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Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)

Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key poster
Original title
Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave
Directed by
Sergio Martino
Genre
thriller film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
C
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 143 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A depraved writer and his mistreated wife see their fragile relationship become more complicated when a niece arrives and murders occur nearby.

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What happens

Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (Italian: Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave) is a 1972 Italian giallo film directed by Sergio Martino and starring Edwige Fenech, Luigi Pistilli, and Anita Strindberg. The film revolves around a depraved writer and his mistreated wife, whose fragile relationship is further complicated by local murders and the arrival of the writer's beautiful niece. The film was Martino's fourth giallo and loosely adapts elements from Edgar Allan Poe's 1843 short story "The Black Cat". Its title derives from Martino's earlier The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971), in which the titular character (played by Fenech) receives a note containing a similar phrase. The film has been released under several alternative titles, including Gently Before She Dies, Eye of the Black Cat, and Excite Me. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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