On a hike through the woods collecting mushrooms, an old man (Terry Reilly) happens upon an old, abandoned doll, and picking it up it turns into a snake that's not exactly friendly. This all might have to do with the untimely death of a young girl (Pamela Stanford in a childhoot photograph), but that's up to interpretation ...

... and that said, in a traditional way this film doesn't make much sense, there's exactly nothing explained away, the viewer's invited to make up their own story, and the whole thing invariable chooses atmosphere over storytelling while playing with imagery from Italian horrors of the 1970s and 80s, something the score's also reminiscent of. And thanks to a visually complex and genre-savvy directorial effort, this comes to fruitition, making this one a very impressive riddle rolled into a cinematic poem that's well worth a watch.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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