Plot of Fear (region-free DVD)

This 1976 Italian production is reminiscent of Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut and told through ingenious flashbacks, Plot of Fear tells the story of a decadent weekend party full of orgies and drugs on the outskirts of Milan. After two deaths occur Inspector Lomenzo (Michele Placido) interrogates one of the guests, a fashion model (Corinne Clery) who bacomes his informant. Clery reveals that after a "wildlife orgy" one of the hosts tried to jokingly feed one of the prostitutes to a tiger but she got so frightened that she died of a heart attack. In his attempt to find a link between victims the Inspector slowly unravels a pattern in the killer's crimes. Special features include interviews with screenwriter, actor, and the son of the director Pietro Cavara.