Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

moonmonday It's hard to find...and I'm glad! If this film dropped off the face of the earth tomorrow, it would be no great loss. yet another stupid and implausible Italian horror that attempts to be edgy and shocking, but actually isn't much more than incoherent and plodding, even neglecting to address huge, major plot points that it apparently wasn't aware it brought up. It's so unlikely in the first place, and the voice-over ending it is made hilarious by its attempt to make it all seem intentional.The pacing is nonexistent and the whole thing is pretty predictable, except where it's random (and implausible there too). It's so predictable that you'll watch it, know exactly what will happen, and say to yourself 'no -- no, nothing's that stupid, nothing would do that anymore'. But you will be mistaken and it will disappoint you even more.From the start, you'll find yourself wondering why these people, who obviously have pretty demanding lives, are so inanely doing the things they do. The father has no reason for doing what he does, especially. Nothing makes sense, and it's unfulfilling. This isn't the sort of 'dream logic' Argento could get away with when he was still good; it's just a mess of shoddy writing, and the ending is absolutely contemptible.If you want to see something on a similar sort of note, watch Atrocious. It's not a masterpiece by any means, but it's far better than this rubbish. This isn't worth finding, and it's certainly not worth sitting through once you do find a copy.

Darkling_Zeist Fun spooky house horror, replete with Nut-bag aunts and all manner of requisite Italian genre lunacy; produced by Lucio Fulci and directed with "relative" competency by Mario 'Burial Ground' Bianchi. The film takes a wee while to come to the boil, but when it finally does reach body temperature it rewards the more patient viewer; also includes a delightful shower scene with the buxom Jessica Moore which certainly doesn't detract from the overall entertainment value. Truth be known this is far more amusing to watch than many of the Fulci-helmed horror's from the similar era; should be of greater interest to those who simply must watch every 80's Italian schlocker. When all is said and done I personally found much to enjoy with 'Murder Secret' (1988) and the zesty electronic score certainly didn't go unnoticed! (Might be time for a Bianchi horror box set)

HumanoidOfFlesh The plot of "The Murder Secret" begins with Richard Hamilton(played by Gabriele Tinti)receiving a letter from his long lost and psychotic Aunt Martha inviting him and his family to visit her at her remote countryside villa.Together he and his wife Nora,their older children Georgia and Charles and their younger son Maurice decide to stay at Aunt Martha's villa.Upon their arrival Aunt Martha is nowhere to be found and the Hamilton's are instead received by the outwardly friendly yet decidedly creepy Thomas who claims that he is Aunt Martha's caretaker and that she will join them shortly.Soon series of bloody murders is set in motion..."Don't Be Afraid of Aunt Martha" by Mario Bianchi is an alright slasher/giallo with three extremely bloody murder scenes including chainsaw decapitation of a young boy.The acting is okay and the plot is entertaining.If you liked similarly gore and nudity laden Andrea Bianchi's "Massacre" give this one a chance.7 crazy aunts out of 10.

flesh_eater maybe the real horror is watching this movie. everything in *non avere paura della zia marta* is ridiculous, and perhaps this would be a good reason to watch it. for the fans of gore, there are as usual some scenes of decapitation (with a chest! ahahah, see it and laugh!) and killing, and a final scene that could repay you of the time wasted watching this movie (when the gardener kisses zia marta...aaaaaah, what a genius this mario bianchi). to be underlined a curiosity, for lucio fulci's fans: some scenes of this movie(?) can be seen in *un gatto nel cervello* (when lucio gets to his friend's house).