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Movie Review: Lizard In a Woman's Skin, directed by Lucio Fulci (1971))
"Lizard In a Woman's Skin" was an Italian thriller (or Giallo) from 1971, directed by the late Lucio Fulci, who was famous for his very gross, very violent, very bloody zombie movies.
Just in case you are not familiar with Lucio Fulci's movies, here's the deal: Mr. Fulci is well remembered for this lovely little quote: "Violence is an Italian art!"
The story of "Lizard In a Woman's Skin" plays out like this: in London there lived a beautiful, uptight upper class housewife, who was plagued by a series of strange dreams about this other woman who lived next door, who also enjoyed a carefree lifestyle of sex, parties and drugs. In one of those dreams, the housewife stabbed her neighbor to death, and a few days later, the woman next door actually was found dead in her house, in the exact same way the housewife had dreamed about. Did the housewife sleepwalk and kill her neighbor? Or did someone else kill the woman and try to frame the housewife as the murderer?
It's a beautiful and skillfully crafted movie with a fine dreamlike quality in it. There're quite a number of nude scenes (erotic woman-on-woman actions tastefully done) and murder scenes (pretty violent but not as gross as you might fear), the atmosphere of suspense and sexual tension is finely created, there also are a great deal of Sigmund Freud reference going on throughout the film to keep things interesting, the soundtrack is great as well; although sadly the ending is a bit weak (I am not happy with what has taken place during the last 10 minutes of the movie, frankly).
Strangely enough I felt like I wasn't watching a Fulci's movie, instead I felt like I was watching a Mario Bava's or Dario Argento's movie, probably due to the lack of typical Fulci's gore and ultra violence. *shrugs* Even stranger still, the scene with the murderer playing a deadly hide and seek with the main characters in an abandoned church, reminds me quite strongly of "Suspiria" by Dario Argento. ^_^;;;;
Many of the scenes were shot in stunningly beautiful manner, the director seems to have a good eye for colors, and the light and shadow in is film (sadly, this masterful use of colors and lighting seems to be lost in Mr. Fulci's later movies). By comparison, I feel like most of the nowadays directors in the mainstream scene actually have no clue about how to place their cameras at the right place and shoot something beautiful. But who cares about beauty and art these days? We all know the movie business is all about money now. *rolls eyes*
"Lizard In a Woman's Skin" was an Italian thriller (or Giallo) from 1971, directed by the late Lucio Fulci, who was famous for his very gross, very violent, very bloody zombie movies.
Just in case you are not familiar with Lucio Fulci's movies, here's the deal: Mr. Fulci is well remembered for this lovely little quote: "Violence is an Italian art!"
The story of "Lizard In a Woman's Skin" plays out like this: in London there lived a beautiful, uptight upper class housewife, who was plagued by a series of strange dreams about this other woman who lived next door, who also enjoyed a carefree lifestyle of sex, parties and drugs. In one of those dreams, the housewife stabbed her neighbor to death, and a few days later, the woman next door actually was found dead in her house, in the exact same way the housewife had dreamed about. Did the housewife sleepwalk and kill her neighbor? Or did someone else kill the woman and try to frame the housewife as the murderer?
It's a beautiful and skillfully crafted movie with a fine dreamlike quality in it. There're quite a number of nude scenes (erotic woman-on-woman actions tastefully done) and murder scenes (pretty violent but not as gross as you might fear), the atmosphere of suspense and sexual tension is finely created, there also are a great deal of Sigmund Freud reference going on throughout the film to keep things interesting, the soundtrack is great as well; although sadly the ending is a bit weak (I am not happy with what has taken place during the last 10 minutes of the movie, frankly).
Strangely enough I felt like I wasn't watching a Fulci's movie, instead I felt like I was watching a Mario Bava's or Dario Argento's movie, probably due to the lack of typical Fulci's gore and ultra violence. *shrugs* Even stranger still, the scene with the murderer playing a deadly hide and seek with the main characters in an abandoned church, reminds me quite strongly of "Suspiria" by Dario Argento. ^_^;;;;
Many of the scenes were shot in stunningly beautiful manner, the director seems to have a good eye for colors, and the light and shadow in is film (sadly, this masterful use of colors and lighting seems to be lost in Mr. Fulci's later movies). By comparison, I feel like most of the nowadays directors in the mainstream scene actually have no clue about how to place their cameras at the right place and shoot something beautiful. But who cares about beauty and art these days? We all know the movie business is all about money now. *rolls eyes*
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