CinemaNow - A Bell from Hell

A seemingly carefree young man named John (ReynaudVerley), released on probation from a sanitorium, visits hisAunt Marta (Viveca Lindfors) and three beautiful corusins.Gradually, through an escalating series of strange practicaljokes, he sets a labyrinthine plot of vengeance in motion.Director Claudio Guerin Hill - who tragically died on the lastday of shooting - and genre specialist, writer SantiagoMoncada (HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON), deliver aof disaffected youth driven to the brink of madness bv themanipulative confrol of family and the hypocrisy of society ingeneral. There are disturbing parallels to not only alienatedinternational youth culture of the time but also thedictatorship of Generalissimo Francisco Franco who ruledSpain until his death in 1975. This marriage of grand guignolthriller and subtle, stinging social satire is supremelyentertaining and comparable to such masters as RomanPolanski, Luis BuÑ;uel and Mario Bava.