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Death on the Fourposter

aka Delitto allo specchio; Sexy Party

Poster of Death on the Fourposter
  • Photo of Troy Howarth

    Death on the Fourposter is partway between Gothic melodrama and sleazy giallo trappings. The emphasis on a group of inane people gathered together for fun and games is fairly typical, but the setting and moody black-and-white cinematography from the gifted Raffaele Masciocchi (who photographed Riccardo Freda’s morbid classic The Terror of Dr. Hichcock, 1962) make it feel rather old-fashioned. The film promises more sleaze than it delivers, though the actresses all end up in their underwear at some point or another; the scene of the family retainer tearing at the dress of one of the actresses for no apparent reason is frankly bizarre, but not entirely unwelcome.

    Troy Howarth, So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films, Volume 1, 1963-1973 (Midnight Marquee Press, 2015)

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Presentation VCI DVD 2015
  • Video
    • File 1
      • Codec: MPEG-2
      • Resolution: 480i
      • Overall bit rate: 3.80 Mbps
      • Aspect ratio: 1.30:1
      • Length:1:31:44.031
      • File size: 2.56 GiB
  • Audio
    • File 1
      • Language: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
      • Sampling rate: 48 kHz
      • Bit rate: 192 kbps
      • Bit depth: 16-bit
  • Subtitles
    • None
Extras No extras are available.