October 15: A Horror Film Set in the Fine Art World

Massimo Dallamano — as Jack Dalmas — was the cinematographer for For a Few Dollars More and A Fistful of Dollars and also wrote and directed A Black Veil for Lisa, What Have You Done to Solange?, What Have They Done to Your Daughters?, Colt 38 Special Squad and many more. He also co-wrote this movie along with Marcello Coscia (The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue), Günter Ebert and Renato Romano.

Dorian Gray (Helmut Berger) once had his portrait painted by Basil Hallward (Richard Todd). The modeling session is interrupted by Henry Wotton (Herbert Lom) and his sister Alice (Maria Rohm), which sends Dorian into the evening, settling on a theater where he quickly mates with actress Sybil Vane (Marie Liljedahl) before abandoning her, which causes her to kill herself. Dorian won’t be young and vital forever, so why settle for anything?

He wishes that the painting could age for him and somehow, incredibly, it does. While the rest of his friends settle down, he’s still devoted to a lifestyle of excess in 1960s and 1970s London with all of the wild fashions that you need to make this movie incredible. Throw in a guitar score by Giuseppe De Luca and you have a freakout version of a classic novel made sleazy.

Is it any surprise that Harry Alan Towers produced this?