(1972)
Starring: Richard Burton, Jody Heatherton, Raquel Welch, Sybil Danning, Nathalie Delon and Virna Lisi
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
DVD Information:
Anchor Bay Entertainment - Dolby Digital Mono
16 x 9 Enhanced aspect ratio 1:85.1 - Theatrical Trailer
Original Theatrical Poster Replica on a insert card.
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Richard Burton stars as Baron Kurt Von Sepper. An Austrian aristocrat who lives the bizarre life of marrying women then killing them. Why you may ask? The answer is quite simple. Each and everyone of them got on his nerves.
This somewhat of a black comedy begins with our Baron (Richard Burton) who has fallen in love and has married once again. On a hunting trip in where I find the film is most disturbing and pointless. We are entertained by real animals from rabbits to deer actually getting shot and killed. What was the point of showing this in the film for at least 5 minutes? I really don't know. Anyway, he murders his wife and down she goes gracefully landing on top of a dead hog.
The Charming Baron with the bluebeard..(who actually has a blue beard)..does not remain a bachelor for too long. At a stage performance given by Anne(Joey Heatherton), our Baron throws a black rose to her on the stage. It was love at first sight. It didn't take Anne long to realize that this man was very wealthy and has a very large castle as well. The two are married and the secrets behind the castle walls begin to unfold.
Before leaving on a trip...the Baron gives his lovely new bride the keys to the castle. There is a golden key on the keychain that the Baron tells her never to use. Off he goes and alone in the large dark castle Anne begins to roam.
Just like I would do, Anne takes the golden key and finds a secret passage. Behind these secret walls the secret truth about the Baron's past is revealed. Anne screams in horror. The walls open to reveal a freezer with several dead woman looking more like mannequins chopped and mutilated. Screaming and running she goes to the door and in enters the Baron.
A somewhat subdued Anne is then taken into the living room. She asks why? He begins to explain. This is where the movie in my opinion the film becomes more amusing and the pace is picked up a bit. The Baron begins to tell Anne his tale and through flashbacks we meet all of his wives as he recollects the reasons why he had to kill them.
One wanted too much sex...Another didn't want any...One couldn't stop singing...the other was a tramp turned Nun...One wanted to be spanked...and the last was just being her silly ole self. That's why he killed them all. He chopped ones head off...locked another alive in a coffin...shot another...stabbed one...and drowned the last.
Meanwhile Anne is stalling for time. She asks him to continue telling her these chilling tales so she can plan an escape before she becomes his next victim. When she finally finds a chance to go fleeing...off she goes. Will she get away? or will she die a horrid and brutal death just like the wives before her?
Overall, the film was o.k. It did have some funny moments, especially his singing wife played by Virna Lisi. Raquel Welch as the tramp turned nun turned tramp again, was also very funny. In my opinion it took too long to get started. The begining dragged and we could have done without the 5 minutes of animal killings. I don't know if they had trouble with this movie then went back to fix it up. But the first hour is more of a slow moving drama while the second hour switches to a black comedy. Watchable but nothing special here.
Once again Anchor Bay has provided us with another beautiful DVD transfer. The picture quality was amazingly superb. No flaws whatsoever to be found. The colors were nicely saturated and flawless of any grain. The only extra contained is the films original theatrical trailer and talent bio's.
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