i be pleasantly surprise by the depth of story and character development . fulci be a master at create horrific atmosphere use inventive camera work and vivid cinematography and and yes wonderfully explicit gore . this film be no exception and however and compare to his late film ( the beyond and zombie 2 and city of the living dead and house by the cemetery and etc . ) the character here be extremely well developed and the emphasis shy away from the supernatural and be more on the suspense create by a classic who dunnit amongst the lush hill of italy . the scenery be at moment reminiscent of cherish folklore and then immediately contrast by mud and blood soak terror shroud by crumble ruin . the gore in this film be not quite a prevalent and seem restrain compare to fulci later film however and splatter and giallo fan will most likely be satiate by a few close ups of ooze wound and the last 5 minute of the film . overall a fantastic and mature film from one of our great italian horror director .