The Third Eye

The Third Eye (1966)

Il terzo occhio

Young nobleman Mino lives with his mother and Marta, the housekeeper, in an old, decaying castle. He is infantile and morbidly attached to the weird duo; his only hobby is taxidermy. Laura, Mino's fiancee, is met with jealousy and hatred by the two women, and decides to leave the castle; but Marta sabotages her car brakes and she is killed. Mino takes her body back to the castle. Meanwhile, his mother is violently arguing with Marta, who throws her down the stairs and repeatedly bashes her head on the floor. The distraught Mino descends into madness: he picks up a stripper at a nightclub and brings her home, then strangles her while having sex next to Laura's dead body. He does the same with a prostitute. Marta discovers these murders and offers to help dispose of bodies. A year later, Daniela (Laura's twin sister) arrives at the castle...

Date of release
1966-06-11
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (27)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Director
Mino Guerrini

Casting

Interesting facts

The Third Eye is a 1966 Italian horror film. It was directed by Mino Guerrini and stars Franco Nero, Gioia Pascal, and Erika Blanc. A young count, who lives with his domineering, jealous mother, begins on a downward spiral into madness after his fiancée dies in a car accident. This was one of Franco Nero's earliest films, before he achieved stardom in the spaghetti western genre. Erika Blanc plays a dual role in the film, portraying both the Count's dead fiancée Laura, as well as Laura's twin sister Daniela.

Production

The story of the film came from producer Ermanno Donati who is credited under the pen name Phil Young. The film's credits state the plot is based on famed serial killer Gilles de Rais but this is fictional. The film was originally titled Il freddo bacio della morte (lit. 'The Cold Kiss of Death'), a title that appeared on the French release prints only. It went into production in June 1965. The film was shot at the Villa Parisi.

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