gridoon2024 Review of Medusa

Medusa (1973)

"The Rhodes Incident" is a far more appropriate title

[5/10 · 11 January 2014]

"Medusa" has a promising opening: a dead body will narrate to us the events that led to his and his sister's death. Unfortunately, the story that unravels from that point on is unpleasant, incoherent, and overlong. Apart from the opening shot of a medusa head statue, the title of the movie has no significance or connection to its content. And yet, there are redeeming virtues: wonderful Greek music, a haunting title song, genuine Rhodian locations, and Luciana Paluzzi, who does the best acting job in the movie. It's a pity that the current DVD prints of "Medusa" are too faded to do full justice to the beauty of the locations. ** out of 4.