Today is my only vacation Friday of the year; meaning that it's just me and the cats and no one else. Top cat Weena had a choice of Witches or Silent Horror as the theme, since she HATES silent movies, it's no surprise that we are going with witches. Happy Friday everyone! This film enjoys a cult following in it's country of origin: Italy. It was marketed as Baba Yaga: Devil Witch in English speaking countries, and is known States side on video as Kiss Me, Kill Me. Plot centers around a well know photographer, Valentina (Isabell de Funes') who "accidentally" runs into a mysterious woman who calls herself "Baba Yaga" (Carroll Baker) one night while making her way home, next day Baba Yaga shows up at her apartment during a photo shot....needless to say, things get weird very quickly after. It's a strange Italian artifact from the the 1970's, that is similar to (but falls short, in my opinion) The House With Laughing Windows, which came out 3 years later. It also resembles the ultra-classic Suspiria, also a witch movie. The plot just doesn't hold together quite as well as the above mentioned; but it does have some truly creepy moments (setting aside the Nazi nightmares, which are not scary at all!).
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