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Though the acting was bad (Italian TV actors may be REALLY bad, as they're often chosen because of their connections with politicos, not their skills), the directing was just average and there were several inconsistencies in the plot, this series must be rated high, because it's absolutely SCARY. I saw it when it was shown on the Italian state TV (RAI), and I remember it worked even on people who don't care for horror stories. The plot, its faults notwithstanding, is like a maelstrom: it takes you to bottomless abysses, and you can't do anything else, just be brought down and down and down.

The story focuses on a group of young people who get in touch with a sort of occultist sect which has been active since before W.W.II. Its chief is a dark character, whose name is Sinisgalli, who seems to have found a way to grant people immortality, but at a high cost. Sinisgalli is involved in some murders, and he also denounced Roman Jews to the Gestapo in 1944 in order to get their money. There are several plots which ultimately converge on a disquieting ending. The pace of the episodes is so well timed that they literally fly, leading you to a nightmare of terror and paranoia.

Highly recommended, though I doubt that there is an English version...

A complicated story about occultism and ancient mysteries. A great series full of thrilling and suspence; the only bad thing is the final episode, where all the stories end with a really bad and strange conclusion, maybe because the end of budget?

Mik

It's simply the best TV episodes series I've ever seen, after Twin Peaks. And like in TP, at the beginning a corpse is found lying under a bridge. Parallel investigation soon start and we're taken into a very mysterious world of occultism and secrets (reminiscent of the Italian 70's TV series "Il Segno del Commando"). Every episodes (there are 5) has 4 o 5 twists'n'turns and the story, yet so complicated, is extremely fascinating. The ending is strange indeed, true, but its sense of Mystery is very very cool and a bit surreal and creepy, not gratuitous. Very recommended. The only way I got a chance to have it was to contact a Claudio Ruberti who sent it to me a couple of years ago,since it's impossible to find otherwise. bye Mario