[11] One day, I hope to see an Italian horror film that doesn't suffer from
"atrocity overload" or "camera vertigo". This one, as you might expect,
takes the latter path, though for the first quarter, it's storyline bravely
fights back, aided by sterling work from Herbert Lom. Reminded me of "To
the Devil a Daughter", with a girl being chosen to bear the son of Satan by
a devilish cult. The last quarter is at least intriguing, but the middle
hour succumbs to the usual: woman-in-peril, kitchen knives, strange things
happening for no apparent reason, dumb plot twists ("I'm a doctor, too!")
and a very familiar interest in insects. Save a psychopathic bunny, it's
all very ho-hum.
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