Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Bereamic Awesome Movie

Crwthod A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

jadavix This is a weird, surreal movie about an improbably beautiful female photographer who has a strange encounter with a weird pale lady. The lady gives her a doll that she can apparently control the photographer with.It's hard to know what to say about this one in that it is deliberately incomprehensible and perhaps indeliberately tedious. There's nudity, but nothing all that great. The only actor in it I liked is the behemoth George Eastman. I could never see why he is described as a handsome man but he works in front of the camera better than all the ladies in this movie do.Apparently it was based on an Italian comic strip called a "fumetti". I know nothing about these, and after watching this, I'm not that interested in finding out about them either.

Bezenby Is this artsy fartsy seventies jive or compelling allegory of the so called enlightened intellects versus the unknown? That's up to you to decide. I know nothing about the comic strip so I can't compare… Valentina is a fashion photographer being romantically pursued by George Eastman (aka Luigi Montefori, from The Unholy Four and The New Barbarians). Fobbing him off one night and walking home herself, she finds a puppy lying within a circle of candles and narrowly manages to save it from being run over by a car driven by the mysterious Baba Yaga (Carrol Baker, from The Devil with Seven Faces). Baba Yaga's immediately starts getting weird on Val, taking a clip from her suspenders and saying she'll be back the next day. And the next day indeed (after Val indulges in some topless photography), Baba turns up and gives her the clip back and gives her address. Intrigued in a way only free living seventies people can be, Val goes to Baba's house, takes photos of things, finds a bottomless pit in the hall, finds a strange glove and puts in on, which prompts her to do a bit of invisible banjo playing while the film turns into a comic. Baba also gives her doll in bondage gear and curses her camera so that every time she takes a picture of someone, they die. The doll on occasion turns into Ely Galleano (from Lizard in a Woman's Skin and High Crime) who puts in a performance so erotic, I felt obliged to send her some money in the post. Sounds weird, eh? It is, all done in a surreal, playful manner with plenty of topless women and kinky situations. It's not overly pervy though, but highly stylish. The sets and general execution are very good indeed, involving scenes that turn from reality to comic strip, a nazi trial, a boxing match with a guy dressed like Jesus, and a soap powder commercial that's truly bizarre. Gore hounds will be disappointed, as will though who like things fast paced. As for me, I liked it. Made a nice change from all the violence you usually get from Italian films from this era. The copy that Shameless Screen Entertainment have released looks to be the fullest version (including a full frontal scene with Baker!), and it looks beautiful. This is the only version I've seen so I can't comment on anything that's gone before.

gavin6942 Valentina Rosselli (Isabelle De Funès) is a popular photographer known for her edgy, politically influenced glamor shots. One day, Valentina catches the eye of Baba Yaga (Carroll Baker), a beautiful older woman who just might be a witch. With the help of her friend Arno (cult favorite George Eastman), Valentina does her best to resist Baba Yaga's efforts at seduction and domination.Reviewer Theron Neel says, "Farina wrapped his basic tale in bizarre imagery and visual non sequitors that are faithful to Crepax but don't have much relation to traditional film grammar and syntax." This is quite true, I presume. While I haven't read the source material (Crepax's graphic novel), it is very true that Farina relies on the imagery of the novel throughout the film, and this ends with us getting more style than substance. If you're a student of photography or cinematography, this may be a good thing. Otherwise, it's a distraction.The film has a bondage sex doll, a seemingly bottomless pit, and lots of nudity and interracial mingling... and that's really all I want to say about that. Hopefully you find these things intriguing, because that's precisely what they're in this film for, as near as I can tell. With the pit, for example, we are never really made clear of why it exists, if it even exists at all. And the bondage doll... well, you have to wait for that.Horror enthusiasts may be disappointed. There's the bare minimum of blood, murder, and other such macabre treats. Aside from the witch and a few fantastic elements, it's really hard to classify this film as horror at all. But then, if not horror, I don't know what you would call it... hmmm.If you do wish to watch or own this film, look for it as "Baba Yaga". The version I watched was called "Kiss Me, Kill Me" and there was no effort to clean it up. How much they have cleaned up the "Baba Yaga" version I don't know... but if you're going to watch classic Italian film, you want the least inferior version possible. It will ease the pain.

wes-connors Dripping with Lesbian fantasy sequences, "Baba Yaga" eventually descends into a bottomless pit of pointless mediocrity - but, for most of the running time, it's a swell ride. The film, dubbed "Kiss Me, Kill Me" in English, features beautiful, stylistic 1970s-era female erotica (note, some of it is sadomasochistic). The director/editor team of Corrado Farina and Giulio Berruti make it look dynamically "arty". Ms. De Funès (as Valentina Rosselli), performs the leading role exquisitely; if she hasn't by now, De Funès should invite comparison with Louise Brooks ("Pandora's Box"). Definitely worth a look.***** Baba Yaga (9/20/73) Corrado Farina ~ Isabelle De Funès, Carroll Baker, George Eastman