La Strega in Amore AKA The Witch also goes by the title Strange Obsession and strange it most certainly is.
Richard Johnson plays womaniser Sergio Logan, who is lured to an old palazzo owned by Consuelo Lorente (Sarah Ferrati), who says that she wants to hire him to organise old manuscripts written by her late husband. Sergio isn't keen on the job offer until he meets the old woman's enigmatic daughter Aura (Rosanna Schiaffino), who plays a bizarre game of seduction which leads to murder.
My god, this one is slow. And confusing. Thank heavens for the lovely Schiaffino as Aura, who makes the whole thing just about bearable. Of course, I seem to be in the minority in thinking that the film is an utterly baffling piece of pretentious twaddle (the lowest rating given by any of the other reviewers is currently 6/10). I found my mind wandering as the film seemed to be going nowhere very slowly. The 'hands-free' erotic scene was effective, and the part where Consuelo and Aura suddenly do some crazy dancing made me laugh, but I found the rest of the film a real struggle. By the end, I still didn't understand what was going on.
3/10.
Richard Johnson plays womaniser Sergio Logan, who is lured to an old palazzo owned by Consuelo Lorente (Sarah Ferrati), who says that she wants to hire him to organise old manuscripts written by her late husband. Sergio isn't keen on the job offer until he meets the old woman's enigmatic daughter Aura (Rosanna Schiaffino), who plays a bizarre game of seduction which leads to murder.
My god, this one is slow. And confusing. Thank heavens for the lovely Schiaffino as Aura, who makes the whole thing just about bearable. Of course, I seem to be in the minority in thinking that the film is an utterly baffling piece of pretentious twaddle (the lowest rating given by any of the other reviewers is currently 6/10). I found my mind wandering as the film seemed to be going nowhere very slowly. The 'hands-free' erotic scene was effective, and the part where Consuelo and Aura suddenly do some crazy dancing made me laugh, but I found the rest of the film a real struggle. By the end, I still didn't understand what was going on.
3/10.