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Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key

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Oliviero is a drunk, burned-out writer who amuses himself by hosting orgies and humiliating his wife. When a number of women are murdered in grisly fashion, Oliviero becomes a prime suspect.

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Gayle Sequeira BFI 03/04/2024
Death and desire are inextricable in this clever reworking of Poe’s short story, which trades the first-person POV of a man ruing the growing blight upon his soul for a slasher thriller in which the identity of the perpetrator initially remains a mystery. Go to Full Review
Joe Lipsett Horror Queers Podcast 12/06/2023
4/5
Martino's Giallo doesn't adhere strictly to the traditional rules of the subgenre and it's all the better for it. Edwige Fenech and Anita Strindberg are both fantastic in this beautifully voyeuristic adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com 10/13/2021
3/5
...a wonderfully lurid, pervy and overheated melodrama... Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 09/03/2021
2.5/4
Overdone but enjoyable. Go to Full Review
Jordan M. Smith IONCINEMA.com 10/20/2020
3/5
Visually sumptuous, narratively thrilling and musically memorable, Martino's take on Poe is an absolutely delightful melodramatic hybrid giallo. Go to Full Review
Glenn Heath Jr. San Diego CityBeat 08/20/2018
Giallo is often about keeping characters (and audiences) off balance. Your Vice... does so with effortless glee, embracing the frazzled and warped headspace of people who believe they are immune to fate's spiteful sense of comeuppance. Go to Full Review
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Tasos L 10/14/2024 A very decent giallo, the atmosphere in this one is great. See more JJJJJJ J 10/28/2023 The plot is interesting enough I guess. This film really just does nothing to set its self apart... and there is way to much nudity. The plot of this film is definitely not generic in someways but it just isn't particularly great or thought provoking either. Stylistically, it is very much your basic giallo. Okay but not great. A good watch for fans of the genre but a skip otherwise. See more IrateTyrant C @IrateTyrant 12/31/2022 Giallo masterpiece that borrows from Poe This is the type of movie that followed me after I had viewed it. The acting is superb, throughout. Despite the fact that most Italian directors of that time insisted on using a sound set instead of micing in their actors, it resonates with beautiful collages of mastery. The twists in the story arc it in ways that are unique and interesting. Even though they treated the servant like racists, the overwhelming sympathy for the characters is something that shines through the story. This is a feat that is not possible, usually. I loathed the part where they mutilated the cat, who was an onscreen presence throughout the movie. Loved this movie. See more 09/17/2018 Sergio Martino's classic giallo is a sleazy, sexual reworking of Poe's 'The Black Cat'. Martino adeptly handles the intricate plot and the three lead actors give memorably delicious performances. Definitely one of the more interesting genre pictures. See more 11/09/2017 Boy men just do not know what two women could possibly do in the bedroom, do they? Like most giallos, this has a better title and poster than movie. That said this is definitely one of the more watchable ones as far as plot goes. Dopey but amusing and decently brisk. See more 04/12/2017 Ah, is there a finer combination than Sergio Martino and Edwige Fenech in a '70s Giallo? A freaky author ends up with a dead mistress and that's just the beginning as more bodies pile up and we get all the usual tropes of the genre to keep you guessing about the identity of the killer. Great stuff and one that I would use to try to turn others on to the genre if they express an interest. Recommended. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Oliviero is a drunk, burned-out writer who amuses himself by hosting orgies and humiliating his wife. When a number of women are murdered in grisly fashion, Oliviero becomes a prime suspect.
Director
Sergio Martino
Producer
Luciano Martino
Screenwriter
Adriano Bolzoni, Ernesto Gastaldi, Sauro Scavolini
Production Co
Lea Produktion
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 17, 2017
Runtime
1h 36m
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