Obsession: A Taste for Fear

1987 [ITALIAN]

Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller

6
IMDb Rating 4.9/10 10 407 407

giallo

Plot summary

A photographer's model is found murdered, sparking a police investigation that targets her ex-boyfriend. As more models die and murder videos surface, the true identity of the killer becomes uncertain.

Director

Piccio Raffanini Photo
Piccio Raffanini

Top cast

Eva Grimaldi Photo
Eva Grimaldi as Pearl
Teagan Clive Photo
Teagan Clive as Teagan Morrison
Virginia Hey Photo
Virginia Hey as Diane
Gérard Darmon Photo
Gérard Darmon as Georges
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
845.66 MB
1280*536
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles it  
23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds ...
1.53 GB
1920*804
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles it  
23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by bowlsmaclean

Actually worth checking out

This film is packaged as a run of-the-mill sex thriller, however theres a lot more to it than meets the eye. The video box neglects to mention that this is a sci-fi adventure. The photography is absolutely magnificent, gorgeous, and well thought out. Sureal and surprising. It's everybit a 'Barberella' for the eighties
Reviewed by laurieanngermann 6 / 10

Beautifully Shot

A fashion photographer's models are being picked off one by one by a deranged redhead who lures them to phony photo shoots and stabs them to death.Obsession: A Taste for Fear looks absolutely gorgeous even in its obviously cropped and muddy VHS transfer. It's part giallo and part erotic thriller with a little futuristic Blade Runner vibe throughout. Everything is bright, colorful, and futuristic. Unfortunately, the plot is both too convoluted and sluggish to keep one's interest for much time. You might find yourself nodding off midway through as the film's unlikable heroine tries to seduce yet another person for no apparent reason.
Reviewed by gridoon 6 / 10

Kinky and bizarre.

OK, I admit it: I rented this movie only because it has Eva Grimaldi in it; well, Eva has only a minor, virtually non-speaking part, and the film is far from the conventional erotic thriller you might expect based on the video box promotion. It's really not a very good movie, but it's unlike anything you've ever seen before. Part kinky soft-core sex film, part murder mystery, set in a vaguely futuristic world, it is a very strange, very arty film, with some bizarre music ("The Man I Love"!) and casting (female bodybuilder Teagan as...herself) choices. It's obvious that one of the goals of this movie was to create (with limited means) its own world; it succeeded admirably. By the way, did the person who said that "it wants to be like "Basic Instinct"" bother to check out its production date? (**)
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