the Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh

I pulled this DVD of the shelf today. A giallo from 1970 starring Edwige Fenech. Look her up and thank me later.

I bought this years ago in NYC and watched it once. I'm not really into old school Italian horror but this is more of thriller/slasher giallo than all out paranormal horror deal. It's about hot women, a slasher, and money. That's all you need to know about the plot.

The film looks like you're viewing early 70's Italy through the lens of Russ Meyer. It's a place where all the women are gorgeous, the styling is brilliant, and the aforementioned women are always more than eager to get naked at parties. And giggle. It's a place where men can just be sleazy and women are totally okay with that. But maybe that's not so much Russ Meyer and more...Italy.

The editing is crap, camerawork is uninspired, sound isn't synced well, the effects are shit. There's no real redeeming artistic qualities to this film. But it's still enjoyable. It is what it is. Sergio Martino wasn't going to win any awards for this...but...he did cast Edwige Fenech in the main role, and for that we are forever indebted to the man.

The plot is pretty good. I'll give it that. Although the ending is a bit Scooby-Do with its exposition dialogue. But whatever. The trailer is above and the whole movie is below (it's in Italian, but you can scrub it to the "good" parts if you're a perv).

It's good.

:)

Edwige isn't the only hottie in this flick. She rolls with other bombshells.