场景搭建考究，无论是自然风光还是室内陈设，都充满了浓郁的氛围感，让人身临其境。ThisfilmisanextremelyentertainingpsychologicalthrillerwithCarrolBakerexcellentasarichAmericanwidowgettingawayfromitallatasecludedItalianvilla.Entersmartaleckdownonhisluckplayboy,LouCastel,whohassomegolddiggingmotivesbehindhisslickhipsterseductiontechniquesandhasnoqualmsabouthowhegetswhathewants.HeencouragesBaker'scharacter'sincipientalcoholismanddubiousself-esteem,bringsinhissupposed'sister'tohelpdragBakerevenfurtherintoamazeofsickmindgames,drugaddictionandgroupsex,allculminatinginadescentintonear-madnessandself-destructivedepravity. Iwon'tgiveawayanymore,sufficetosaythatthefilmdeliversonitsswingingsixties,Eurosleazeambienceandpsychologicalsuspensethrillercredentialsinspades.DirectorUmbertoLenzi'sworkhasbeen,atbest,unevenandhe'schurnedouthisshareofcrap.However,hemadesomequitegoodgiallosandcrimepicturesinthesixtiesandseventiesandthisisoneofthem(othergoodfilmsbyLenzi--SPASMO,SEVENBLOODSTAINEDORCHIDS,ASSAULTWITHADEADLYWEAPON,tonameonlyafew). Unfortunatelythisfilmisofenconfusedwithanotherokaybutnot-quite-as-goodLenzifilmthatwasalsoreleasedbrieflyhereinAmericaunderthesamePARANOIAtitle(butismorecommonlyknown,especiallyonvideo,asAQUIETPLACETOKILL).