Giallo! Italian horror (thriller, actually) with some deviant sex and a lot of it. Now, to be honest...only a prude would see this film as Rated X. That is...a prude or the people marketing this Umberto Lenzi film. Still, we can agree this is at least a hard R rating...still good. Shower sex, threesomes in bed, lesbian passion...and of course, heterosexual sex. This is Italian and we can even say Euro-trash so throw in some brother-sister carnal relations...oh, those Europeans...everyone is related over there in that continent. Our feature today is the Carroll Baker film, 1969's "Paranoia" (aka "Orgasmo").
Kathryn (Baker) is a hot widow. Her older husband died and left her half the world's wealth. She comes to Italy to take possession of a mansion, now hers. An over-fawning old lawyer, Brian (Tino Carraro) helps her settle the affairs of the estate. She is a bit of a boozer and as we find out...a nymphomaniac. By chance (yeah, right) a stranded motorist, Peter (Lou Castel), breaks down in front of her estate. He's quite handsome...looks like Steve McQueen. Of course, he invades her shower and the two will have a long sex scene as the steaming hot water enhances the moment. He, apparently, hates wealth and wants nothing to do with money. She loves sex with this younger man. He keeps sneaking onto her estate and eventually is invited to move in. Guess who he brings? His hot sister, Eva (Colette Descombes).
Eva is actually part of a nefarious plan. She will seduce Kathryn and addict her to booze and pills. Now Kathryn joins the Rome nightclub scene with her two new friends. There will be threesomes and Eva will have more personal sex with her brother...and Kathryn. Uh oh again...our brother-sister duo begin their evil plan. After addicting Kathryn to pills and booze, they keep her captive. Eva and Kathryn will have a nice cat-fight and Peter will whip and slap her senseless. All this leads to more sex. It is apparent that Kathryn is in mortal danger. Our two amorous invaders claim they don't want her money. As Kathryn falls into an abyss of helplessness and peril, Eva and Peter get more aggressive and violent.
If not money, what do Eva and Peter want from their new sex-slave? With her continued fall into addiction and vicious torture, does Kathryn have a prayer at surviving? As far as deviant sex moves...who has the most to teach...the older Kathryn, or the two young perverts? This is a gratuitous and salacious one. Not the feel good film of 1969, and you will need a shower after seeing it. For some prurient fun see "Paranoia."
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