Having seen a few of Mario Bava's movies, "La frusta e il corpo" (alternately called "What!?" and "The Whip and the Body" in English) was a bit of a disappointment just because much of the movie was kind of slow. It certainly has an interesting plot: Christopher Lee plays a disinherited member of a noble family who returns home, where he starts engaging in some nasty tactics. And it takes more than death to get rid of this guy! Apparently, the whipping scenes were a little extreme for the censors in 1963 (I wonder if that was for the violence or the sexual implications); nowadays it shouldn't be that intense. The mortuary scenes are the really cool ones.
So anyway, this is far from my favorite Bava flick - "The House of Exorcism/Lisa and the Devil" takes that spot - but still worth seeing. Euro-horror will never get old!
Also starring Daliah Lavi, Tony Kendall, Ida Galli, Harriet Medin, Gustavo De Nardo and Luciano Pigozzi.
So anyway, this is far from my favorite Bava flick - "The House of Exorcism/Lisa and the Devil" takes that spot - but still worth seeing. Euro-horror will never get old!
Also starring Daliah Lavi, Tony Kendall, Ida Galli, Harriet Medin, Gustavo De Nardo and Luciano Pigozzi.