Thursday, October 27, 2016

Horror-tober 18: The Psychic


A woman has visions of a room and a woman being entombed in a wall. Compelled by the visions she breaks down the wall in her husband's abandoned estate. When she discovers a skeleton in the wall, her husband is accused of murdering a young model. But she does not believe he did it nor that the woman found in the wall is indeed that young model (her visions were of an older woman). So she works with her psychiatrist to find the real culprit, but when she gets too close to the truth will it be the end of her search and her life?

Discovering the skeleton in the wall.
After I last posted about We Are Still Here and blasphemously replied to a comment from a friend saying that I do not like Fulci's Zombi 2, he recommended this earlier Fulci film. And because it was easy to find through the Multnomah County Library's digital service Hoopla, I was able to watch it for this year.

I actually quite enjoyed this film. It was suspenseful and the plot was interesting. I particularly liked the close-up shots of Jennifer O'Neill's eyes when she was having her visions. She has some very beautiful green eyes.

Those eyes! Although not the best screen capture of them
The soundtrack was also really enjoyable and the cinematography was quite striking with some really interesting shots and lighting.

One of my favorite shots in the film.
My friend was right, this was definitely a good one and unlike Fulci's later horror movies with little gore and a particularly good mystery and terrific soundtrack.


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