The Third Eye

The Third Eye

Year: 1966

Runtime: 98 mins

Language: Italian

Director: Mino Guerrini

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Mino, a childish noble, lives in a crumbling castle with his mother and housekeeper Marta, sharing a morbid fascination with taxidermy. His fiancée Laura provokes the women’s jealousy; Marta sabotages Laura’s car, causing her death. Mino drags the corpse back, descends into madness and murders a stripper and a prostitute, while Marta helps conceal the bodies. A year later, Laura’s twin sister Daniela arrives at the castle, reopening the nightmare.

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Mino's mansion estate, taxidermy lab, lakeside countryside

The story centers on a sprawling mansion that serves as a claustrophobic stage for Mino's dark games. Within its walls lies a taxidermy lab where life is preserved in unsettling ways. The nearby lake and isolated countryside create a cold, foreboding atmosphere that amplifies the tension and sense of doom.

🏰 Gothic mansion 🧪 Taxidermy workshop 🏞️ Lakeside setting

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Main Characters – The Third Eye (1966)

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Mino Alberti (Franco Nero)

A wealthy count and taxidermist who rules his household with a domineering mother and a chilling need to possess the living and the dead. His charm hides a ruthless willingness to kill for control, culminating in the preservation of Laura's body and the murder of anyone who threatens his power.

🧠 Manipulative 💥 Violent 👑 Power-hungry

Laura

Mino's fiancée whose death sets off the chain of events. Her corpse is salvaged and stuffed in the taxidermy lab, becoming a grim presence in the couple's bed and a catalyst for the subsequent schemes.

💀 Dead 🧪 Macabre 🛏️ Central figure

Daniela (Laura's twin)

Laura's twin sister who arrives at the estate to uncover what happened to Laura. Her striking similarity to Laura provokes Mino's madness, shifting his plans toward marrying Daniela instead.

👯 Twin 🕵️‍♀️ Catalyst 💫 Impending danger

Marta

The plotting maid who schemes to marry Mino and become countess. She collaborates to dispose of bodies, driving the murders and showing a calculating, ambitious mind.

🧭 Manipulative 🔪 Schemer 💰 Ambitious

Mino's Mother

The domineering matriarch who resents her son's choices and uses pressure and manipulation to influence his marriage. She embodies the controlling force within the mansion.

🗝️ Controlling 🏺 Dominant 👩‍👧 Power dynamic

Loredana

The household maid involved in the mansion's inner politics, playing a role in the schemes surrounding Mino's marriage and power dynamics.

🤝 Insider 🧩 Schemer 🕵️‍♀️ Loyalist

Nightclub performer

A performer brought into the mansion as part of the entourage, one of the women involved in the pattern of bringing prostitutes to the estate.

🎤 Performer 🪙 Casual affair 🩸 Danger

Doctor

A physician who appears in the estate's world, present in the plot as part of the medical milieu surrounding the characters.

⚕️ Medical 🧩 Supportive 🩺 Authority

Policeman

An officer who investigates the murders and the kidnapping, representing the external force that threatens Mino's control.

👮 Investigation 🕵️ Authority ⚖️ Justice

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Major Themes – The Third Eye (1966)

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🕷️ Obsession

Mino's fixation on Laura drives the plot and distorts his sense of reality. His need to possess and control the objects around him turns affection into coercion and violence. The mansion becomes a trap where obsession erodes morality and sanity, culminating in brutal acts.

💀 Death

Murder threads through the narrative as bodies accumulate in the mansion and its surroundings. The stuffed fiancée sits as a macabre centerpiece, while Marta's manipulations push to dispose of corpses in acid. The lavish setting contrasts with the brutality of the acts, underscoring the film's morbid core.

🎭 Duality

The arrival of Daniela, Laura's twin, triggers a flashpoint that fractures Mino's grip and drives him toward a new, dangerous fixation. The story pivots on mistaken identity and deception, revealing how appearances mask violence below the surface. Daniela's presence shatters the illusion of Laura's fate and propels the plot toward a bloody finale.

Last Updated: October 04, 2025 at 19:24

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