Lisa e il diavolo
Directed by:
Mario BavaCinematography:
Cecilio PaniaguaCast:
Telly Savalas, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina, Alessio Orano, Gabriele Tinti, Robert Alda, Alida Valli, Eduardo Fajardo, Espartaco SantoniPlots(1)
While on vacation in Spain an American tourist Elke Sommer is drawn into a terrifying world of mystery madness and murder in this surreal spine chiller directed by Italian horror maestro Mario Bava. A blind countess Alida Valli her imbalanced son Alessio Orano and a creepy bald butler Telly Savalas who carries around a mannequin all come into play in this fantastically bizarre tale liberally spiced with gruesome gothic deaths. (Shock Entertainment)
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Lisa and the Devil certainly doesn't belong to the very best of what Bava has directed, but it's still a film that deserves attention, partly because of how peculiar it is. Telly Savalas, with his lollipop, is quite demonic, and his character works well. Elke Sommer seemed a bit stiff to me, but it's mainly the camera, music, and set design that create the atmosphere of this peculiar film.
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