A Lizard in a Woman's Skin

(1971)

★ 6.5 IMDb · 190 votes

Genres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Year: 1971

Runtime: 104 мин

Country: France, Italy

Director: Lucio Fulci

Cast: Florinda Bolkan, Stanley Baker, Жан Сорель, Silvia Monti, Альберто де Мендоса, Penny Brown, Mike Kennedy, Ely Galleani, George Rigaud, Ezio Marano

Plot

Carol Hammond, daughter of a politician, has vivid nightmares involving sex orgies and LSD. In a dream, she murders a neighbor she envies and wakes up to a real investigation into her neighbor's murder.

In London, Carol Hammond lives in a fancy building with her husband Frank and her stepdaughter Joan. Carol is the beloved daughter of wealthy, prominent lawyer and politician Edmond Brighton; Frank is his partner in his office and has a love affair with Deborah. Carol's next-door neighbor Julia Durer is a depraved woman who promotes parties with drugs and orgies. Carol has psychoanalysis sessions with Dr. Kerr and is intrigued with a nightmare where she stabs Julia to death three times while a couple watches. When Julia is found dead in her apartment, efficient Inspector Corvin and his partner Sgt. Brandon are assigned to investigate. All the evidences point out to Carol, but was it a dream or reality?