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HOTEL FEAR

Pensione paura

1978 ES HMDB
February 16, 1978

A young girl and her mother run a hotel during the war. When the mother dies, the girl finds herself at the mercy of her sex-crazed guests. Soon enough, a cloaked figure starts killing off everyone that tries to harm her.

Directors

Francesco Barilli

Cast

Leonora Fani, Luc Merenda, Francisco Rabal, Jole Fierro, José María Prada, Lidia Biondi, Francesco Impeciati, Carlo Totti, Maria D'Alessandro, Diala Caruso
Dramma Horror Mistero

REVIEWS (1)

MC

Marco Castellini

In a gloomy pension near a lake live a series of unsettling characters: Marta, the owner of the villa, who hides a mysterious lover in the attic; the young and insecure Rosa and Rodolfo, a man without scruples maintained by a wealthy old woman. One night, Rosa is raped by Rodolfo; shortly after, a mysterious avenger arrives at the pension who one by one eliminates all those who have done harm in some way to the girl... Second "horror" film by Barilli after the brilliant "The Perfume of the Lady in Black". It is a decent film enhanced by careful direction and a fairly interesting ending that, however, never achieved great success, remaining, partly unjustly, forgotten. To this day, the film has never been released on VHS, neither for sale nor even for rent, those who want to see it must try to recover it in one of the sporadic TV broadcasts, in a censored version (albeit "only" a few seconds).