Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave (1972)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Sergio Martino

Writers:

Adriano Bolzoni (screenplay)
Ernesto Gastaldi (screenplay)
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Release Date:

4 August 1972 (Italy)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Oliviero is a burned-out writer, living at his estate near Venice, his dead mother dominating his imagination...

Plot Keywords:

Cat | Murder | Motorcycle | Sexual Attraction | Voyeurism

Cast

Edwige Fenech	...	Floriana
Anita Strindberg	...	Irina Rouvigny
Luigi Pistilli	...	Oliviero Rouvigny
Ivan Rassimov	...	Walter
Franco Nebbia	...	Inspector
Riccardo Salvino	...	Dario
Angela La Vorgna	...	Brenda
Enrica Bonaccorti	...	Hooker
Daniela Giordano	...	Fausta
Ermelinda De Felice	...	Bordello Owner
Marco Mariani	...	Libraio
Nerina Montagnani	...	Mrs. Molinar
Carla Mancini
Bruno Boschetti
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dalila Di Lazzaro	...	Girl who strips on a table in party's

Directed by
Sergio Martino

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Adriano Bolzoni		screenplay
Ernesto Gastaldi		screenplay
Luciano Martino		story
Edgar Allan Poe		story "The Black Cat"
Sauro Scavolini		screenplay
Sauro Scavolini		story

Produced by
Luciano Martino	....	producer

Original Music by
Bruno Nicolai

Cinematography by
Giancarlo Ferrando

Film Editing by
Attilio Vincioni

Production Design by
Giorgio Bertolini

Costume Design by
Oscar Capponi

Makeup Department
Iolanda Conti	....	hair stylist (as Jolanda Conti)
Giulio Natalucci	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Lamberto Palmieri	....	production manager
Furio Rocchi	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vittorio Caronia	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Bruno Moreal	....	sound mixer
Roberto Moreal	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Francesco Narducci	....	still photographer
Bruno Pellegrini	....	camera operator
Adolfo Troiani	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
Mario Cinotti	....	assistant editor
Luciano Vittori	....	color consultant

Other crew
Mirella Malatesta	....	script supervisor (as Mirella Roy)

Production Companies

• Lea Film

Distributors

• Cinefear (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Lamberto Forni Film (LF) (Italy) (VHS)
• NoShame Films (2005) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Digitmovies Alternative Entertainment  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Excite Me
Eye of the Black Cat
Gently Before She Dies
Your Vice Is a Closed Room and Only I Have the Key
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (USA) (DVD title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Italy:VM14 (DVD) (original rating) | Italy:VM18 (DVD) (new rating) | Italy:VM18

Filming Locations:

Elios Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Lea Film

Trivia:

The title is a reference to Sergio Martino's earlier giallo Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh (1971) ("The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh"), in which the same phrase appears in a mysterious note apparently sent by a killer.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Morte sospetta di una minorenne (1975)

The Black Cat gets a Giallo make-over...incredible film!

This, the fourth Giallo to be directed by Sergio Martino between the years 1971 and 1973 is one of the best Italian horror films that I've seen and a must for cult fans! I saw Sergio Martino's excellent The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh recently, and although I wasn't expecting as much from Your Vice is a Locked Door and Only I Have the Key; I was surprised to find that it might even be better than the aforementioned Giallo classic! The film takes it's ridiculously long title from a written phrase in The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh, but it's plot comes mostly from Edgar Allen Poe's classic story 'The Black Cat'. The way that the film uses Poe's story is unlike any other film that's used it before, and that is one of the reasons why this is such a great film. Sergio Martino fuses Poe's backdrop with a rural-set Giallo plot line, which follows burnt out alcoholic writer Oliviero Rouvigny as he starts a decent into madness when one of his mistresses is found brutally slaughtered. Things heat up again when his niece, Floriana, turns up and ends up pitting him against his wife Irena in order for her to get what she came for.

Edwige Fenech is undoubtedly a beautiful woman, and that has never been truer than in this film! I've seen her in a few films, but her short hair cut here puts her on a whole different level; and even if she'd never made another film, she'd be one of the stars of cult cinema just for her appearance here. The cute little actress is more than just a pretty face, too, as she more than holds her own in the excellent central trio. Luigi Pistilli (from Mario Bava's Bay of Blood) is great as the lead male, while Anita Strindberg ('Who Saw Her Die?') comes out of nowhere and ends taking the lead in the final third. It's not just Edwige providing the beauty here either, the cinematography is incredible and Sergio Martino ensures that Your Vice looks gorgeous throughout, and the music, courtesy of Bruno Nicolai; completes the assault on the senses. The plot is very open, with most of it coming from character interactions rather than actual plot points. This actually does the film a favour, however, as the characters are well defined and all their motives make sense. It's not all that bloody...but Your Vice is so invigorating that it hardly matters. If you're into cult films - don't miss this one!