Don't Look in the Attic
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| Directed by | Carlo Ausino |
| Screenplay by | Carlo Ausino[1] |
| Story by | Carlo Ausino[1] |
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| Cinematography | Carlo Ausino[1] |
| Edited by | Giuliano Mattioli[1] |
| Music by | Stelvio Cipriani[1] |
Production company | Antonelliana Cinematographica[1] |
| Distributed by | Cinevinci[1] |
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Running time | 84 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy[1] |
Don't Look in the Attic (Italian: La villa delle anime maledette–The Damned) is a 1981 Italian horror film directed and written by Carlo Ausino.[1]
Production
[edit]Don't Look in the Attic was directed by Carlo Ausino, a filmmaker who got his start in the film industry as an uncredited assistant on the set of The Organizer and made his debut as a director in L'ora della pietà.[1] Ausino made a few attempts at science fiction films in the 1970s until his film Double Game which was released in 1977.[2][3] Don't Look in the Attic was filmed in 1980 when Ausino made a deal with the French film distribution company Felix Film to use some French actors in mid-1980.[2] The film was written in a few weeks by Ausino with Annarita Grapputo in the lead, who had previously acted in Double Game.[2]
Filming began in June 1980 under the title La stirpe dei dannati and was shot in four weeks in Turin.[1][2] The film's score credited to Stelvio Cipriani is compiled form a catalogue of his older work, including Un'ombra nell'ombra .[4]
Release
[edit]Don't Look in the Attic had its premiere on September 30, 1981 in Turin as La villa delle anime maledette.[2] Wider distribution of the film in Italy was only available on 14 May 1982.[1][4] In Italy, the film was released on home video by the GVR label.[4] Outside of Italy the film was released as House of the Damned which was mistitled as House of the Danned in the titles and Don't Look in the Attic.[4]
Reception
[edit]In Italy, Leonardo Autera gave the film a negative review in Corriere della Sera, noting poor script, direction and photography.[4][5][6] Autera continued that the story was "extremely deranged, developing despite any logic."[4][6]
References
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[edit]Sources
[edit]- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
- Curti, Roberto (2019). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476672434.