Italian/Spanish Giallo movie about a mute woman Martha (well played by the gorgeous Carroll Baker) living in the picturesque Spanish Pyrenees and a series of unexplained murders taking place in a small town. Sadly the movie starts off at a bull ring and the sight of Matadors killing a bull, absolutely disgusting. I felt quite sick at the sight of this barbaric "sport". The human kill count is low and they are done offscreen, very disappointing for a movie of this sub genre, usually known for explicit kills. On the positive side the cinematography is very good and the we get a couple of strong suspects, a creepy male servant called Marcus and an English hippy Satanist with a drug addiction. The large house where Martha lives is handily situated next to a cemetery, combined with daytime fog and night time thunderstorms it has plenty of horror atmosphere. The traditional killer reveal at the end isn't terribly good. Not a Giallo classic by any means but still a reasonably good entry.
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