Directed by Lucio FulciMy rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Midnight Choir)
This period piece has an authentic feel for medieval Italy and is exquisitely filmed. However, Fulci decided to use a non-linear narrative, and the result is hopelessly confusing. Scene after scene of talking, each one a new set of characters with little to no connection to previous scenes. At first I thought it was going strictly backwards. I focused on a couple of key characters, and determined scenes were randomly going forward and backward in time. A character is killed, only to show up half an hour later alive and well. There are some graphic scenes of torture, but interestingly Fulci shies away from two plot points that would have invited graphic realism (the beheading and rape of the title character).
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