The Red Headed Corpse
Original title: La rossa dalla pelle che scotta
“The Bizarre Story of a Man Possessed by Two Women, One Real and One...?”
1972 · 1 h 22 min
Cast
Farley Granger 
Erika Blanc Krista Nell Ivana Novak 
Venantino Venantini Aydin Tezel
Credits
Written by: Renzo Russo
Plot
An alcoholic artist, who may in fact have been driven to murder, seeks inspiration from a mannequin.
Sinekatalog’s take
A low-budget Italian horror about an alcoholic artist seeking inspiration from a mannequin, with obsession edging into murder. It is moody and cheap in equal measure. For fans of obscure European exploitation.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 5.3 / 10 (305 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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