Madness

Madness (1980)

Vacanze per un massacro

An escaped convicted murderer invades the cottage of a man, his wife and the wife's sister, whereupon he proceeds to torment this already dysfunctional trio with rape and violence.

Date of release
1980-03-20
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (35)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Thriller, Action, Crime
Director
Fernando Di Leo

Casting

Interesting facts

Madness is a 1980 Italian drama erotic thriller film directed by Fernando Di Leo and starring Joe Dallesandro. A low-budget film, it was shot in just twelve days. It was first supposed to be directed by Mario Gariazzo. The film was the last film Dallesandro shot in Italy before returning to United States. The Luis Bacalov's musical score is mainly recycled from his scores for Di Leo's Caliber 9 and Maurizio Lucidi's The Designated Victim.

Production

Madness was based on a story by Mario Gariazzo, who director Fernando di Leo had previously offered script advice for his film The Bloody Hands of the Law and whose films were produced by di Leo's company Cineproduzioni Daunia 70. Gariazzo was originally going to be the director of the film.

Madness was shot in 12 days. Fernando di Leo was not happy with the results of the film, stating that it was a "disappointing film indeed, including my toying with Lorraine De Selle's nude scenes. It's mediocre, but not because I did wrong - I just wasn't interested in it." The director stated he was a hired hand on the film, which lead him to feel that "you don't always have the chance to do what you want, and often you know very well you're mak…

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