''Spell – Dolce mattatoio'' () is a 1977 Italian film directed by

Alberto Cavallone Alberto Cavallone (28 August 1938 – 12 November 1997) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He was born in Milan, Italy. Cavallone's films are anti-conventional and often contain a mixture of graphic violence, surrealism and eroticis ...

Release

''Spell'' was distributed in Italy by Stefano Film on 20 May 1977 as ''Spell – Dolce mattatoio'' (). After a short run in Italy, it was released as ''L'uomo, la donna e la bestia'' () to capitalize on the popularity of Walerian Borowczyk's '' La Bête''. Cavallone commented on the re-titling of the film as "very irritating" and that the re-release was "definitely a shitty title."

Reception

In contemporary reviews, Leonardo Autera of ''

Corriere della Sera The ''Corriere della Sera'' (; en, "Evening Courier") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average daily circulation of 410,242 copies in December 2015. First published on 5 March 1876, ''Corriere della Sera'' is one of It ...

'' stated that the film was "redundant, clunky, and amateurishly acted and ultimately, lacking any semblance of style"

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