Best known for his over-the-top gore movies, Lucio Fulci took a turn for the Hitchcockian in this sexadelic variation on VERTIGO (1958).
San Francisco-based doctor Dr. George Dumurrier (BELLE DE JOUR's Jean Sorel) runs a successful clinic with his younger brother, Henry (Alberto de Mendoza), but his home life is less than happy. His asthmatic wife, Helen (Austrian model-turned-actress Marisa Mell, of DANGER: DIABOLIK), despises him and he's enmeshed in a thorny affair with fashion stylist Jane (Elsa Martinelli), who resents being forced to play the other woman. All George's troubles seem to be over when Helen dies suddenly of an asthma attack, leaving him a...
Released:
1969
Rated:
NR
Length:
97 mins