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An obscure oddity of Italian horror film, 1988's Spider Labyrinth
Some giallo trimmings, gothic horror atmospherics, creature-feature and occult conspiracy narratives are woven together in a surprisingly effective movie. A professor of languages who is with a project translating ancient tablets from a pre-Christian religion travels to Budapest to find a colleague who had stopped communicating with him and collect the man's research. Soon after he arrives, his paranoid and ailing colleague Professor Roth is found dead. He discovers more than a few hints that a cult wants to put a stop to the project because they don't want their secrets revealed. It starts out pretty low key and then revs up into a delirious horror fest.
Some giallo trimmings, gothic horror atmospherics, creature-feature and occult conspiracy narratives are woven together in a surprisingly effective movie. A professor of languages who is with a project translating ancient tablets from a pre-Christian religion travels to Budapest to find a colleague who had stopped communicating with him and collect the man's research. Soon after he arrives, his paranoid and ailing colleague Professor Roth is found dead. He discovers more than a few hints that a cult wants to put a stop to the project because they don't want their secrets revealed. It starts out pretty low key and then revs up into a delirious horror fest.