Arabella: Black Angel (1989) is an Italian giallo film that I recently watched on Prime. The storyline follows a woman addicted to sex but married to an author who is paralyzed from the waist down. The husband catches the lady cheating; and when he does, she kills the man she's sleeping with. She agrees to never cheat again...but can she keep her promise and how far will she go to keep her acts a secret?
This movie is directed by Stelvio Massi (Black Cobra) and stars Tinì Cansino (Nightmare in Venice), Rena Niehaus (Snatch, 1976) and Evelyn Stewart (The Leopard).
This is such an uneven and frustrating movie. The acting and dialogue is painful, but the storyline and kills are actually pretty good. The dialogue feels like a bad, old school grocery store romance novel. I loved the settings, especially the opening sex house. The storyline is actually pretty good outside of the annoying relationship between Arabella and her husband. The chase scenes are more funny than good, but the kills, and use of scissors, are excellent. There is a ton of sex and nudity from beginning to the end of this picture. This film is frustrating because every time there are 3-4 good sequences in a row, someone talks and a scene happens that makes you slap your four head. I did like the twist(s) at the end and overall conclusion.
Overall, this is a bad movie that has a few worthwhile elements that make it worth a watch. I would score this a 5/10 and recommend seeing it once.
This movie is directed by Stelvio Massi (Black Cobra) and stars Tinì Cansino (Nightmare in Venice), Rena Niehaus (Snatch, 1976) and Evelyn Stewart (The Leopard).
This is such an uneven and frustrating movie. The acting and dialogue is painful, but the storyline and kills are actually pretty good. The dialogue feels like a bad, old school grocery store romance novel. I loved the settings, especially the opening sex house. The storyline is actually pretty good outside of the annoying relationship between Arabella and her husband. The chase scenes are more funny than good, but the kills, and use of scissors, are excellent. There is a ton of sex and nudity from beginning to the end of this picture. This film is frustrating because every time there are 3-4 good sequences in a row, someone talks and a scene happens that makes you slap your four head. I did like the twist(s) at the end and overall conclusion.
Overall, this is a bad movie that has a few worthwhile elements that make it worth a watch. I would score this a 5/10 and recommend seeing it once.