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Paranoia (1969)
Directed by Umberto Lenzi
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Overview
Following the death of her wealthy husband, American widow Kathryn West migrates to Italy and takes up a reclusive existence in a luxurious villa. After quickly succumbing to the charms of a local man, she lets him move into the villa and the two are later joined by his sister, which soon leads to complications.
Length 91 minutes
Actors
Carroll Baker | Lou Castel | Colette Descombes | Tino Carraro | Lilla Brignone | Franco Pesce | Tina Lattanzi | Jacques Stany | Sara Simoni | Gaetano Imbró | Calisto Calisti | Alberto Corchi | Maria Rosiello | Joseph Guilty
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/16/2020 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 6.5 stars |
| (Average) 6.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
This was the #slutstuff live tweet flick tonight so I decided to watch it since I cannot afford to get that Lenzi / Baker boxset from Severin atm. This film is included in that giallo boxset but I wouldn’t classify this as typical gialli. More like gialli-adjacent. However, this is definitely a psychological thriller.
I’m sure this isn’t the first example of a couple of home invaders befriended the host than taking control of the situation and terrorizing the host. But this does feel like a premise that influenced DEATH GAME, which was later remade by Eli Roth in KNOCK KNOCK w/Keanu Reeves. Both of those share a similar premise as this movie however in this movie the a man and woman posing as brother and sister that put one over on Carroll Baker.
And just like those other examples, this is quite mean spirited. But that’s premise so I don’t think it could work if it wasn’t. I’d like see the restored version of this as the transfer on YT was rather awful.
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