Film Synopsis
A glamorous race car driver is invited to her ex-husband’s estate by his new wife, only to become entangled in a deadly triangle of desire and deceit. When murder strikes, alliances shift and buried motives surface in a dangerous game of manipulation. This stylish Italian giallo blends suspense, sensuality, and betrayal in a twisted tale where no one can be trusted.
Critical Perspective
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Umberto Lenzi and Carroll Baker team up for the third time with A Quiet Place to Kill. The film is enjoyable on its own terms, but fatigue is beginning to show as the same basic formula is reworked yet again.
Troy Howarth, So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films, Volume 1, 1963-1973 (Midnight Marquee Press, 2015)
A Quiet Place to Kill Blu-ray editions
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| Disc Extras | Severin BD-ALL/US 2020 | 88 Films BD-B/UK 2020 | X-Rated BD-B/DE 2018 |
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| Audio Commentary by Troy Howarth | |||
| Audio Commentary by Troy Howarth [New] | |||
| Audio Commentary by Samm Deighan | |||
| Armed to the Teeth… Again - Interview with Director Umberto Lenzi | |||
| Imperfect Crime - Interview with Director Umberto Lenzi | |||
| Sex and Conspiracy - Interview with Director Umberto Lenzi | |||
| Alternate “Clothed” Scene from Spanish Version | |||
| Alternate English Opening Title Sequence as “A Quiet Place to Kill” | |||
| Alternate Italian Opening Title Sequence | |||
| Extended Scene | |||
| Deleted Scene | |||
| Stills Gallery | |||
| “Tenebrarum Special” - Written by Martin Beine | |||
| Easter Egg: Vintage Newsreel Clip Featuring Actress Carroll Baker |
Edition and Packaging Notes
- Severin’s Blu-ray includes a CD soundtrack. It is included in “The Complete Lenzi/Baker Giallo Collection” box set with Orgasmo (1969), So Sweet... So Perverse (1969) and Knife of Ice (1972).
- 88 Film’s “The Italian Collection” Blu-ray includes a 12-page booklet with writing by Rachael Nisbet (“‘Paranoia’: The Art of Duplicity”).
- X-Rated’s Blu-ray is available in 3 Mediabook editions each containing a 20-page booklet with writing by Martin Beine (in German). The director interview extra is also available on 88 Film’s Blu-ray of The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (1977).
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Collector’s guide
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Sex and Conspiracy (10:51) -
Easter Egg: Vintage Newsreel Clip Featuring Actress Carroll Baker (1:02)
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Severin BD 2020
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88 Films BD 2020
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| Extras | Audio Commentary by Troy Howarth [New] 88 Films BD |
| Audio Commentary by Samm Deighan Severin BD | |
| Imperfect Crime - Interview with Director Umberto Lenzi 88 Films BD | |
| Sex and Conspiracy - Interview with Director Umberto Lenzi Severin BD | |
| Alternate “Clothed” Scene from Spanish Version Severin BD | |
| Alternate English Opening Title Sequence as “A Quiet Place to Kill” Severin BD | |
| Alternate Italian Opening Title Sequence Severin BD | |
| Extended Scene Severin BD | |
| Easter Egg: Vintage Newsreel Clip Featuring Actress Carroll Baker Severin BD |