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| | THE PERFUME OF THE LADY IN BLACK |
 | | Having said that I wouldn't be surprised if Barilli's film didn't do some influencing of its own, primarily on Dario Argento's SUSPIRIA (1977) and INFERNO (1980) (the former with its subject matter and the latter with its characters also inhabiting a waking nightmare in a similar setting); and perhaps even Polanski's THE TENANT (1976). |
 | | It doesn't entirely fit the criteria of a typical giallo, being more of a psychological horror film, but does, later on dip into the realms of the genre with some brief bursts of quite shocking, graphic violence. |
 | | She lives in a picturesque, rambling apartment block which she shares with a friend, Francesca (Donna Jordan) and a gaggle of elderly, and seemingly benevolent, neighbours- including an old widower who pesters her good naturedly for coffee; and a matronly woman who spends most of her time mollycoddling her jet black cat, Mozart. |
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