Hotel Fear

7 / 10 1 Votes Alchetron 7 7 1 Ratings 10 0 9 0 8 0 7 1 6 0 5 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 Rate This Rate This Director    Francesco Barilli Duration    92 min Running time    1h 32m Music director    Adolfo Waitzman		6.8/10 IMDb Genre    Drama, Horror, Mystery Initial release    February 16, 1978 (Italy) Initial DVD release    December 2007 (Italy) Language    Italian
Writer    Barbara Alberti (story), Amedeo Pagani (story), Barbara Alberti (screenplay), Amedeo Pagani (screenplay), Francesco Barilli (screenplay) Cast    Luc Merenda (Rodolfo), Leonora Fani (Rosa), Francisco Rabal (Marta's lover) Similar movies    Salt , The Case of the Scorpion's Tail , The Grand Budapest Hotel , The Shining , Straight Outta Compton , Raiders of the Lost Ark

Hotel Fear (Italian: Pensione paura, Spanish: La violaciòn de la señorita Julia) is a 1977 Italian-Spanish giallo film directed by Francesco Barilli.

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• Plot
• Cast
• Production
• Release
• References

Plot

A young girl and her mother run a hotel during the war. The girl finds herself at the mercy of her sex-crazed guests and matters become worse when her mother dies. Soon after, a cloaked figure starts killing off everyone that tries to harm her.

Cast

Leonora Fani: Rosa

Luc Merenda: Rodolfo

Lidia Biondi: Marta

Francisco Rabal: Marta's lover

Jole Fierro: Rodolfo's lover

Wolfango Soldati

Máximo Valverde

Production

After directing The Perfume of the Lady in Black, it took four years for director Francesco Barilli to return to directing.Barilli stated this was because he was not allowed to make the film he wanted to make, but was offered several different projects to work at. One film Barilli wanted to make was titled L'occhio, when he was approached by producer Tommaso Dazzi who deemed L'occhio too expensive, and presented him with the treatment for Pensione paura. Barilli admitted to needing the money and took the offer to direct the film.

Filming started in Manziana in August 1977. Barilli and producer Tommaso Dazzi often argued on set as Barilli shot scenes that were not in the script, which Barilli did not care for as he wanted to shoot the film the way he wanted to.

The film had an unusual setting, which film historian Roberto Curti described as "one-of-a-kind work" that did not fit into the mold of a gothic, giallo, or psychological drama but encompassed elements of all the genres.

Release

Pensione paura was distributed theatrically in Italy by Euro International Films on 16 February 1978. The film grossed a total of 82,645,242 Italian lire domestically. Curti described the film a commercial flop. Barilli commented the producer who sold the film to Euro International Films went bankrupt shortly after. In Spain, the film was marketed as an erotic feature under the title "La violación de la señorita Julia." This release marked the last theatrically distributed film of Barelli, who subsequently devoted his career to painting.

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