6.2 /10 1 Votes
Directed by Bruno Corbucci Cinematography Ennio Guarnieri Director Bruno Corbucci | 6.2/10 Letterboxd Music by Detto Mariano Initial release 1982 Music director Detto Mariano | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Mario Cecchi Gori
Vittorio Cecchi Gori Written by Mario Amendola
Bruno Corbucci
Enrico Oldoini Starring Renato Pozzetto
Gloria Guida Cast Renato Pozzetto, Gloria Guida Story by Bruno Corbucci, Mario Amendola, Mario Cecchi Gori Producers Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Mario Cecchi Gori Similar Sesso e volentieri, Mia moglie è una strega, The Finzi Detective Agency, Uno contro l'altro - praticame, Rich and Poor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Haunted House (Italian: La casa stregata) is a 1982 Italian comedy film written and directed by Bruno Corbucci and starring Renato Pozzetto and Gloria Guida.
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Plot
In a mythical "Arabian Nights" prologue two crossed lovers are struck by a curse cast unto them by a powerful witch (Lia Zoppelli) who had bethroted her own daughter, Candida, (Gloria Guida) to the evil tyrant Ali Amman, while the girl was passionately in love with "Giorgiafat" (Renato Pozzetto); the witch turns the two lovers into salt statues forcing their disembodied souls to wander for a thousand years before re-incarnating and meeting again.
If they would be able to prolong Candida's virginity until the thousandth anniversary of the curse expires, they will be able to live happily, if not the curse would renew itself.
A thousand years later Giorgio is a young Italian bank clerk who has to move from Milan to Rome for work reasons, promising his girlfriend Candida to find a suitable abode for them and her own mother (again, Lia Zoppelli). After many comical incidents Giorgio finds a luxurious mansion for rent at a ludicrously low price and is soon joined by Candida and her mother.
The couple is soon married, but a series of supernatural incidents prevents them from consummating; the poltergeist activity seems centered around Giorgio's pet dog (a Great Dane who starts talking in a heavy southern accent) and a mysterious character who looks like the faithful servant of "Giorgiafat".