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Decent Giallo and worth checking out. But slow, and very much like a soap opera. The story sucked.Decent Cinematography, Sets, Scenes, Acting, Music, but not great. Kills were OK, not very good.The story sucked. Most of the playing time was boring, best part was when Fenech was being beaten and she liked it. And I'm not a fan of the stories wrapping up with a convenient back story at the end that no one can guess. But I guess that's what most giallo movies throw in. I can deal with that. But I cannot deal with Soap Opera. If it had superior cinematography, sets, scenes, acting and music, then I can handle the soap opera more. But it's not the case here.I've just skimmed through 40 viewer reviews. Most of them give it a score of 7 to 10, saying it's a great movie. 2 or 3 can't stand it.I've recently watched a few other movies by this director: Your Vice is a Locked Room, 6 stars. All the colors of the dark, 8 stars. Case of the Scorpion's Tail, 7 stars. So, he can produce a professional movie.This movie is worth checking out. However, unfortunately, the rating is only a C, or 5 stars.

Sergio Martino's "The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh" is one of the better giallo offerings, basically because it is entertaining from beginning to end. There aren't too many memorable moments, however: after all this time all I could remember about it was the one scene where the women at the party are wearing paper dresses and begin to tear them off each other.Also, I couldn't forget the fantastic title, made weird by the extraneous "h" at the end of the last name. If I remember correctly, a real life Mrs Ward heard about the movie's production and complained, thinking it might sully her reputation, so instead of choosing another name for the character, they merely added a letter that wouldn't change the pronunciation. Aside from that, it's all pretty standard. There's a killer on the loose, and the ending packs in some double crosses that are kind of hard to swallow. There's no real suspense, and although the movie has the usual nudity and sex, no real eroticism.It's also not that violent. "The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh" may feature the single most unrealistic throat slashing I've seen in a movie. There's no attempt to simulate a wound, and there isn't even that much blood.The movie is about the always captivating Edwige Fenech as the stupidly named Mrs Wardh-with an "H", who had a weird sadomasochistic relationship with a guy who looks like Buffalo Bill from "Silence of the Lambs", but ditched him for safety and monotony from an older, much more boring man. She starts getting anonymous letters about her "strange vice", and there's a killer on the loose.As I said the typical giallo twists in the tail are a little hard to bear, the movie has little in the way of suspense, but it's always entertaining and Edwige Fenech is almost always worth watching in gialli.

I never could understand why someone wears a bathrobe to bathe or shower in their own apartment. It's a small thing, but one that irks me. Thank goodness Mrs. Wardh (Edwige Fenech) displayed all of her incredible beauty on the way to her bath. We later see Pouchi in her only screen role getting it in the shower; a trip she also made without a robe.Here Fenech is paired with George Hilton for the first of several films in what is probably the best example of Italian Giallo you could watch.There is someone going around slashing beautiful women. Even Fenech's best friend Carol (Conchita Airoldi) is a victim. When Marella Corbi escapes, everyone thinks the killer is dead. Or is he? Twists and surprises are sure to come.

Sergio Martino's "The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh" has to be one of the finest gialli of all time - a visually stunning, atmospheric masterpiece that is right up there with genre classics such as Argento's "Deep Red" and Bava's "Blood & Black Lace". It has aged perfectly, unlike many others of it's kind. The film remains very suspenseful, intelligent, creepy and never boring, always keeping the viewer on the edge of the seat, and it often feels like an acid version of a Hitchcock film. Speaking of which, Martino seems to intentionally pay tribute to the Master of Suspense in many of the film's set pieces, the most clear example is the 'murder in the shower' scene. Also, I love the film's dream sequences, which feels like something David Lynch would do. The beautiful soundtrack is also a bonus, and a naked Edwige Fenech doesn't hurt either. Overall, 10/10. Essential viewing for fans of Eurohorror and Italian cinema.