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The Conspiracy of Torture (1969)
Directed by Lucio Fulci
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In 1599 Italy, Beatrice Cenci is the teenage daughter of the crazed landowner and nobleman Francesco Cenci who keeps her locked up in the dungeon of his castle where he sexually abuses her. Beatrice plots with her stepmother, her besotted servant Olimpio, as well as a local bandit, named Catalano to plan Francesco’s murder.
Length 99 minutes
Actors
Adrienne La Russa | Tomás Milián | Georges Wilson | Mavie Bardanzellu | Antonio Casagrande | Ignazio Spalla | Steffen Zacharias | Raymond Pellegrin | Giancarlo Badessi | John Bartha | Jerzy Reyzaker | Massimo Sarchielli | Umberto D'Orsi | Stefano Oppedisano | Amedeo Trilli | Giuseppe Fortis | Ernesto Colli | Mirko Ellis
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/14/2020 | Computer | Other | Other | 5.5 stars |
| (Average) 5.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Keeping the Fulci train rolling with this period piece set during the Middle Ages Italy. tbh it’s an odd thing to see a Fulci helmed film where he’s playing it straight with little to no exploitive elements. Sure, there’s torture and some nudity / abuse but nothing over the top. Of course it may have been perceived quite differently at the time (in fact I read that there were protests from the Catholic Church for how it is depicted in the movie). Also worth noting that the cut I viewed was trimmed by 10 minutes so it’s possible that more salacious and/or violent material was included.
The rating on IMDb is favorable but I found the majority of it to be somewhat dull. Reminded me of Jess Franco’s takes on Marquis du Sade’s work (ex. JUSTINE). This film was the selection for the #slutstuff live tweet (every Thursday) so a link was posted to view it but I just downloaded the file to watch later.
I’d consider viewing this again if it were the original cut.
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