THE CHAINED (La Encadenada) (1975) Marisa Mell Perverse Thriller
3353DVD
Marisa
Mell in Manuel Mur Oti's Perverse Thriller
Original
Spanish Title: LA ENCADENADA [The Chained]
also known as DIARY OF AN EROTIC MURDRESS and PERVERSIONE
(Italian title) [Perversion]
director: Manuel
Mur Oti
starring: Marisa Mell · Richard Conte · Anthony Steffen · Richard Baron
· Lili Murati · Carla Calo
Okay. The
plot has been seen before. But the star is Marisa Mell. And she's never
been more beautiful nor enigmatic.
Miss Mell plays con artist Gina who - pretending to be a psychologist
- is hired by a wealthy businessman named Alexander to watch after his
mentally ill, mute son. The young boy is prone to violent fits of rage
whenever he's reminded of his deceased mother or, for the most part, whenever
he sees his father. To complicate matters, there's also a bastard son
and an ex-husband looking for a piece of Gina's con. She plans to fleece
the estate but then Gina realizes she can get even more by befriending
the son (even sexually) and by killing his father. It should also be noted
that [incredibly] the mansion's most valuable asset is the Holy Grail
itself which is protected by a cloister of nuns living on the estate (!).
Marisa Mell
(born Marles Moitzi in Austria) was married briefly to Henry Tucci in
the early '60s. Over the years, she was romantically linked to Alain Delon,
Warren Beatty, Robert Evans, Roman Polanski, Jess Franco and the Shah
of Iran. She made 75+ films in the 30 years between 1960-90 (including
Lucio Fulci's PERVERSION
STORY and the dark birth-of-the-devil thriller OBSCENE
DESIRE) but Ms Mell was dangerously addicted to cocaine, resulting
in numerous legal problems. She died from throat cancer at the early age
of 53 in May 1992.
A Spanish/Italian
project, shot in English language; widescreen format, (84 minutes),
DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT; extras include theatrical
trailers.
Nudity/Violence/Sexual
Brutality
Recommended For Adult Audiences
