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The Homicide Mansion is a 1972 Spanish-Italian thriller horror thriller movie a couple of group of individuals stranded at an outdated home by a heavy fog.

Directed by Francisco Lara Polop (The Monk, 1990) from a screenplay co-written by Luis G. de Blain and Antonio Troiso [as Antonio Troisio], based mostly on de Blain’s story.

The Mundial Movie (Spain)-Tritone Cinematografica (Italy) co-production stars Andrés Resino (The Werewolf vs. the Vampire), Lisa Leonardi (All of the Colors of the Darkish), Franco Fantasia (Seven Blood-Stained Orchids; Knife of Ice), Alberto Dalbés (Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein), Yelena Samarina (The Werewolf vs. the Vampire), Jorge Rigaud, Evelyn Stewart (Seven Notes in Black; Knife of Ice; Spirits of Demise), Eduardo Fajardo (Nightmare Metropolis; Lisa and the Satan) and Analía Gadé.

Our evaluation:
The Homicide Mansion opens with numerous folks individually travelling throughout the countryside. A couple of minutes is dedicated to permitting us to get to know them and we rapidly uncover that they’re all acquainted giallo sorts. There’s the chilly businessman, the lecherous man with the beard and the driving gloves, and, in fact, the free-spirited younger lovers who’ve simply met. There’s additionally the emotionally unstable, Elsa (Analia Gade).

When a thick fog rolls in, Elsa is the primary of the travellers to search out herself stranded outdoors of a foreboding mansion. She thinks she sees two shadowy figures within the fog — a lady and a hulking man dressed as a chauffeur — pursuing her. As she runs via the fog, she runs into the younger lovers, who’re additionally equally stranded. They resolve to hunt refuge contained in the mansion and … guess what? It seems that each one the opposite travellers have determined to hunt refuge there as effectively!

It seems that the mansion is taken care of by a housekeeper named Martha (Ida Galli, aka Evelyn Stewart). Martha explains that the previous proprietor of the mansion was killed years in the past in an car accident, alongside along with her chauffeur. (Hmmm….) Martha additionally goes on to clarify that the village across the mansion is abandoned as a result of the villagers turned satisfied that the lady and her chauffeur had been vampires. Martha then invitations everybody to spend the evening.

As everybody prepares to show in for the evening, they’ll’t assist however discover just a few unusual issues. First off, why is each bed room embellished with a disturbing portray? And why does the portray of the previous, now deceased, proprietor of the home look a lot like Martha?

As you most likely already guessed, a mysterious determine quickly begins to prowl round the home, killing the travellers one after the other. In the meantime, Elsa continues to have her nervous breakdown and shortly begins to have flashbacks to some unspeakable acts that had been dedicated by her father…

The Homicide Mansion is an satisfying little giallo, one which is stuffed with creepy ambiance, twisty plot developments, and memorably unusual characters. It’s really a number of enjoyable to observe as our heroes creep across the mansion and attempt to put collectively the entire clues.

So far as blood, gore, and nudity are involved, The Homicide Mansion is definitely remarkably tame by the requirements of Italian (and, for that matter, Spanish) thrillers, which makes it an acceptable introduction to the style for individuals who might not have beforehand seen many Giallo movies.
Lisa Marie Bowman, visitor reviewer through By means of the Shattered Lens

Selection dialogue:
Porter: “I maintain having the feeling we’ve crossed the barrier from actual to unreal”

Blu-ray launch:
Vinegar Syndrome launched The Homicide Mansion as a part of the 3-disc Forgotten Gialli Quantity 3 field set together with Post-mortem and Loopy Wishes of a Assassin.

Newly scanned and restored in 4k from its 35mm unique digicam detrimental
Consists of the unique Spanish language soundtrack with new English translations, in addition to the English and Italian language dubs (Italian dub is just not translated)
“Woman of the Mansion” – an interview with actress Ida Galli aka Evelyn Stewart
Reversible cowl paintings
Newly translated English SDH subtitles for the unique Spanish soundtrack
Area Free Blu-ray

Solid and characters:
Evelyn Stewart … Martha Clinton; Analía Gadé … Elsa; Lisa Leonardi … Laura; Andrés Resino … Fred; Franco Fantasia … Mr Porter; Alberto Dalbés … Ernest; Yelena Samarina … Mrs Tremont; George Rigaud … Elsa’s Father; Ingrid Garbo … Ellen; Eduardo Fajardo … Mr Tremont; José Luis Velasco … Chauffeur/Ghost; Saturno Cerra … Man within the Street; Emilia Rubio … Feminine Lodge Visitor; José Félix Montoya … Lodge Visitor; Magoya Montenegro … Second Feminine Lodge Visitor; María Reniu … First Feminine Lodge Visitor

Filming areas:
Aranjuez, Madrid, Spain
Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Technical specs:
1 hour 26 minutes
Eastmancolor
Side ratio: 1.85: 1
Audio: Mono

Alternate titles:
La mansión de la niebla “The Mansion of Fog” (Spanish title)
Quando Marta urlò dalla tomba “When Marta Screamed from the Grave” (Italian title)
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