I absolutely loved this movie. Seriously, what a madcap blast this was and it totally took me unawares. Arthur Anderson (Michael Craig) a wealthy Englishman with two previous wives who've also died suddenly and mysteriously, his third wife drowns. Luckily, his housekeeper's testimony keeps him free anc lear, even if the police continue to watch him.
The very night he is acquitted, Julie (Carroll Baker) breaks into his house, which is a giallo meet cute, and she becomes his fourth wife. But is she on the up and up? Is he? Why are the wives of Arthur Anderson dying in such frequency?
This movie steals just enough from Rebecca and Vertigo without being slavish to those films. I also absolutely adore that when we first meet Julie, she's sleeping inside a tent in an abandoned mansion, because that's totally normal. And is that Marina Malfatti (The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave, All the Colors of the Dark) skulking in the background, wearing a cape as a casual during the rainy evening ensemble I spy?
Spanish giallo has been a great rabbit hole to go down and I've also been enjoying slowly watching the resume of Eugenio Martín, who is best known for Horror Express, as well as It Happened at Nightmare Inn. And come on - Carroll Baker starring giallo is nearly a genre in and out of itself.
And while there's no real hero here, I still enjoyed every minute.
Also known as Death at the Deep End of the Swimming Pool and The Fourth Mrs. Anderson, this has just been re-released by Severin, who include a trailer, a deleted scene and an interview with Eugenio Martín biographer Carlos Aguilar in their always stellar package.
The very night he is acquitted, Julie (Carroll Baker) breaks into his house, which is a giallo meet cute, and she becomes his fourth wife. But is she on the up and up? Is he? Why are the wives of Arthur Anderson dying in such frequency?
This movie steals just enough from Rebecca and Vertigo without being slavish to those films. I also absolutely adore that when we first meet Julie, she's sleeping inside a tent in an abandoned mansion, because that's totally normal. And is that Marina Malfatti (The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave, All the Colors of the Dark) skulking in the background, wearing a cape as a casual during the rainy evening ensemble I spy?
Spanish giallo has been a great rabbit hole to go down and I've also been enjoying slowly watching the resume of Eugenio Martín, who is best known for Horror Express, as well as It Happened at Nightmare Inn. And come on - Carroll Baker starring giallo is nearly a genre in and out of itself.
And while there's no real hero here, I still enjoyed every minute.
Also known as Death at the Deep End of the Swimming Pool and The Fourth Mrs. Anderson, this has just been re-released by Severin, who include a trailer, a deleted scene and an interview with Eugenio Martín biographer Carlos Aguilar in their always stellar package.