Prolific
Scriptwriter Ernesto Gastaldi directs this Unsettling, Controversial
Film
director: Ernesto
Gastaldi
starring: Robert Hoffmann · Mara Maryl · Riccardo Salvino
· Joshua Sinclair · Claudio Trionfi
This
rare film directed by Ernesto Gastaldi - best known as a screenwriter
for many hit thrillers including BLADE
OF THE RIPPER, CASE
OF THE BLOODY IRIS, TORSO,
et al) - starts like a revenge movie, similar to LAST HOUSE ON
THE LEFT (which was actually made the following year). A troubled married
couple drive to a isolated house by the sea. After the first night,
they are visited by a vicious motorcycle gang. The husband gets tied
up and tortured while the wife is raped. Tensions mount as wife Jane
begins to fall in love with the gang leader.
Ernesto
Gastaldi directed very few movies. Rather, he was Italy's most prolific
screenwriter with over 130 scripts under his belt. Often - in the beginning
of his career - he used the alias Julian Berry (WEREWOLF
IN A GIRL'S DORMITORY, 1961). He created the Sartana
character for numerous Spaghetti Westerns (Sartana
The Gravedigger [1969] and the sequels). Gastaldi often worked
with Sergio Martino from that director's first ARIZONA
COLT RETURNS(1970) through numerous cult faves like GREAT
ALLIGATOR.
The
lead actress Mara Maryl also uses the pseudonym Mara Ombra. She is married
to Ernesto Gastaldi and has been since 1960.
An
Italian production in English language with Dutch subtitles; widescreen
format, totally uncut version (91 min.), DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC,
playable on any American machine. Extras include theatrical trailers.
Graphic
Violence/Nudity/Sexual Brutality/Drugs
For Adult Audiences
