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19 August 1969 (Italy) moreTagline:
The coat that covered paradise, uncovered hell! morePlot:
A couple who get involved in an underground scene of kinky sex and sadism have a surprise coming to them... full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Surrealism at its best moreCast
(Credited cast) | James Darren | ... | Jimmy Logan |
| Barbara McNair | ... | Rita |
 | Maria Rohm | ... | Wanda Reed |
 | Klaus Kinski | ... | Ahmed Kortobawi |
| Dennis Price | ... | Percival Kapp |
| Margaret Lee | ... | Olga |
| Adolfo Lastretti | ... | Insp. Kaplan (as Aldo Lastretti) |
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Black Angel (UK) (working title)Paroxsysmos
Può una morta rivivere per amore? (Italy)
Venus in Furs (USA)
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Surrealistic erotic shocker from Jess Franco – the film is often incoherent but Franco's style has such verve and flavor that it overcomes this. The storyline remains intentionally vague, adding to the film's overall dreamlike sensibility. Maria Rohm – another of Franco's amazing female stars, every bit as intoxicating as Soledad Miranda – stars as a woman seeking revenge who becomes acquainted with a disillusioned jazz trumpeter (the plot, Franco says in his interview on the DVD, was based on something trumpeter Chet Baker told him, about being lost in fantasy when he plays). The storyline was modified slightly to accommodate an association with the then-popular Venus In Furs book, but is otherwise an original tale. Often distorted, this sadistic sex thriller remains a compelling stylistic piece of storytelling, set in exotic locales with mesmerizingly exotic women and a visual style (despite some heavy handed flash editing that Franco has later claimed he didn't care for) that is quite intriguing – wrapped in a neat 60's jazz score by English rocket Manfred Mann.