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La Casa dalle Finestre Che Ridono (1976)

Horror | 110 minutes
3,42 66 votes

Genre: Horror / Mystery

Duration: 110 minuten

Alternative titles: The House with Laughing Windows / Het Huis met de Lachende Vensters

Country: Italy

Directed by: Pupi Avati

Stars: Lino Capolicchio, Francesca Marciano and Gianni Cavina

IMDb score: 7,0 (7.193)

Releasedate: 20 August 1976

La Casa dalle Finestre Che Ridono plot

"...today I portrayed the shameless one as she died..."

An artist is hired to restore a fresco in the church of a small Italian town. He increasingly discovers the bizarre backgrounds of the original artist and his mysterious sisters.

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Based on the stories I had read here and there, I had high expectations for this. Atmospheric, mysterious, beautifully filmed; it sounded interesting and, overall, like the type of film I should be able to appreciate. Unfortunately, generally speaking, it was a bit of a disappointment. The main reasons for this are the slow pace of the first half, in which little happens and no truly gripping mystery is created, and the final plot, which struck me as quite confusing.

We follow a restorer who is sent to a small Italian rural village to restore a damaged and incomplete fresco by the painter Legnani. Legnani turns out to have been quite a morbid figure, who engaged in dubious practices with his sisters in the recent past. And what does all this have to do with the strangely behaving characters in the village, the odd threatening phone calls, and the murders that take place in the course of the story? This sounds like a group of ingredients that could potentially turn an interesting mystery into something interesting. And admittedly, the film does have some atmosphere, although the setting in the Italian countryside and village life makes that relatively easy. But I found the story a bit bland and contrived, and although I can appreciate a slow pace in itself, this film veered into boredom more often than I would have liked. The film also seems somewhat sloppily edited, with frequent odd transitions and little truly interesting cinematography or acting. The last twenty minutes did provide some more tension, partly thanks to a nice twist, and then it is a shame that the final climax feels so contrived again. Not a complete failure, but unfortunately still far from the stylish horror mystery I was hoping for.

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I am more impressed by it than I had expected.

The film is very long (for a horror film) and also quite slow. On the other hand, I wasn't bored by it at all. The plot is well built up, the locations are often almost perfect, and the soundtrack is simple but works excellently. The acting also seemed to me to be somewhat better than the average (sort of) Giallo.

The biggest downside is the camerawork, which is often downright ugly, with a strikingly weak sense of composition. This could easily have been its strongest asset.

All in all, I ended up watching a pretty atmospheric film after all. Thanks to the beautiful locations and its atmosphere-enhancing soundtrack.

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El Loco

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My first Pupi Avati film, and it has turned out to be quite an introduction. It feels somewhat different from the Giallo films by Argento and Bava that I have seen so far.

It reminded me mainly of Wicker Man, with the rural setting and its strange inhabitants who never reveal their true feelings. Avati manages to create a mysterious and unsettling atmosphere in this way.

It might take just a little too long before we build up to the climax, but it is certainly a climax worth having. I was actually thrown off for a moment with the idea that Stefano had gone crazy and imagined it all until the 2 sisters appeared on screen.

3*

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