Maya (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Maya |
| Original title | Maya |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1989 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Marcello Avallone |
| script | Marcello Avallone Andrea Purgatori Maurizio Tedesco |
| production | Maurizio Tedesco |
| music | Gabriele Ducros |
| camera | Silvano Ippoliti |
| occupation | |
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Maya is an Italian horror film directed by Marcello Avallone from 1989. Peter Phelps, Mariella Valentini and Cyrus Elias play the leading roles.
action
Deaths are increasing in a Mexican village; among them is that of the learned Solomon Slivak, who was on the trail of the mythical King Xibalbay in a Mayan pyramid. Neither his partner Maria nor the local doctor Dr. Santos, not even the young English adventurer Peter or the dead man's daughter who has traveled from New York, initially find a starting point. When a tourist couple also dies bloody, Peter and Lisa, who have since fallen in love, become active again. Peter's former friend, the native Jihaira, dies; other villagers are also cruelly killed. Peter and Lisa rely on the mythical knowledge of Doctor Santos. But even if they are united they can hardly fight evil. Despite being entangled in ancient rites, the two lovers survive.
criticism
“Tasteless horror of medieval hocus-pocus that mixes hearty sex scenes with cunning killing rituals and tortures. Missing connections are cemented with lengthy omissions about the supernatural. "
In Segnocinema, C. Bogani criticized the "puppet-like character of the actors, sexism beyond the bearable and the typical dialogues and images that such international productions have to bring, but are not fish and not meat and only spread arbitrariness".
background
The film was shot by the production company Reteitalia in Elios Studios in Latium and on Isla Margarita in Venezuela .
Web links
- Maya in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Comparison of the cut versions FSK 18 - unchecked by Maya at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maya. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ quoted from Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia: Dizionario del Cinema Italiano, I film 5 M / Z, Gremese 2002, p. 32