A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin
- Thu, Apr 30
Director: Lucio Fulci Run Time: 104 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1971 Language: Italian w/English Subtitles
Starring: Alberto de Mendoza, Florinda Bolkan, Jean Sorel, Silvia Monti, Stanley Baker
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When she begins to have feverish, erotic nightmares about Julia, her uninhibited neighbor, bourgeois London housewife Carol’s life spirals into a labyrinth of sex, drugs, and gore-soaked murder. A lightning rod of left-field psychedelia from Italian horror maestro Lucio Fulci (The Beyond), this dreamy giallo features a score by Ennio Morricone and animatronic props from F/X wizard Carlo Rambaldi (E.T.). Rimbaldi’s effects were so lurid and realistic that he was called to testify in court on Fulci’s behalf, saving the director from a two-year stint in prison on charges of animal cruelty. Bellissimo! – American Genre Film Archive