HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOW

Details

• Release Year: 1976
• Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: A remote Italian village harbors unspeakable secrets, as young Stefano ('The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'' Lino Capolicchio) discovers when he arrives to restore a local church's decaying, painted fresco depicting the slaughter of St. Sebastian. Townspeople whisper that the original artist painted directly from real life, with models tortured and murdered all in the name of art. Suddenly a new, terrifying chain of murders begins, and Stefano finds himself caught in a chilling web of madness and unspeakable horror from which he may never escape! This exquisite masterpiece of Italian horror seethes with menacing atmosphere and diabolical plot twists guaranteed to haunt your dreams. Never before released in America, 'The House with Laughing Windows' (La casa dalle finestre che ridono) is the crowning achievement of internationally hailed director Pupi Avati (The Story of Boys and Girls, Zeder) and has been restored to its full gothic glory from the original camera negative.
• Cast: Lino Capolicchio, Francesca Marciano, Gianni Cavina, Giulio Pizzirani, Bob Tonelli, Vanna Busoni, Pietro Brambilla, Ferdinando Orlandi, Andrea Matteuzzi, Ines Ciaschetti, Pina Borione, Flavia Giorgi, Arrigo Lucchini, Carla Astolfi, Luciano Bianchi, Tonino Corazzari, Cesare Bastelli, Gina Bona, Pietro Bona, Giovanni Brusadori, Eugene Walter, Pupi Avati, Antonio Avati, Maurizio Costanzo
• Director: Pupi Avati
• Runtime: 1:46
• Company: Image Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie