Pete Walker may have made the likes of House of Mortal Sin and House of Whipcord, but he also made some real rubbish in his interesting career; and Die Screaming Marianne is hands down the worst Pete Walker film that I've seen. This was actually Pete Walker's first attempt at a horror film, although it's more of a crime thriller than a horror movie. It's also very boring, and that's definitely the main flaw! The plot focuses on a divorce. The couple in question have two daughters; one in England, the other in Portugal. After the mother dies, the English daughter stands to inherit a lot of money and some documents incriminating her father. They other daughter wants the money, and the father wants the documents. The film stars the lovely Susan George in the central role as well as a few other familiar faces. The plot moves at snail pace and there really is very little of interest. The film is sometimes said to be an imitation of the Giallo style that was popular in Italy in the early seventies, and that may be true; although most Giallo's I've seen are much more interesting than this. Overall, it has to be said that Pete Walker can do a lot better than this and Die Screaming Marianne is a below par effort from the usually solid director. Nice title, though.
Review of Die Screaming Marianne
