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A Lizard in a Woman's Skin

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A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
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1hr 39min
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1971
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Shriek Show
Synopsis: This cult movie classic, also known as Schizoid, is a psychodrama murder mystery thriller involving LSD, psychoanalysis, lesbianism, and having at least one extremely gory dream sequence which involves eviscerated dogs. The director had to prove in court that the dogs in question were fabricated and not real. Florinda Bolkan stars as the woman with all the clues to murder. Stanley Baker is the unlucky police inspector who has to separate what is fact from fantasy. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
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This intriguing effort from Lucio Fulci's "giallo" period is worthwhile for fans of this oft-psychedelic genre. The storyline enthusiastic piles soap-opera melodramatics, crazy plot twists, red herrings, bad-trip dream sequences and a healthy lashing of skin and blood. Fulci's direction lives up to the story's fever-pitch thriller theatrics with a barrage of baroque visual trickery, using everything ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Inspector Corvin
Carol Hammond
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