Renato
Polselli directed 22 films during Italy’s golden grindhouse period,
he also wrote considerably more - mostly Spaghetti Westerns (e.g. DJANGO
KILLS SOFTLY) - under the Leonide Preston alias. His directed
films were signed as ‘Ralph Brown’ and he is best known for
DELIRIUM
(DELIRIO CALDO) (1972) and BLACK
MAGIC RITES AND SECRET ORGIES OF 14th CENTURY (1974). Those movies
- as well as this one - star his muse, the beautiful Rita Calderoni. His
films were distinctive for numerous reasons: they were always erotic and
contained many perverse scenes of sado-sex; they usually featured subplots
with drugs and hippies, and were visually stunning with intense flashing
lights, swirling camerawork and the use of deep primary colors. Mr Polselli
would die of natural causes at age 84 in October of 2006.
This rare film - long thought to be lost - tells the story of a man who
wants to kill himself due the coldheartness of his fiancee Diana. He tries
Russian Roulette with no success and then stabs himself in the stomach
after spending time tormenting Diana with the knife. She wants to get
rid of the corpse and hides it in a chest only to notice that someone
had been watching everything from the window. Diana invites the voyeur
inside but the stranger quickly turns the tables by subjecting her to
various whip and torture sessions. Things get even more weird when the
body disappears and hippies start to gather for a drug-n-sex orgy in the
room next door.
An
Italian film with English subtitles; widescreen format, uncut version
(87 min.), DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT, playable on any
American machine. Extras include theatrical trailers.
Violence/Nudity/Drugs/Sexual
Brutality/S&M/Whipping/Adult Material:
Intended for Mature Audiences Only
Renato
Polselli directed 22 films during Italy’s golden grindhouse period,
he also wrote considerably more - mostly Spaghetti Westerns (e.g. 
