Oasis of Fear

A reasonably likeable giallo-lite with a decent cast and a fairly entertaining premise. It's a bit far-fetched and a little flimsy, and the camera's lecherous gaze upon a possibly too-young Ornella Muti is a bit unsettling. Kept me guessing until the end anyway. Diverting in an entertaining enough way.

Sort of dreamy, sort of suspenseful but I thought it was generally pleasant despite the murder. Fav scene: running around in the beginning without a care in the world.

A bit like Lenzi’s “Orgasmo”, I wouldn’t necessary label this as a proper Giallo film. The 1st half is quite light in tone and follows our hippie couple of (beautiful) Ornella Muti and Ray Lovelock on their adventures, but the film gets darker once it locates to Irene Papas’ villa and eventually resembles the tone of Lenzi’s earlier mystery gialli. But never mind the labels, it’s an enjoyable film and re-watching it on blu-ray showed that it’s also quite nice visually.