Lizard in a Woman's Skin (A)
- Director: Lucio Fulci
- Writer: Lucio Fulci
- Producer: Edmondo Amati; Renato Jaboni
CGiii Comment
It's Giallo - the genre that should be forgotten....
This is trippy tripe - as erotic as a pair of stained underpants and as insufferable as toothache.
Stanley Baker - whatever were you thinking??!
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Florinda Bolkan plays the daughter of a prominant English politician who keeps having recurring "nightmares" in which she makes love to a bisexual nympho who lives downstairs and conducts all-night LSD orgies. When the nocturnal wet dreams become murderous, the neighbor turns up dead, and Florinda is the main suspect. Did she actually commit the murder she dreamt about? Is she being framed by her philandering husband? Did Florinda actually make nightly visits downstairs aside from borrowing the occasional cup of sugar? How DID Florinda's letter opener end up stuck in the dead neighbor's chest anyway? The complex plot unfolds amidst red herrings, outlandish dream sequences, lesbian hanky panky, and ominous close-ups of Florinda Bolkan's guilt-ridden facial expressions every time someone mentions the murder. All this takes place in swinging late-1960's London.
Cast & Characters
Florinda Bolkan as Carol Hammond;
Stanley Baker as Inspector Corvin;
Jean Sorel as Frank Hammond;
Silvia Monti as Deborah;
Alberto de Mendoza as Sgt. Brandon;
Penny Brown as Jenny;
Mike Kennedy as Hubert;
Ely Galleani as Joan Hammond;
George Rigaud as Dr. Kerr;
Ezio Marano as Lowell