The Third Eye

Story

Synopsis

Young nobleman Mino lives with his mother and Marta, the housekeeper, in an old, decaying castle. He is infantile and morbidly attached to the weird duo; his only hobby is taxidermy. Laura, Mino's fiancee, is met with jealousy and hatred by the two women, and decides to leave the castle; but Marta sabotages her car brakes and she is killed. Mino takes her body back to the castle. Meanwhile, his mother is violently arguing with Marta, who throws her down the stairs and repeatedly bashes her head on the floor. The distraught Mino descends into madness: he picks up a stripper at a nightclub and brings her home, then strangles her while having sex next to Laura's dead body. He does the same with a prostitute. Marta discovers these murders and offers to help dispose of bodies. A year later, Daniela (Laura's twin sister) arrives at the castle...

Director

Mino Guerrini

Writers

Gilles De Reys, Phil Young, Piero Regnoli

Language

Italian

Country

Italy

Release date

11 June 1966

Ensemble

Cast

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  Franco Nero

  Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero)

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  Gioia Pascal

  Marta

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  Erika Blanc

  Laura / Daniela (as Diana Sullivan)

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  Olga Solbelli

  Mino's Mother (as Olga Sunbeauty)

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  Marina Morgan

  Nightclub performer

• Gara Granda

  Loredana

• Richard Hillock

  Doctor

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  Luciano Foti

  Policeman (uncredited)