Libido (1965)
6/10
Freudian thriller has many elements of early Giallo!!
7 January 2024
It ain't a Giallo at expense of the word properly, however the genre still crawling at this period of time, in fact primary a Freudian thriller with some elements of Giallo, that later this picture will be consider a forerunner of the unique genre, now embedded and also labeled as such, the story about a young guy (Giannini) who in tender aged saw his sexual maniac father committed a crime at his house at room of mirrors, becoming aftermaths mentally deranged, after many years of therapy he was back on old father's house to face and easy its fears, duly accompanied by his wife (Dominique Boschero) and his dubious tutor (Luciano Pigozzi) and his naïve girlfriend (Mara Maryl).

A stuck screenplay stays adrift mostly of time due the plot was summarized just in four characters, starting in slowing pace, even boring sometimes, the sexy attendance of the gorgeous Mara Maryl reliefs a little bit the sluggish narrative, a gothic offering with ups and downs indeed, the black and white photograph didn't match with Giallo genre whatsoever, the outcome is anemic due the lower scope allowed by a lame screenplay, although the sexy and flamboyant Mara Maryl makes up for stand 90 minutes long of agony.

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First watch: 2024 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 6.5.
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