Shadow of Illusion (1970)
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A genuine TURKISH GIALLO from 1967! At that time, the Italians had just started warming up on the genre while their best examples came years later. This Turkish lost, spooky, misty, gothic giallo horror stands on its own, faithful to itself, quite original in ideas, full of surprises and almost empty as far as "similarities" to other films are concerned!
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