Honest to God. So at the 1:09:17 mark the cops dial a house where earlier a woman had been stabbed maybe 2 dozen times. The camera is outside the house and we can hear the ringing. Then cut to a close up of the woman inside covered in blood and her eyes open. What.? She's alive?? Frustratingly ridiculous but okay. But now she decides to start her lllllong crawl to answer the telephone. The cops hang up and dial again. But on she writhes. Dragging herself down the hallway toward the endlessly ringing phone. I think we are now at the 97th ring. On she goes leaving a gory trail of blood behind her. Merciful heavens. On and on and on she goes. Ring ring ring And finally - FINALLY - at the 1:13:21 mark (yes FOUR minutes later) she manages to answer the damn phone. AND she's unable to speak into it anyway. What in the name of all that is holy were they thinking?? And Is this the only bit of business that goes on too long? Noooooooooo. EVERYHING TAKE of this movie goes on too long. But it is the most extreme example. A movie Not remotely scary - just a lot of Italian tedium. Insanity can explain away Franco Nero's bizarre behavior (and maybe even his overacting) but why does EVERYONE behave in such bizarre ways. Good luck figuring out anyone's motivation for doing anything. I tend to love 1960s Italian horror. But this.
Review of The Third Eye
