The House with Laughing Windows

The House with Laughing Windows Italian title La casa dalle finestre che ridono is a 1976 Italian giallo film cowritten and directed by Pupi Avati. The film was shot in Lido degli Scacchi in the Ferrara province of the EmiliaRomagna region in northern Italy. It was nominated for the 1983 International Fantasy Film Award for Best Film at Fantasporto.

The film has been received well by contemporary critics. AllMovies review of the film was favorable, giving it a rating ofout of 5, and writing that though fans of typical Italian horror films may find House with the Windows That Laugh sic lacking in the stylistic excesses of many of its contemporary companion pieces, it exceeds its contemporaries in almost every other area, and that it was imbued with an overwhelming sense of dread that grows to an almost unbearable pitch.On review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes, no score has yet been reached with only two critical ratings submitted. The current ratings both fresh are from Emanuel Levy of emanuellevy.com, who gave the film aout of 5, and Anton Bitel of Eye for Film, who gave the film a 4.5 out of 5, and wrote, certainly a gripping giallo, but also an intelligent allegory of postwar Italys struggles to emerge from the Fascist outrages of its recent past. ........

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