An insurance scam lands a man on death row for murdering his wife. What everyone does not know is she really is not dead.
This film has been cited as having been inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's film "Vertigo". Indeed, it has that Hitchcock feel, perhaps much more than the usual giallo. Being filmed in San Francisco does not hurt. The film also has been cited as a thematic precursor to later films such as "Basic Instinct" and "Body of Evidence". Was there a conscious connection? From what I understand, the film has a few different release versions. I one I saw was "Perversion Story", which is said to be the smutty one. Indeed, it is quite smutty and personally I could have used less of that. But the plot is no less good, and although Fulci is best known for horror, he clearly had thrillers mastered as well.
This film has been cited as having been inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's film "Vertigo". Indeed, it has that Hitchcock feel, perhaps much more than the usual giallo. Being filmed in San Francisco does not hurt. The film also has been cited as a thematic precursor to later films such as "Basic Instinct" and "Body of Evidence". Was there a conscious connection? From what I understand, the film has a few different release versions. I one I saw was "Perversion Story", which is said to be the smutty one. Indeed, it is quite smutty and personally I could have used less of that. But the plot is no less good, and although Fulci is best known for horror, he clearly had thrillers mastered as well.