The Possessed

A 1965 proto-giallo about a novelist who returns to an off-season resort in search of a girl he photographed the year before. Turns out she died and mystery shenanigans ensue. The atmosphere is moody and the pace is slow, but it is padded with an exceptionally rich score. The structure can be a bit too arty for its own good as visions, dreams and memories at inter-cut in a manner which only serves to confuse the viewer. It’s one of these mysteries where there are like five characters total, so the whodunnit reveal is never very surprising.