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Never Visit Venice is the title Robert Aickman gave one of his classic nightmare stories, advice with which Thomas Mann would surely have agreed. DONT LOOK NOW is an excellent addition to the sub-sub-genre of awful things happening in the drowning city. Based on a short story by Daphne du Maurier, the mid-twentieth century Gothic author of REBECCA and The Birds (both later filmed by a certain Mr. Hitchcock). In this one, a couple whove recently undergone tragedy travel to Venice for work, sight-seeing, and healing. The latter may not be in the cards for them, particularly after they meet two strange old women who claim to have a message from the Beyond...
Posted on: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 00:00:26 +0000

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