Wednesday, February 17, 2010

DON'T LOOK IN THE ATTIC

(Carlo Ausino, 1982)

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A young woman, her 2 cousins, and the one's wife move into a cursed villa that they inherit. What's the curse? Apparently, it's making them all turn on each other and causing a car to hit the wife. There's a little supernatural spookiness, and a little atmosphere, but this flick just doesn't have the goods.

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The dubbing is especially horrible (worse than Demons 2!), the dialogue hilarious, and the actors suitably bottom-of-the-barrel. There is almost NO blood or violence, so anyone sitting through this for the first 40 minutes thinking "it's gonna pay off soon!" will feel incredibly slighted.

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The one good thing I can say about this otherwise humdrum affair is that it does have style. The scenes are well laid-out, well lit, and provide a perfect backdrop for the score by Stelvio Cipriani. One might notice a few nods to Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci. If you've seen everything but Don't Look in the Attic, Evil Clutch, and Fatal Frames, then watch this.

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1 comment:

  1. I just suffered through Don't Look in the Attic yesterday and pretty much hated the shit out of it. I'm digging your blog, duder. I'll be snooping around.

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