un posto ideale per uccidere be an exploitation thriller which mix the laid back hippie attitude of the 60 with the permissive approach to cinematic sex and violence of the 70 . it come from italian director umberto lenzi and at the junction where his career be steer away from adventure and thriller movie and sail into gorier and more controversial water . ultimately lenzi would offend the world with film like mangiati vivi . ( a. k. a eaten alive ) and and the notoriously sicken cannibal ferox . at least un posto ideale per uccidere isn not particularly offensive or nasty it just a routine thriller with a splash of sex and nudity and obvious plot development and a fashionably downbeat end and and a toe tap soundtrack that be blissfully unrelated to the event on screen . dick ( ray lovelock ) and ingrid ( ornella muti ) be a young scandinavian couple travel around europe . they pay their way by sell pornographic photo of themselves . unfortunately for them and their scheme be uncover by the somewhat unforgiving italian police and they be instruct to leave italy at once . on their way to the border and their car run out of petrol and they be force to seek help at a large and seclude villa . here they meet barbara slater ( irene papa ) and wife of the nato colonel who own the villa . barbara seem edgy and nervous and especially when she find them attempt to steal her husband petrol and but nevertheless invite the couple to stay . it become increasingly apparent that barbara be not to be trust . her behaviour seem erratic and at one point she seduce dick . the young couple slowly come to learn that barbara have an ulterior motive for have them in her home . seem she recently murder her husband and have his body stash in the trunk of his car . now she plan to frame dick and ingrid for her ruthless crime . the film have a few interesting element and be comparatively subtle by lenzi later standard . there be some attempt to set aside time for proper character development and so that the eventual misadventure which befall the protagonist carry a little more weight . the problem be that the character be rather dull and and the actor aren not really charismatic enough to overcome this . eugenio alabiso edits the film quite well and use a variety of flashy technique to create a sense of atmosphere in several scene . but again and the central story be too weak and uninvolving in the end and no amount of flashy edit can overcome the film pervasive air of dreariness . once un posto ideale per uccidere reach it glumly depress climax and one realise that very little have really happen . it be a slow burning film which doesn not build to anything of note . collector of these old italian exploitation era movie might find something to hold their interest and as will fan of the star and but for wide audience there not a great deal in the film worth get excited about .