Darkness rolls in to engulf Jon Dear and Dave Thomas as they examine Luigi Bazzoni and Franco Rossellini's 1965 arthouse thriller The Possessed/La donna del lago.

CW: gendered violence, unwanted pregnancy, suicide

Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear

Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com

More information:
So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films: Volume 1 1963-1973 by Troy Howarth

La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film by Mikel J. Koven

The Possessed Arrow Blu-Ray: the original pressing contained a booklet with writing on the film by Andreas Ehrenreich and Roberto Curti. Though sadly this version is now out of print, the excellent disc without booklet is still available.

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