This is probably one of the longest titled movies I've ever seen, but equally enjoyable 'Your Vice' shows you the seedier side to this genre and concentrates more on the sexier side of things. This thriller thrives on its depraved persona as sex and sadism takes centre stage in the most over the top and outlandish ways.This definitely takes a more different turn to the usual proceedings as it spends more time on developing the central characters and creating a tense Gothic atmosphere which sets it apart from all the others. While being truly demented and maddening as hell. Making this another well crafted Sergio Martino movie that makes bold decisions in mixing bizarre camera angles and precise editing, along with some cool and graphic murder set pieces. While many horror thrillers fall victim to becoming predictable, this is anything but and features some surprising twists and turns and enough red herrings to keep you guessing as to what's going on throughout.The cast here are excellent and special nods go out to its 3 main leads, Luigi Pistilli takes on the troubled role of Olivero the abusive husband who appears to be a bloodthirsty madman whose plagued with a troubled past who has an odd obsession with his dead mother, he makes for a fascinating lead and does a wonderful job with the complex material showcasing a great range of emotions throughout the film. Anita Strindberg does an equally fantastic job as the battered wife Irina, she really delves into this character and gives it her all and in surprising fashion she carries a great deal of the movie on her shoulders and does it with such ease with her head strong character and outstanding performance. Then finally there's the ever wonderful Edwige Fenech who really shakes things up who takes on the role of Floriana the seductive niece who comes to visit and immediately steals the show with her painfully alluring and sexy nature, a true sensation in this role and was tailor made to bring this role to life.All in all 'Your Vice Is A Locked Room' is atmospheric, suspenseful and erotic all at once, and while it may lag in a few places, there's enough going on to keep you interested.

The decadent and alcoholic writer Oliviero Rouvigny (Luigi Pistilli) has Oedipus complex and is the abusive husband of the submissive Irina (Anita Strindberg) that is frequently humiliated. They live in a dilapidated mansion that belonged to Oliviero's mother and he likes to promote decadent parties for hippies that are camped nearby the real state. Irina is scared of his cat Satan that belonged to his mother. When Oliviero's mistress and former student Fausta (Daniela Giordano) schedules an encounter with him and is found dead, he becomes the prime suspect of the local police inspector. However Irina provides alibi for her husband. When their maid Brenda (Angela La Vorgna) is found stabbed and dead in the mansion, Oliviero decides to hide her body behind the wall in his wine cellar to avoid more suspicious from the inspector. Out of the blue, his niece Floriana (Edwige Fenech), who is a promiscuous woman, arrives for an unexpected visit and soon she becomes Irina's lover. When Satan kills Irina's doves, she stabs the cat with a pair of scissors but he escapes. However the garbage woman sees the scene. Meanwhile a newcomer prostitute is stabbed to death by a killer, but madam succeeds to kill him and the police inspector clears Oliviero 's name from any suspect. One night, Irina overhears Oliviero and Floriana in the bed plotting to kill her and she kills Oliviero with the scissors. Floriana asks for the jewelry that belonged to Oliviero's mother to help Irina to hide his body in the wall where Brenda is. When Floriana leaves the mansion to meet her boyfriend and flee, Irina meets her lover Walter (Ivan Rassimov), who killed Fausta, to kill Floriana and her boyfriend and retrieve the jewelry. Then Irina lures and kills Walter to be wealthy and free. Her plan works but the police inspector arrives at her mansion to investigate the accusation of cruelty with Satan jeopardizing her perfect plan."Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave", a.k.a. "Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key" is a giallo with despicable characters and a good story based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat". The plot has racism, lesbianism, orgy, betrayal, drugs, alcohol, abuse, prostitution, and in the present days when the "politically correct" rules, Sergio Martino could have problem with this film. But fortunately it was made in the 70's. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "No Quarto Escuro de Satã" ("In Satan's Dark Room")

It seems from my notes that when I last watched this ten years ago I was not too impressed. Enjoying it very much now, that seems strange. I suppose it is not an out and out gallo, seeming at first to maybe more of a slasher but things soon settle down into confusing and delightfully strange gallo territory and after a wait of some twenty minutes or so and two killings down, Edwige Fenech makes her stunning entry. Anita Strindberg has held the fort well enough and Luigi Pistilli worryingly effective as overwrought, over violent and over promiscuous husband has made sure we are sufficiently unnerved. Edwige manages to have sex, heterosexually four times and homosexually twice whilst the murders continue, her costumes continue to impress and Bruno Nicolai's score continues to titliate. A bit uneven perhaps but Sergio Martino knows well what he is doing and by the end we have to consider this a very high order giallo.

This is a fine little giallo which borrows from and credits Poe for elements from The Black Cat. However, that comes about halfway through the tale, which makes you wonder if this was two partial plots made into one for a full film.You have a struggling writer who has a rather brutal relationship with his wife and they live together in a nice old château. But, strange things...like Murder!...start happening, sometimes within the walls(so to speak) of their own home. However, this sort of comes to a halt, as I said, about halfway through the movie, then we move on to the Black Cat portion of the tale. And, if you know the story, then you know exactly where the plot is going.Their niece comes to live with them and she's a delightful little firecracker who starts to play and play with all involved for her own desires and personal gain. All the major players are jerks, so you don't feel too bad when they each meet their own well-deserved fate(not that this necessarily means they all die). However, you have to laugh at an inspector working with a patrolman to learn the nature of a complaint about possible "cat abuse"---that's a sorry way to move a story along.The gore effects are more bloody than gory, but they're not bad. I was disappointed when the plot hit the fork in the road and went down the wrong trail. But, this is still a good film to see if you're into gialli, as I am.