Spirits of Death

Spirits of Death
Directed by Romano Scavolini
Produced by Franca Luciani[1]
Screenplay by
Story by Giuseppe Mangione[1]
Starring
Music by Fiorenzo Carpi[1]
Cinematography Romano Scavolini[1]
Edited by Francesco Bertuccioli[1]
Production
company
KMG Cinema[1]
Distributed by Regional
Release date
  • 30 November 1972 (1972-11-30) (Italy)
Running time
 92 minutes[1]
Country Italy[1]
Box office ₤65.564 million

Spirits of Death (Italian: Un bianco vestito per Marialé) is a 1972 Italian film directed by Romano Scavolini.[2]

Cast

Style

Although the film is often described as a giallo, film historian Roberto Curti stated it only becomes a violent murder mystery about an hour into the film.[3] Curti described the giallo trademarks of violent murders and a twist ending are marginal when compared to other films of the genre at the time.[3] Curti opined the film was one like a perverse kammerspiel which borrowed from both gothic and avant-garde theatre.[3]

Production

Following his return from Vietnam where he was a freelance photographer, director Romano Scavolini returned to his native Italy where he started his film career again as a genre filmmaker.[3]

Release

Spirits of Death was released in Italy on 30 November 1972.[1] The film grossed 65.564 million Italian lire in Italy on its release.[1] When the film was released in France, it was titled Exorcisme tragique to try and bank on the popular success of The Exorcist.[4]

Reception

In a retrospective review, Curti stated that Scavolini's direction and Fiorenzo Carpi's score "cannot overcome the script's many shortcoming–namely, sketchily developed characters, pretentious dialogue, heave-handed symbolism."[5] Scavolini later referred to the film as a film "which only deserve to be forgotten"[6]

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Curti 2017, p. 57.
  2. ↑ Chiti, Poppi & Lancia 1991, p. 70-79.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Curti 2017, p. 58.
  4. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 60.
  5. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 59.
  6. ↑ Palmerini & Mistretta 1996, p. 127.

Sources

  • Curti, Roberto (2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970-1979. McFarland. ISBN 1476629609.
  • Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film (in Italian). Gremese. ISBN 8876059695.
  • Palmerini, Luca M.; Mistretta, Gaetano (1996). Spaghetti Nightmares (in Italian). M&P edizioni.


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