Buio Omega, Well what can you say. 94 minutes of perverse terror, intense shock and incredible suspense.... Well, in truth, hardened exploitation horror fans will find this movie no more shocking than many of the other Italian made entries into the genre.
The premise of Joe D'amatos 1979 movie is intruiging in the sense that it is much more complex than many of its contemporarys... Personally, I found it to be the most indepth study of necrophilliac-psychotic behaviour since Hitchcocks materpiece 'Psycho'.
Frank (as known in the English dubbed version) loses his beloved wife, her dying request is to make love to him. Shortly after the burial he digs her up and proceeds to embalm her in perhaps the most graphic and disturbing scene of the movie. Aided by his deranged house-maid, Frank proceeds to murder and dispose of any further hapless person that should cross his path and endanger his ever-lasting relationship with his deceased wife.
This is basically the thread of the linear storyline, interspersed with some amateur sleuthing from the local mortician... However, the genius of this movie comes with D'amatos teasing camerawork (always making you feel like something horrific is around the corner) and an impressive performance from lead actor Keiran Canter, always on the right side of psychosis and never going over the edge as so many actors have in the role of the psychotic during the spell of late seventies/early eighties exploitation movies (David Hess in the potentially classic Hitch-Hike being a prime example).....
For the hardened fan of exploitation cinema, this will be a walk in the park... However, for the first timer an empty stomach could be advisable!!
Look out for a great shock ending, the only real out of your seat moment in the whole movie...
Rating 7/10
The premise of Joe D'amatos 1979 movie is intruiging in the sense that it is much more complex than many of its contemporarys... Personally, I found it to be the most indepth study of necrophilliac-psychotic behaviour since Hitchcocks materpiece 'Psycho'.
Frank (as known in the English dubbed version) loses his beloved wife, her dying request is to make love to him. Shortly after the burial he digs her up and proceeds to embalm her in perhaps the most graphic and disturbing scene of the movie. Aided by his deranged house-maid, Frank proceeds to murder and dispose of any further hapless person that should cross his path and endanger his ever-lasting relationship with his deceased wife.
This is basically the thread of the linear storyline, interspersed with some amateur sleuthing from the local mortician... However, the genius of this movie comes with D'amatos teasing camerawork (always making you feel like something horrific is around the corner) and an impressive performance from lead actor Keiran Canter, always on the right side of psychosis and never going over the edge as so many actors have in the role of the psychotic during the spell of late seventies/early eighties exploitation movies (David Hess in the potentially classic Hitch-Hike being a prime example).....
For the hardened fan of exploitation cinema, this will be a walk in the park... However, for the first timer an empty stomach could be advisable!!
Look out for a great shock ending, the only real out of your seat moment in the whole movie...
Rating 7/10