The House of the Laughing Windows The House of the Laughing Windows
1976 ‘La casa dalle finestre che ridono’ Directed by Pupi Avati
Synopsis
Stefano, a young restorer is commissioned to save a fresco representing the suffering of St. Sebastiano. The fresco painter was Legnani, and the fresco is his last work. Legnani apparently was mentally disturbed. He was used to paint people close to die or in agony. These facts together with the strange atmosphere that surround this village near Ferrara, in the north of Italy, contribute to put Stefano in a nightmare reality. Soon reality will change into horror.
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One can say that I have seen a few gialli in my day, they're often mesmerizing spectacles to admire. Also, more often than not, they're predictable. I hate to spoil anything but in most cases, if there's a priest, he's the killer, if there are 10 red herrings that are all male, the killer is a female, it's just the way of the game, folks.
The House of the Laughing Windows is not a conventional giallo. We, as an audience, are not following around a gloved assailant killing off beautiful women in orderly fashion. There are actually very few murders but plenty of mystery. I had feelings and theories of what will happen next but the immediate ending was a…
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Stefano, a restorer, is commissioned to repair a fresco in a small rural town in Southern Italy. The painter of the fresco, Legnani, was a famed, and reportedly mad, artist from the town and the residents want to use his art to build up their faltering tourist trade. What Stefano discovers is a town full of secrets and strange village folk (think: The Wicker Man) covering up the true origins of Legnani’s artwork.
The films title sequence sits at odds with much of the film as a man’s torso is repeatedly stabbed with knives whilst a demented voice-over rambles on about God and blood. The expected brutality and bloodletting doesn’t occur again until the end of the film. Instead much…
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When Shameless Screen Entertainment first announced that they will be releasing THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS, I was excited to say the least! This has been one of those films that have long been on my list of titles to check out after hearing so many great reviews. Thankfully, the movie not only lived up to expectations, but surpassed them too!
THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS is an incredibly creepy film where almost every frame oozes with an eerie atmosphere and sense of dread. For all those who enjoy films such as DON’T LOOK NOW and THE WICKERMAN, you will love this film! It's also quite unique compared to other giallo films. Rather than focusing on outlandish gore, guts and…
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στην αρχή φαίνεται σαν ένα ακόμα ατμοσφαιρικό giallo της σειράς, από αυτά που βλέπεις όταν έχει αδειάσει η watchlist ή μέχρι να κατέβει καμιά ταινία της προκοπής.
δεν είναι.
εκτός από το γεγονός πως καταφέρνει να σε αγχώσει φοβερά χωρίς να δείξει απολύτως τίποτα (σοβαρά, τίποτα, τα κρατάει όλα για το τέλος), έχει ένα απίστευτα γρήγορο και σωστό μοντάζ που κάνει όλη την ταινία ακόμα καλύτερη. αλλά το κορυφαίο κομμάτι είναι το φινάλε, ένα αδιάκοπο εικοσάλεπτο "WTF", έρχεται από το πουθενά και είναι σαν δυνατή σφαλιάρα. υπέροχο. -
Κάτι σαν νόθο παιδί του Don't Look Now και του Wicker Man σε giallo συσκευασία. ΕΝΤΥΠΩΣΙΑΚΟ.
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Although this is lacking the set-piece slayings, nudity, pounding prog rock score and stylistic quirks we normally associate with giallo, make no mistake this is a fine example of the genre.
This is the tale of a restorer come to work on a church mural in a remote village who uncovers dark and twisted things. It's very much a slow burn, with the plot gradually unfolding as director Pupi Avati weaves an accumulating atmosphere of first strangeness and then dread. Some, expecting racier fare may struggle to get through the first hour, but this is a film worth sticking with as everything builds to the shocking climax. -
Stefano (Lino Capolicchio) is called to a remote island village to restore a fresco of St Sebastian by a local artist in the hopes it will make a celebrity out of the original artist and attract tourists to the impoverished rural community. Unbeknownst to Stefano the painting has a dark secret history which threatens his safety and asks terrifying questions of the motives of the local inhabitants.
Pupi Avati’s 1976 giallo film The House With Laughing Windows is re-released here by those wonderfully sick puppies at Shameless for your enjoyment and reappraisal. Its ropey production values are apparent; poor acting, bad effects, poor dubbing, (even in Italian) but it’s nothing other than the usual genre foibles and certainly not enough…
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Κάτι σαν νόθο παιδί του Don't Look Now και του Wicker Man σε giallo συσκευασία. ΕΝΤΥΠΩΣΙΑΚΟ.
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στην αρχή φαίνεται σαν ένα ακόμα ατμοσφαιρικό giallo της σειράς, από αυτά που βλέπεις όταν έχει αδειάσει η watchlist ή μέχρι να κατέβει καμιά ταινία της προκοπής.
δεν είναι.
εκτός από το γεγονός πως καταφέρνει να σε αγχώσει φοβερά χωρίς να δείξει απολύτως τίποτα (σοβαρά, τίποτα, τα κρατάει όλα για το τέλος), έχει ένα απίστευτα γρήγορο και σωστό μοντάζ που κάνει όλη την ταινία ακόμα καλύτερη. αλλά το κορυφαίο κομμάτι είναι το φινάλε, ένα αδιάκοπο εικοσάλεπτο "WTF", έρχεται από το πουθενά και είναι σαν δυνατή σφαλιάρα. υπέροχο. -
When Shameless Screen Entertainment first announced that they will be releasing THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS, I was excited to say the least! This has been one of those films that have long been on my list of titles to check out after hearing so many great reviews. Thankfully, the movie not only lived up to expectations, but surpassed them too!
THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS is an incredibly creepy film where almost every frame oozes with an eerie atmosphere and sense of dread. For all those who enjoy films such as DON’T LOOK NOW and THE WICKERMAN, you will love this film! It's also quite unique compared to other giallo films. Rather than focusing on outlandish gore, guts and…
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One can say that I have seen a few gialli in my day, they're often mesmerizing spectacles to admire. Also, more often than not, they're predictable. I hate to spoil anything but in most cases, if there's a priest, he's the killer, if there are 10 red herrings that are all male, the killer is a female, it's just the way of the game, folks.
The House of the Laughing Windows is not a conventional giallo. We, as an audience, are not following around a gloved assailant killing off beautiful women in orderly fashion. There are actually very few murders but plenty of mystery. I had feelings and theories of what will happen next but the immediate ending was a…
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Weird and creepy. One of my favorite Italian horror flicks.
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The movie is pretty tame in comparison to many giallo flicks, it moves very slow, but the last few minutes are like a twisting train wreck.
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Even for giallo this has murky plotting. Then again, even for giallo this has mood. The body count's low, and the meandering investigation allows us plenty of time for that creepy organ theme to repeatedly crop up. This is a film where every character has some suspicious insert shot of them looking or acting creepy, all leading to a gently ridiculous twist revelation.