Damned in Venice

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Damned in Venice
Nero veneziano.jpg
Directed by Ugo Liberatore
Written by Ottavio Alessi
Ugo Liberatore
Produced byLuigi Borghese
Armando Todaro
Starring Renato Cestiè
Rena Niehaus
Yorgo Voyagis
José Quaglio
Olga Karlatos
Lorraine De Selle
Ely Galleani
Cinematography Alfio Contini
Edited byAlberto Gallitti
Music by Pino Donaggio
Release date
  • 1978 (1978)
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Damned in Venice (Italian : Nero veneziano, literally "Venetian Black") is an Italian horror film directed in 1978 by Ugo Liberatore. [1]

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Plot

Mark is a nice, young, blond teenage boy, who's blind and, as of recently, is suffering from disturbing visions. He lives with his cold, beautiful, older, blonde sister Christine and their strict, religious grandmother. When the grandmother dies in a freak accident caused accidentally by Mark, he and Christine go to live in a rundown hotel in Venice owned by their sickly aunt and depressed uncle. When the aunt dies, the uncle kills himself and the kids are left to their own devices. Christine takes charge and turns the place into a successful brothel. Then she suddenly becomes pregnant even though she's supposedly still a virgin. She also becomes meaner and meaner to the point of sadism towards Mark. Mark fears that all this has something to do with a disturbing vision he had about the birth of the Antichrist. Mark finds an ally in Giorgio, an artist and Christine's ex-boyfriend. They try to find out more about the mysterious hotel guest who calls himself Dan and who might be the father of Christine's child. Meanwhile, a local catholic priest, Father Stefani, becomes interested in Christine. Can Mark stop the Apocalypse or is he just an unwitting pawn in the devil's endgame?

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References

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