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Notable actors: Carroll Baker! Jean Sorel!I'm required by law to explain that the alternative title for this film is Paranoia, but that is the real title of Lenzi's other Giallo, Orgazmo, and that there's another Umberto Lenzi film called An Ideal Place to Kill too. Also, at least four Umberto Lenzi gialli star Carroll Baker, and additionally they are all generally of the 'bunch of people scheming against each other' plots rather than 'someone carving up Euro-babes' variety. Got that?*Absolute silence from the rest of the Universe*Right. This one starts off with Carroll Baker as a racing car driver who has some sort of brain fart while driving and ends up in hospital. Once discharged, she finds that she's been invited to the big fancy house of ex-husband/complete jerk playboy shag machine Jean Sorel, who previously mooched all of her money. Being a character in a film, she doesn't just throw the invite in the bin, but instead immediately packs her bags and drives off there.Once there, Carroll realises that Jean has remarried an extremely rich lady who owns oil fields. It also turns out that this lady is the one who sent the invite - but for what reason? To play footsie with her under the table while Jean is doing the same thing? This lady, Constance, wants to be Carroll's new special friend, but is it for the usual giallo reasons (i.e slow motion lesbian sex scene)? Much discussion of how men are bastards ensues. It's hard to write about these films without revealing the entire plot, and the twists are the highlights of the film, so let's be as vague as possible. There may or may not be a murder halfway through the film but a tremendous amount of obstacles suddenly present themselves that the killer (or killers) that they have to surmount to avoid being caught (that's if they murdered anyone, which they might have). Someone with a film camera may or may not have unwittingly filmed the murder which possibly leads to a hypothetical scene where everyone involved has to watch the film, plus there might even be the sudden appearance of someone else later in the film to throw a spanner in the works. Or perhaps not. What I will reveal is that Umberto Lenzi further cements his position as the top animal killer of Italian cinema by having a scene set at a pigeon shooting club. It isn't enough that the guy would go out of his way to kill animals in his cannibal films, but here's a giallo that racks up a few pigeon deaths for the sake of a film. LEEENNNNZZZIIIII!!!!!Just like his other late sixties Gialli, Lenzi has the whole film look amazing, keeps the camera angles fresh, but reigns in the psychedelics. He does include the old 'dancing in the club' scene that's a favourite from this particular era, including a band who wouldn't have looked out of place in the early nineties! Slow to start, but as usual Lenzi proves he can tell the same story, with the same actors, a different way, and have everything and everyone look like an ad for a holiday villa.

And that's it - that's all the Carroll Baker gialli watched too, with the exception of some obscure psuedo-giallo called The Body from 1974. Carroll would later go on to star as the pushy mother of the bad guy in Big Arnie's Kindergarten Cop!

When you think of Carroll Baker, you most likely remember her roles in Elia Kazan's "Baby Doll" or George Stevens's "Giant", or something of that nature. What you might not know is that she spent a few years in Italy starring in giallo movies. Among her most notable outings in this genre were Umberto Lenzi's movies. She started with his "Orgasmo"* (called "Paranoia" in the US), playing a rich woman from the US who has a bizarre experience with some young people in Italy. Another entry in this genre was Lenzi's "Paranoia" (called "A Quiet Place to Kill" in the US, to avoid confusion with the other movie).My interpretation of this movie is clouded by the poor copy that I watched; the DVD kept skipping over damaged areas, so I don't know how much of the movie I saw. What I saw was tolerable, if less than stellar.Whatever the case, these movies are good for a watch. And seriously, was Carroll Baker a babe or what? Okay, if nothing else.

*I learned of Baker from this movie. It turned out that I'd already seen her in some movies, but she hadn't registered in my mind previously.

The engaging, jet-set jazzy thriller, 'A Quiet Place to Kill' (1970) aka 'Paranoia' is another visually resplendent, sinfully stylish Giallo from the playful master of sexual intrigue, Umberto 'Eyeball' Lenzi. Many Gialli fans share the opinion that this murderously Machiavellian Mediterranean outing is markedly inferior to his iconic, highly regarded, Martini-cool Giallo masterclass, 'Orgasmo' (1969), but maestro Lenzi's fizzy, cocktail-fuelled psychodrama, 'A Quiet Place to Kill' distils a no less intoxicating plot, as our emotionally fragile heroine, Helen (Carroll Baker) recuperates from a car accident, she fatefully reunites with her dashingly duplicitous ex-husband Maurice (Jean Sorel), and before you can say 'lashings of J&B-laced jiggery-pokery', increasingly fell deeds turn Helen's louche, seaside convalescence into a memorably murderous ménages à trois!

With its luxurious lounge-core soundtrack, ubiquitously labyrinthine plotting, glamorous vistas, sublime fashions, and a nuenced performance from one of the most delectably diminutive divas of Gialli, the golden-haired, sinfully skittish, glitteringly glamorous screen goddess, Carroll Baker. Sadly, poor Helen suffers greatly at the manicured hands of her scheming, beguilingly suave, cocksure paramour Maurice. This preternaturally gorgeous male, disingenuously clad in benign, pastel-hued v-neck sweaters, slyly harbours hateful plots against his significant others! Incredibly, Sorel's perverse preference for Val Donican's Christmas wardrobe does little to mute his sleekly manipulative portrait of a callous, languidly libidinous playboy on the make, thereby making the appealingly sin-dappled, breezily-paced, 'A Quiet Place to Kill' a scintillating, must-see Giallo for all Lenzi-Baker Gialli fans!

The third teaming of actress Carroll Baker with director Umberto Lenzi, yet another sex-and-murder soap opera made in Italy after Baker's Hollywood fortunes had dried up (temporarily, anyway). Here, Carroll is a racecar driver who cracks up on the track; she takes refuge with her handsome ex-husband, who has remarried a wealthy older woman with a daughter from a previous marriage. Double and triple crosses--as well as scenes featuring a nude, unblushing Baker--are in abundance, yet the 'shocking' plot taxes one's patience, particularly since the characters are so vapid. Excellent point-of-view cinematography from the driver's seat lends the narrative far more excitement than the guessing game of who is sleeping with who. ** from ****

I was somewhat confused as it appears that Italian director Umberto Lenzi, who will always be known in my book for his notorious cannibal flicks, has two movies that share the same alternative title, and they were only made one year apart. Even on the disc extra he seems a little confused himself when talking about it! Anyway, this Paranoia is not a horror movie, Furthermore there is no unknown killer, we know who the killer is, but the police don't. So I'd be hard pressed to call this a genuine Giallo, though it certainly has some traits of that sub-genre. As is so typical of Italian movies from this time Paranoia is stunningly beautiful, every scene is like a piece of art. Accompanied by beautiful naked women, fast cars, bottles of J&B whiskey and a jazzy soundtrack this is a very cool movie, with some great plot twists and turns One of the highlights is a fast car ride along a winding road with sharp hair pin turns and sheer drops into the sea. It actually made my palms sweat! Great movie.

The lead actress in a series of four Umberto Lenzi films always looks intentionally "dated" and middle aged, and I have never been clear on why this is. Allegedly a sex symbol, Baker - who was in her 30s and early 40s while starring in Italian films - perpetually looks stuck in early Sixties, like a rather average but pretty housewife who stopped paying attention to youthful fashions years ago. She sticks out like a sore thumb in most giallos I've seen looking faintly older, too American, and so boring and conventional compared to other prominent giallo actresses of that era. And in truth she was about ten years older than most of them, and sometimes played widows or MILF-like characters, but I've always failed to grasp why she seems stuck in the "short hair" and beach blanket bingo side of the 1960s.A Quiet Place to Kill, one of her later films, ironically showcases Baker finally looking like she's paid attention to the passage of years. It's as if a hair and make-up artist just finally lost their patience with her and said "look, it's the 1970s, you're going to have to stop this pedal pusher garbage, now put on this wig!"

Oh, and the giallo itself is pretty middle of the road. Not my favorite but not terrible.

Welcome to Umberto Lenzi's early 70's giallo/crime thriller "Paranoia" starring the unearthly beautiful Carroll Baker… Hey, wait a minute, haven't I watched and reviewed this movie a couple of days ago already? Oh right, that was the OTHER Umberto Lenzi early 70's giallo/crime thriller "Paranoia" starring the unearthly beautiful Carroll Baker, more commonly known as "Orgasmo". Confusing? Well, maybe a little, but rest assured these are two entirely different movies of which the stories & characters aren't linked to each other at all. The other "Paranoia" is also far superior to this one. That particular movie had tons of suspense, likable characters and convoluted plot-twists whereas this one is painfully boring. This film features TWO worthwhile scenes, both involving wild car accidents, one at the beginning and one at the end and everything in between is one gigantically uninteresting, predictable and overlong love-triangle between three characters. It all starts with Mrs. Baker stars as a rather free-spirited race car pilot who crash-parks her car on the circuit and ends up slightly wounded in a hospital. During her period of recovery, she accepts to stay at her ex-husband and his new wife's mansion. Two attractive women and one incomprehensibly handsome guy (really, Jean Sorel is way too good-looking!) in one house can only result in extended sequences of sexual intrigue, double-crossing and conspiracies to murder. It's all a lot less exciting than it sounds and only the good acting performances keep it endurable. The filming locations and music are stylish, but that's not enough in this case. Easily the most disappointing Lenzi-film I've seen thus far.

Titled on my Blu ray as Paranoia, this is also known as A Quite Place to Kill which might be the better option as there is another Lenzi film made the previous year and also known as Paranoia. Thankfully, Umberto Lenzi himself is on hand on the disc to clarify the similarities and differences as well as how this ridiculous situation came about. Anyway the previous year's film, also with Carroll Baker is fine but this is probably even better. More original and more exciting, this is a crazy, colourful and involving gialloesque mystery involving fantastic clothing and furnishings, cars and telephones and lots of Carroll baker. She was nearly 40 when she made this but still strips down to order and looks great. Jean Sorell is as reliable as ever and always seems to give that look and twinkle those eyes as if to indicate love and hate at the same time. Marina Coffa appears around the halfway mark and really stirs things up. Apparently back in the day audiences would stand and applause, so stunned and delighted at the final denouement although she did very little after this for whatever reason. Very much of the period this has the music, fads, colours and morals of the time.

A bit more energy than some of Lenzi's more sluggish films... there is some good tension here between the characters. It is well acted. Again, with most of Lenzi's work, all of the events don't quite add up when all is said and done, but at least the ride was fun and engaging! Very low body count. This one is not about giallo violence and focuses more on the emotional journey of the characters in the wake of a mysterious death.

(1970) A Quiet Place To Die DUBBED THRILLERHelen (Carrol Baker) is a race car driver who just went into another accident while driving around the track. And by the time she recovers, she then leaves the hospital with nothing but bills. Her publicist then hands her a telegram of an invite to stay with his ex at the villa. By the time she arrives, she is then greeted by his wife, Constance Sauvage (Anna Proclemer) of six years. And as it turns out it was not her ex-husband, Maurice Sauvage (Jean Sorel) who sent Helen that invite but Constance. And besides Constance paying all of Helen's medical bills and the race car she has wrecked, she then makes another proposal to her one of which to help her get rid of her husband, Maurice who used to be Helen's ex, since she did try to kill him once. The reason is because of money, for as long as Constance still has some left, but that as soon as the money is all gone, Maurice will be leaving Constance for someone else. It was at this point, Helen could not decide whether she is still in love with her old flame Maurice or just leave as there was a time when Helen did not want to be involve with whatever she was in until Maurice forced to make her stay by stealing a washer from her car.

The twists and turns does not add up that also includes Maurice's step daughter and biological daughter of Contance, Susan Sauvage (Marina Coffa); a friend of the family, Dr. Jacques/ Harry Webb (Alberto Dalbés) and his wife, Solange (Liz Halvorsen) who had his own video camera; and the detective in charge of whatever is happening Jaime Doleman. And throughout the entire movie Carroll Baker appears to be the only actress who was naked. And it is like, I can watch her strut around nude all day for if she was nude throughout the entire movie I would have given this a pass, but because she is not. This is yet another disappointing movie starring Carroll Baker.

The race-car driver Helen (Carroll Baker) has a car accident and is invited by telegram by her former husband Maurice Sauvage (Jean Sorel) to spend a couple of days resting at his house in Palma de Mallorca. Maurice is a male gold digger that wasted her money when she was a wealthy woman and now is married to the millionaire Constance Sauvage (Anna Proclemer) in a loveless marriage. On the arrival, Helen learns that Constance has invited her using the name of Maurice and has also paid her hospital bills and for the wrecked car. Now Constance offers a little fortune to Helen to kill Maurice that is only interested in her fortune. Helen accepts the deal and while sailing with Maurice and Constance, she prepares the harpoon to shot him, she freezes and Maurice stabs Constance to death. When they see, the sailboat of Maurice's friend Judge Albert Duchamps (Luis Davila) is approaching. Maurice ties an anchor to Constance's leg and steer the vessel with wrong maneuver to capsize her. Constance's body vanishes in the sea and the police concludes that it was an accident. Maurice and Helen celebrate the death of Constance, but soon her teenage daughter Susan Sauvage (Marina Coffa) arrives at the house, affecting the lives of the killers of her mother."Paranoia", a.k.a. "A Quiet Place to Kill", is a thriller directed by Umberto Lenzi about a group of amoral people. The plot is based on non-likable and non-charismatic characters. Jean Sorel performs a gold digger and is impossible to like him. Helen, Constance and Susan are amoral women. Judge Albert Duchamps is a prepotent owner of the truth. The conclusion is not bad despite the timeline to find Constance's body. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Os Ambiciosos Insaciáveis" ("The Insatiable Ambitious")

A quiet place to kill 1970 ... called paranoia in europe and canada... which is the title shown, at about ten seconds in. Helen is invited by her ex-husband for a visit to majorca. When she arrives, she discovers that it was actually his new wife who sent the invite. They are all friendly to each other... for now! But what is really going on here? Female frontal nudity. And lots of it! The script starts out quite tame; there's flirting and seducing, but the story itself doesn't really have much meat on the bones. About thirty minutes in, things (finally) start to happen! And they shoot pigeons for sport. They release the pigeons from a hole in the ground... and blast em as they start to fly. Doesn't sound very sporting to me! Kind of a metaphor for what's coming, i guess. Lots of suspense, twists and turns in this one. Not bad. Not great. Directed by umberto lenzi.

A Quiet Place to Kill is not be confused with the earlier Orgasmo, though unfortunately confusing the pair is very easy as they're from the same director, both feature American actress Carroll Baker and they were both released under the title 'Paranoia'! Quite what the reason for both films featuring the same title is anyone's guess: I know that Italian filmmakers were more interested in making money than anything else, but surely releasing two films under the same title would do more harm than good when it came to the box office...but oh well. It's usually Orgasmo that gets most of the fans; but if you ask me, this second version of Paranoia is the better of the two. Like Lenzi's earlier 'So Sweet, So Perverse', it would appear that the plot has been lifted from the French classic 'Les Diaboliques', and focuses on a love triangle. Playboy Maurice is married to Constance, a woman who decides to invite Maurice's ex-wife Helen to stay with them. Helen doesn't question it too much and accepts the invitation, and soon learns that the reason she's there is to help Constance kill Maurice.

The first half of the film is much better than the second, as A Quiet Place to Kill unfortunately looses a bit of steam once it gets the first part of the plot out of the way. In spite of that, however, the film is certainly a very interesting Giallo and definitely delivered many of the things I love about this type of film. Umberto Lenzi manages to ensure that all of the major players are interesting, and Lenzi also ensures that all are guilty in one way or another, which ensures that everyone deserves what they get by the time it finishes. Carroll Baker is not my favourite Giallo heroine, but I liked her in this one. She seems to enjoy acting alongside Jean Sorel, who is as charming as ever. Unknown actresses Anna Proclemer and Marina Coffa round off the cast, along with the experienced Alberto Dalbés - all of which fit into their roles well. The upper class setting does the film a lot of favours, and the locations and fashions are all nice to look at. The plot mostly flows well and while it's usually fairly clear where it's going, A Quiet Place to Kill still manages to be interesting. This is not the best Giallo that Lenzi made (that would be Seven Blood-Stained Orchids), but it's certainly a good one and I recommend it.

I recently watched the Italian thriller A Quiet Place to Kill (1970) on Shudder. The storyline revolves around a wealthy woman fed up with her husband's womanizing and leaching behavior. To be rid of him, she invites his ex-wife to help in her plan, creating a slippery love triangle where the stakes of life and death become uncertain.This picture is directed by Umberto Lenzi (Cannibal Ferox) and stars Carroll Baker (Kindergarten Cop), Jean Sorel (One on Top of the Other), Luis Dávila (Mission Stardust) and Alberto Dalbés (Kiss Me Killer).This unique Italian picture, predating the giallo boom, incorporates elements from that genre, engaging in cat-and-mouse games and keeping viewers guessing about who is playing whom. The kills are creatively executed, concealing motives until the end. Outstanding acting, particularly from the gorgeous Carroll Baker, adds to the film's appeal. Multiple twists at the end blend triumph and tragedy.

In conclusion, A Quiet Place to Kill is a well-written and executed slow burn, making it enjoyable to watch unfold. I would give it a 6/10 and recommend seeing it at least once.

After suffering a tragic accident, a woman is asked by her ex-husband to recuperate at his seaside villa and takes him up on the offer, only to find his wife to be the one to call her over so they can hatch a plot to kill him but things soon become complicated when even more obstacles present themselves.This is a fine if decidedly lacking genre effort. When this one works best is the enjoyable setup that plays out as to who's trying to corrupt who. Being dropped unexpectedly into their marriage out of the blue where they're well-aware of her past infractions requiring rest and their dissolved relationship is a solid way to go about introducing the eventual plot against him. Although the suddenness of the proposition is a big factor, the fun of seeing their reconciliation which proves the way for the two to come up with their execution plan is a generally fun time throughout here. The second half then showcases how much fun this setup becomes with the twist involving a fateful accident and how things change. The accident on the boat is a wholly shocking incident that truly feels accidental in the heat of the moment and serves this one well to launch into the second half involving their need for secrecy over the situation. The suspense derived from whether or not they can keep the ruse going while the intrusive nature of the daughter keeps interrupting to throw a wrench into their plans as a series of expert twists and turns featuring plenty of solid suspense and surprises. These manage to give this a lot to like even though this one does have a few issues. The biggest problem is the sheer lunacy of trying to buy into the backstory involving their relationships with each other as these are inherently goofy and tough to swallow. Her race-car driver mindset that we're introduced to is a completely ridiculous idea to try this out as a means of getting back together as none of it means anything in the long run with this being forgotten about almost immediately anyway. It comes into play even further when no one gets worried about the disappearance or notices the connection afterward which really makes the whole purpose here silly and unnecessary. It's also somewhat problematic in the asinine reasoning displayed to carry on without their getting caught. While the reasoning for keeping up appearances is a solid one that each of them manages to continually act in such a way as to give away what's going on, especially around the daughter is a strikingly sore point. Freaking out over nothing, breaking into hysterics whenever the moment strikes and eschewing any sort of natural cover-up in favor of suspicious melodramatic breakdowns is a sure sign that something's wrong and forcing the issue of investigating further while also managing to lower the likeability factor, all of which bring this down somewhat.

Rated Unrated/R: Nudity, Sex Scenes, Mild Violence and Language.

Murder in Mallorca is a beautiful affair! This is the motto of the third collaboration between Umberto LENZI and ACADEMY AWARD nominee Carroll BAKER (in 1957 she was nominated for BABY DOLL).After a serious accident, the attractive racing driver Helen (Carroll BAKER) is on the road to recovery. Then she receives a surprising offer: her ex-husband Maurice (Jean SOREL) invites her to relax in his finca on Mallorca. Maurice is now remarried, this time to the extremely wealthy Constance (Anna PROCLEMER). Helen is still in love with the handsome and sexually very active Maurice. Contrary to expectations, she gets on surprisingly well with his new wife. She makes a strange suggestion to the unstable Helen. The first death is soon to be mourned.The wonderful holiday mood does not last long, of course, in the morally corrupt world of the Italian Giallo. The American actress Carroll BAKER once again gives her all. She would not have been allowed to do something like that in prudish Hollywood. An exquisite atmosphere! A great cast, which also includes Luis DAVILA, Alberto DALBES and Marina COFFA as Constance's precocious daughter Susan.

The giallos that Umberto LENZI shot with his American superstar set the gold standard in this genre. After this third giallo together, BAKER and LENZI probably needed a little break from each other until two years later, their fourth and final collaboration, KNIFE OF ICE, was born.

Watched this on Tubi TV in March 2021. This is a great thriller with a beautiful looking cast, stunning scenery and a crisp transfer. The plot centers around two women who conspire to kill a man who has been a lover to both of them and then things go haywire. Great little thriller and the scenery and beautiful cast make this film definitely worth the watch.

'A Quiet Place to Kill' also known as 'Paranoia' is a stylish and classy giallo thriller directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Carroll Baker making this their third collaboration together. This is yet another strong effort filled with stunning camerawork and an entertaining mystery that's filled with enough twists and turns to keep things interesting.The plot = A race-car driver Helen (Carroll Baker) suffers a terrible auto-accident, she is then invited to stay at her ex-husband's new wife Constance (Anna Proclemer) villa. Once there the two women form a bond and Constance offers Helen money to murder her husband Maurice (Jean Sorel), but in usual giallo fashion things don't go to plan.The movie is a little slow for the first 30 minutes but once the initial setup gets going things gets a lot more entertaining where the suspense ramps up with quite a few interesting plot twists thrown into the mix and gets even more tense towards the last act when another character arrives Constance's daughter Susan (Marina Coffa) arrives home from boarding school. The movie's cinematography is gorgeous loaded with colourful set-pieces and stunning visuals that gives this flick a cool exotic vibe.The acting is pretty solid with Carroll Baker once again on top form as Helen, making for a great leading lady. Both Jean Sorrell and Anna Proclemer deliver solid performances, in-fact all three are fantastic in their roles and Marina Coffa also delivers a standout performance as the Lolita type step- daughter.

Overall 'A Quiet Place to Kill' is a fine giallo effort, nothing more nothing less, just a solid thriller.

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