Paranoia

Description

Double crosses, murder and madness... such things are the hallmarks of giallo and Paranoia is a fine example of the form. Carol Baker (Baby Doll, Orgasmo) is Helen, a race car driver whose life has hit the skids. She's invited to spend the weekend with her ex-husband Maurice (Jean Sorel, Belle de Jour, Short Night of the Glass Dolls) and his wife Constance (Anna Proclemer, Journey to Italy, Illustrious Corpses). Constance wants the feckless Maurice dead and she'd like Helen to help. A plan is drawn up, but things are never so simple in the twisted world of the giallo... Directed by genre kingpin Umberto Lenzi (Eyeball, Spasmo), 88 Films are proud to present the UK blu ray premiere of a true exploitation classic. SPECIAL FEATURES New 2K Remaster from The Original 35mm Negatives in 2.35:1 Aspect Ratio Remastered Uncompressed English Audio Remastered Uncompressed Italian Audio with Newly Translated Subtitles Audio Commentary by Genre Expert Troy Howarth Imperfect Crime: An Interview with Director, the late, great, Umberto Lenzi Alternate Opening Titles Alternate ""Clothed"" Scenes Reversible sleeve with alternative Italian poster Review: Erotic thriller with some dark twists - Very good blu ray visuals add to an interesting tale of the idle rich and the lies and deceits they spin in order to get what they want. Carroll Baker and Jean Sorrel are the beautiful duo at the centre of it all and spend a good part of the film unclothed even though they both have extensive modern wardrobes( 1969 ). I watched it in it's original language with English subtitles. It's stylish and has a great late sixties soundtrack. Review: Excellent scenic photography, surprises in the story - This film has some great plot twists and turns that will keep you guessing what happens next. Baker is good as a race car driver(Helen) and Marina Coffa is magnetic as her ex-husband's stepdaughter who's been pulling the strings behind the mysterious events all along. Helen is enlisted by Maurice's new wife, Constance, to help murder him, but these plans backfire. The end has a strange plot hole, maybe it was lost from the film. How did Maurice find his way unseen by others to the doctor when he accidently shot himself with a hunting rifle, leaving the tower empty so people thought he had been murdered? It kept me watching it over a few dozen times. Write what you think happened in comments.