Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason, Clelia Matania
A couple who is devistated by the death of their daughter, travel to Venice where they see her spirit a funeral gondola.
DVD Release Date: September 3, 2002
Stats: 1,026 reviews
70's Gothic piece that's part crime drama and part supernatural horror. Thirty (+) years have done little to diminish this wonderfully creepy little film that's critically acclaimed but rarely discussed.
I remember jumping out of my seat the first time I saw this film. It really haunted me actually for a good few days after, which I guess is the sign of a good horror film. Classic giallo from Nicolas Roeg. Oh, and it?s got a naughty sex scene in It too!
This is a Horror film based on horrific circumstances that the main characters find themselves in, as opposed to scary.
I think I'm in the minority here when say I found the film dull and despite it's claim to be an influence on many other Directors, I failed to see the appeal...( read more)
In the wake of their daughter's drowning death, a young couple go to Venice to restore a church and meet a blind psychic who says she can see the child. Intricately constructed, wonderful use of haunted Venice locations, and with an intriguing payoff, but the film is so terribly ...( read more)
Nicholas Roeg's wickedly creepy ghost story is well worth watching on a dark and stormy night.
I know that this is a 'classic' & supposedly brilliant....&, yes, I do love Nicholas Roeg.
But, for some reason, I simply am unable to appreciate this film.....at all....on ANY level.
Hmmm.....time to reflect upon this, perhaps?
Has what I believe to be the best love scene of any movie, and a great plot; Daphne Du Maurier is a good read. Like many thrillers, it loses some of it's punch upon further viewings.
Hmmm.. This movie definitely left me with a few questions. I had to re-watch to make sure I hadn't missed anything, and nope I didn't. Guess I'll have to watch it with someone else next time to get their viewpoint
Either you get it, or you don't. I didn't get it.
I found it kind of a boring movie to be honest. Very disappointing.
I would go so far as to say that this film looks marvelous, but that's about all it really has going for it. I can see why it's particular look has had an influence, but the other 9/10's include a story that goes nowhere....slowly. It loses a star automatically for the gratuito...( read more)
Nicolas Roeg's 1973 film remains one of the great horror masterpieces, working not with fright, which is easy, but with dread, grief and apprehension. full review
I see some people 'fell asleep', some 'only watched an hour' and some think this film is overrated. I think I can account for that..... for you see, some people are ignorant, some people are none too bright and some people recoil and criticize that which confuses them to create the illusion in their own minds that they didn't get it because it was average, instead of the truth - that it soared over their heads.
As someone who has suffered crippling grief, post-traumatic stress and suffered the debilitating results of holding onto grief and the domino effect this has (as it has on Donald), I knew the second this film finished and its 'truth' and 'oh fuck of course's swept over me that I had watched one of the great films of all time.
Howcome people 'don't get it'? B/C some people don't believe or understand that if you refuse to let go and appreciate what was, you change what will be, or worse, you create an opposite, an id, a whithered left arm, if you will....
hence the ending
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