The Eye In The Labyrinth (1972)

Dir: Mario Caiano

Weird giallo in which a beautiful but seemingly unemployed woman with no friends or family (played by the wonderful Rosemary Dexter) investigates her boyfriend's disappearance. The search takes her to a weird villa populated by a dizzying array of misfits, hepcats and scumbags, all of whom appear to have a motive for bumping him off. Between the surprise transvestites, child perverts, drug barons and retired gangsters, the plot is convoluted to say the least. It has more red herrings than a sith fishmonger but, despite best efforts to obfuscate with weirdness, the final twist is blindingly obvious from the opening scenes. Sure, the cast is interesting, there's a nice black streak of humour and the Argento-esque camera-play is lively but this isn't quite enough to make the preposterous plot fly. One for the completists. *1/2