Don't Look in the Attic

Don't Look in the Attic
Directed byCarlo Ausino
Screenplay byCarlo Ausino[1]
Story byCarlo Ausino[1]
Produced by
  • Carlo Ausino
  • Michelle Peyrette[1]
Starring
CinematographyCarlo Ausino[1]
Edited byGiuliano Mattioli[1]
Music byStelvio Cipriani[1]
Production
company
Antonelliana Cinematographica[1]
Distributed byCinevinci[1]
Release dates
  • 30 September 1981 (1981-09-30) (Turin)
  • 14 May 1982 (1982-05-14) (Italy)
Running time
84 minutes[1]
CountryItaly[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

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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

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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

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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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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Curti 2019, p. 108.
  2. ^ a b c d e Curti 2019, p. 109.
  3. ^ Curti 2013, p. 216.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Curti 2019, p. 110.
  5. ^ Curti 2019, p. 111.
  6. ^ a b Autera, Leonardo (9 June 1982). "La villa delle anime maledette". Corriere della Sera (in Italian).

Sources

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  • 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.
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