiththeviewersawarenessoftheearlierfilmbeforethrowinginanunexpectedcurve.Italsoseemstobeverywellfilmed.(It'shardtobelievethatyearslaterLenziwouldbemakingnauseatingandineptcannibalfilmslike"CannibalFerox"orjustplainineptAmericanslashermovieslike"HitcherintheDark").Isayseems,however,becausethisfilmisonlyavailableonsecondorthirdgenerationcopiesofGreekvideotapesthatarenotonlypanned-and-scanned,butareverybadlypanned-and-scannedsothatthecharactersareoftenhalfwayoffthescreen.Tryingtoappreciatethismovieisliketryingtoappreciateabeautifulpaintingthathasbothsidescroppedoffandiscoveredwithreallymurkycellophane(andburnt-inGreeksubtitles).IfLenzi'scrapmovieslike"Ferox","Hitcher",andeven,godhelpusall,"EatenAlive",cangetthestarDVDtreatment,whycan't"Paranoia"orthislittlegem?Oh,butIalmostforgot--despitethetitlethereisn'ttoomuchperversityhere.Bakerhasalotmorenudescenesin"Paranoia".ThereissomeBlanc-relatednudity(although,inmyopinion,youcanneverhaveenoughofthat),butthelesbianrelationshipbetweenthetwoofthemisunfortunatelyonlyhintedat.Ofcourse,itmayjusthavebeencroppedout...…