Valentina Rosselli (Isabelle De Funès) is a popular photographer known for her edgy, politically influenced glamor shots. One day, Valentina catches the eye of Baba Yaga (Carroll Baker), a beautiful older woman who just might be a witch. With the help of her friend Arno (cult favorite George Eastman), Valentina does her best to resist Baba Yaga's efforts at seduction and domination.Reviewer Theron Neel says, "Farina wrapped his basic tale in bizarre imagery and visual non sequitors that are faithful to Crepax but don't have much relation to traditional film grammar and syntax." This is quite true, I presume. While I haven't read the source material (Crepax's graphic novel), it is very true that Farina relies on the imagery of the novel throughout the film, and this ends with us getting more style than substance. If you're a student of photography or cinematography, this may be a good thing. Otherwise, it's a distraction.The film has a bondage sex doll, a seemingly bottomless pit, and lots of nudity and interracial mingling... and that's really all I want to say about that. Hopefully you find these things intriguing, because that's precisely what they're in this film for, as near as I can tell. With the pit, for example, we are never really made clear of why it exists, if it even exists at all. And the bondage doll... well, you have to wait for that.Horror enthusiasts may be disappointed. There's the bare minimum of blood, murder, and other such macabre treats. Aside from the witch and a few fantastic elements, it's really hard to classify this film as horror at all. But then, if not horror, I don't know what you would call it... hmmm.If you do wish to watch or own this film, look for it as "Baba Yaga". The version I watched was called "Kiss Me, Kill Me" and there was no effort to clean it up. How much they have cleaned up the "Baba Yaga" version I don't know... but if you're going to watch classic Italian film, you want the least inferior version possible. It will ease the pain.

Dripping with Lesbian fantasy sequences, "Baba Yaga" eventually descends into a bottomless pit of pointless mediocrity - but, for most of the running time, it's a swell ride. The film, dubbed "Kiss Me, Kill Me" in English, features beautiful, stylistic 1970s-era female erotica (note, some of it is sadomasochistic). The director/editor team of Corrado Farina and Giulio Berruti make it look dynamically "arty". Ms. De Funès (as Valentina Rosselli), performs the leading role exquisitely; if she hasn't by now, De Funès should invite comparison with Louise Brooks ("Pandora's Box"). Definitely worth a look.***** Baba Yaga (9/20/73) Corrado Farina ~ Isabelle De Funès, Carroll Baker, George Eastman

Wow...this was in a DVD 4 pack called "Blood Bath" and there was barely any blood...someone got stuck with a pin, the bloody pin was the only blood I remember...also someone literally "drops dead" & someone falls in a hole. On there other hand, the only redeeming thing, was lots of Euro-boobs, but even nipples don't make up for a boring, slow, rambling plot. The atmosphere started out nice, the characters at first seemed possibly interesting...but nothing really develops... Who was Bababooey? Why was she interested in Valentina? Why was the Dog in the middle of the street with a weird cut in it's forehead...and surrounded by candles? Why did the camera make one person sick, one person collapse...who, what & why is Annette a creepy dominatrix doll that comes to life? (but looked hot & bare breasted) I give it 2 stars, one for breasts, and 1 for a glimpse of the 1972 IKEA catalog. (her big round table lamp is still available!)

Based upon a comic strip which presumably made more sense than this confusing film. The plot simply is female photographer falls under spell of strange woman. The original language might have sounded better but the dubbed dialogue is a mix of pseudo profundity and sheer nonsense. Nothing makes sense. What are the photographer's Nazi related dreams about? What about the killer camera? What is the leather clad doll that come to life about? What is the big hole about? Who is Baba Yaga anyway? She says to the photographer that she will reveal to her cosmic secrets, which seem to involve chaining her up and having her whipped. What? You can carry off this kind of thing if you are a David Lynch but not this director. The best part were the opening credits with the glacial black and white background of panels from the original comic. After that it went downhill.