Macabre
– A middle-aged woman, traumatized from the death of her adulterous lover, moves into a room at a New ..
A middle-aged woman, traumatized from the death of her adulterous lover, moves into a room at a New Orleans boarding house where the blind landlord becomes suspicious to her activities of continuing her affair with her dead lover.
17 Apr 1980
English, Italian
Lamberto Bava
Antonio Avati (story and screenplay), Pupi Avati (story and screenplay), Lamberto Bava (story and screenplay), Roberto Gandus (story and screenplay)
Bernice Stegers, Stanko Molnar, Veronica Zinny, Roberto Posse
A New Orleans housewife leaves her daughter and son home alone to meet her lover. While with him, she receives a call that her son has died. Wreckless driving rushing to her house results in a horrible accident. The lover dies and she is sent to a mental institution to recover from the psychological trauma. Upon her release a year later she moves into the boarding house where they would rendezvous. The landlord has passed away and her blind son is left to maintain the house. With every day that passes, his lust for her grows while she remains true to her lover. The situation comes to a "head" on a weekend visit with her daughter. All secrets will be revealed and no one will be the same. Inspired by actual events.
Medusa Film