Libido, Euro-Babes and Deadly BDSM

 You know this won't end well.  A movie called "Libido" in which Sigmund Freud is quoted during the opening credits.  Add in nubile Euro-babes...who never fare well when Freud is referred to.  Throw in a couple of hunks, a gun, lingerie, vicious bondage, and ghosts.  Yep, today we look at this 1965 film, from Italy, directed by Ernesto Gastaldi and Vittorio Salerno.  An erotic horror film with a deviant bent awaits us today.

Many years ago a BDSM sex-maniac gets too vicious in a role play and murders a sultry blonde who just happens to be tied up in his bed.  Happens.  His young son witnesses this and may be scarred for life.  Many years later, that son is the 25 year old hunk, Christian (Giancarlo Giannini).  He fears becoming like his dad, who is now dead (suicide...or so we think).  Accompanied by his really hot wife, Helene (Dominique Boschero), the two head back to the deserted mansion to get it ready for sale.  With them is Paul (Luciano Pigozzi), who is in charge of the trust that manages the estate.  When Christian turns 25 in a few days, Paul will sign the place over to him.  With Paul is hot blonde wife Brigitte (Mara Maryl).  Uh oh...Brigitte is the spitting image of the babe Christian's dad murdered during BDSM many years back.

Okay...the mansion is creepy and soon we see indications that Christian's dad is back as a ghost.  Now Christian believes he's losing it.  To make matters worse, Helene wakes with bruises and scratches.  She says Christian did it in his sleep...he does not remember.  Brigitte keeps prancing around in lingerie and negligees Practically begging Paul and Christian to tie her up and...well, you'll see.  Helene really wants to sleep with her husband but every time she does, her face gets marred with scratches.  Christian seems to descend into madness.  Now he believes Paul, Brigitte, and Helene are conspiring to commit him to an insane asylum and take control of the estate.  Our unsteady hunk won't go easily and finds a gun.  The dames find more revealing lingerie and negligees, and Paul looks really suspicious.  So what really is going on here?

Is Christian a lunatic who is becoming his dad or are his wife and friends conspiring against him?  Is Brigitte's proclivity to prance around in lingerie a death knell in Euro-trash films?  Will we see Brigitte and Helene, both clad in intimates, get into a catfight?  Okay, I withdraw that last question.  For an erotic thriller with Freudian undertones, see "Libido."