DEATH RITE (Les Magiciens) (1976) - ♦♦

Directed by - Claude Chabrol

Written by - Claude Chabrol, Paul Gégauff

Starring - Franco Nero, Jean Rochefort, Stefania Sandrelli, Gert Frobe

"When a stage magician claims to have had a vision of a woman murdered in the desert of Tunisia, where the story is set, a rich man uses his influence to make the vision come true, at the expense of a couple staying over at a hotel. Regardless of the interesting premise, Chabrol seems uninspired, slow and intricate at building a tense aura for his thriller."

Thriller, France/West Germany/Italy