Nelle pieghe della carne (1970)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Sergio Bergonzelli

Writers:

Sergio Bergonzelli (screenplay)
Mario Caiano (idea)
(more)

Release Date:

2 May 1970 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller | Horror

Plot:

The guests of a villa are killed off one by one by their hosts. Incest, decapitations and a cyanide bath feature amongst the other bizarre delights.

Plot Keywords:

Cyanide | Incest | Blackmail | Governess | Decapitation

Cast

Eleonora Rossi Drago	...	Lucille
Pier Angeli	...	Falesse / Ester (as Anna Maria Pierangeli)
Fernando Sancho	...	Pascal Gorriot
Alfredo Mayo		(as Alfredo Majo)
Emilio Gutiérrez Caba
María Rosa Sclauzero
Víctor Alcázar
Giancarlo Sisti
Gaetano Imbró
Luciano Catenacci		(as Luciano Lorcas)
Bruno Ciangola

Directed by
Sergio Bergonzelli

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Sergio Bergonzelli		screenplay
Mario Caiano		idea (as Mario Cajano)
Fabio De Agostini		idea
Fabio De Agostini		screenplay

Produced by
Sergio Bergonzelli	....	producer

Original Music by
Jesús Villa Rojo

Cinematography by
Mario Pacheco

Film Editing by
Donatella Baglivo

Art Direction by
Eduardo Torre de la Fuente

Costume Design by
Giuseppe Cesare Monello		(as Cesare Monello)

Production Management
Luciano Catenacci	....	production manager
José Antonio Pérez Giner	....	production manager

Production Companies

• MGB Cinematografica
• Talía Films (co-production)

Distributors

• Cinefear (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Hispamex (Spain)
• Salvation Films (2000) (UK) (VHS)
• Severin Films (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

In the Folds of the Flesh (UK)
Las endemoniadas (Spain)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

Italy | Spain

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Iceland:16 | UK:18

Company:

MGB Cinematografica

good looking and very quirky giallo

This is some wild and crazy film. There is some dispute as to whether it is a 'giallo' or not but I'm happy to include it, even if it is the ladies doing the killing. Pretty sleazy too, with very colourful depictions of decapitation, rape and extensive use of an acid bath, not to mention b/w 'flashbacks' to nazi gas scenes including numerous naked girls about to take that final 'shower'. The acting is not the finest but then there are moments in this quite delirious movie where you look around the cast and they seem to be suspended in disbelief as to what they are to do next. Indeed, the cast seems to have even less idea who they are or what has happened than we do. Some super décor though and the costumes, especially the brother and sister who get very friendly quite a lot, are out of this world, which is to say 1968-1970 precisely. Don't expect too much coherence but for a good looking and very quirky giallo, this certainly suites me.