Spasmo (DVD)

Suspense and surprises lurk around the corner in one of the most daring Italian shockers of the 1970s. A mysterious, beautiful woman (Suzy Kendall, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage) washes up on a desolate beach, setting off a perplexing chain of events involving the young, wealthy, and mentally unstable Christian (Robert Hoffman), his concerned brother Fritz (Ivan Rassimov, Jungle Holocaust), a murderous maniac on the loose, and female mannequins punctured with knives. Featuring a powerful score by the legendary Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly), this riveting thriller from director Umberto Lenzi (Cannibal Ferox) is a haunting masterpiece of deception and madness.