A Lizard in a Woman's Skin

Director: Lucio Fulci

Overview

This cult movie classic is a psychodrama murder mystery thriller involving LSD, psychoanalysis, lesbianism, and having at least one extremely-gory dream sequence. Florinda Bolkan stars as the woman with all the clues to murder. Stanley Baker is the unlucky police inspector who has to separate what is fact from fantasy.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/09/2016
UPC:	0843276016296
Original Release:	1971
Rating:	NR
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:44:00
Sales rank:	3,168

Special Features

Shedding the skin - documentary; Dr Lucio Fulci's Day for Night - directed by Antonietta De Lillo; Interview with writer Stephen Thrower; Interview with actor Tony Adams; Audio commentary with Kris Gavin; Original trailers & radio spots; Mondo Macabro previews and more...

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Florinda Bolkan	Carol Hammond
Stanley Baker	Inspector Corvin
Jean Sorel	Frank Hammond
Silvia Monti	Julia Durer
Alberto de Mendoza	Detective
Leo Genn	Edmuns Brighton
Mike A. Kennedy	Actor
Georges Rigaud	Actor
Anita Strindberg	Actor
Penny Brown	Hippy
Ennio Morricone	Composer

Technical Credits

Lucio Fulci

Roberto Gianviti

Lucio Fulci	Screenwriter
Roberto Gianviti	Screenwriter
Edmondo Amati	Producer
Carlo Rambaldi	Special Effects

Editorial Reviews

This intriguing effort from Lucio Fulci's "giallo" period is worthwhile for fans of this oft-psychedelic genre. The storyline enthusiastic piles soap-opera melodramatics, crazy plot twists, red herrings, bad-trip dream sequences and a healthy lashing of skin and blood. Fulci's direction lives up to the story's fever-pitch thriller theatrics with a barrage of baroque visual trickery, using everything from split-screens to colorful optical effects to keep the viewer off-kilter. His pacing lags a bit around the midsection as things slow down into a somewhat more conventional murder-mystery style but this is compensated for by the frequently breathtaking setpieces that punctuate the film: highlights include the unnerving yet erotic dream sequence that kicks off the film and nerve-wracking foot chase through an abandoned church. He also makes great use of an excellent "Euro-cult" cast, including an intense turn from Florinda Bolkan as the troubled heroine and Jean Sorel's mysterious turn as her icy, secretive husband. The payoff for the mystery isn't as slam-bang as one gets in other giallo films -- in fact, the denouement is surprisingly subdued -- but A Lizard In Woman's Skin is a wild ride that offers plenty of bizarre moments that will stay stuck in the viewer's mind.