Ah, Giallo! Euro-Babes, often nude, and in peril. Many die horribly in these films, in states of undress. In this one, nudity will rule. So will S&M and bondage imagery. So will Nationalist Socialist fetish imagery. So will erotic lesbianism, and nude fashion models in peril. No, not the remake of "The Green Mile," but a prurient Italian horror film. Let us look at 1973's "Baba Yaga," directed by Corrado Farina.
Valentina (Isabella De Funes) is a fashion photographer who captures sultry fashion models in provocative states of undress or in fetish poses. Hey, it beats an exciting career in electronics. Rebuffing Arno (George Eastman), a hunk filmmaker, she is given a ride home by the mysterious old witch, Baba Yaga (Carroll Baker). Baba Yaga will go on to entrance Valentina and curses Valentina's camera. Now whenever Valentina shoots a model with her camera...yep, the camera might as well be a gun. With models dying or becoming seriously wounded, Valentina realizes Baba Yaga might be otherworldly. Baba Yaga gives Valentina a fetish doll, Annette (Ely Galleani). Initially Annette is a doll in a S&M costume. Annette attacks the sultry model Romina (Daniela Balzaretti). I think Baba Yaga was jealous of Romina.
Okay, Valentina is continually drawn to baba Yaga's old mansion, which has its own portal to Hell in it. In the US, we have feature walls, and subway tile backsplash, in Rome, they have portals to hell. In Baba Yaga's place, Annette becomes a real person. Baba Yaga wants Valentina for carnal pleasure and to bring her to hell with her. Valentina kind of wants that, but the aforementioned Arno is quite the hunk and handsome enough for her to choose men over women. Whipping and torture will result.
Will Baba Yaga complete her entrancement over Valentina and bring her to Hell as a lesbian lover? Will Annette string up Valentina, rip her clothes off, and whip her into submission? Will Arno be as useless as most Italian men, or will he muster enough guts and go fight for the woman he lusts for? This is an erotic one and I'm sure there is a Rated X version out there. For a steamy good time, see "Baba Yaga" and wince every time a nubile Euro-Babe is whipped while strung up.




















