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I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The erotic comics of Guido Crepax get adapted for the big screen with this generally watchable, if not inspired, piece of sexy Italian cinema. American sex symbol Carroll Baker ("Baby Doll") stars as the title character, an enigmatic stranger. She just might be a witch. She comes into the life of Valentina Rosselli (Isabelle De Funes), a photographer by trade who dabbles in various subjects but mostly deals in fashion shoots. Valentina is definitely not sure WHAT to make of this stranger, and relays her suspicions to TV director Arno Treves (Italian icon Luigi Montefiori, a.k.a. George Eastman), her would-be boyfriend.Director / writer Corrado Farina (who also makes a couple of cameos) gives this a valiant effort, even if he himself admits that his film isn't all that successful. As befitting a comic adaptation, he makes the visuals of "Baba Yaga" its strongest suit, and gives it a healthy dose of surrealism as well. Voyeurs will be pleased enough with the sex and skin on display, especially when it's provided by Ely Galleani as the provocative Annette. (*Love* that costume.)The problem is, there just isn't all that much story tension here, and the narrative certainly isn't all that compelling. If it weren't for the girl-watching, some people could even find this to be boring. Further harming the film is the fact that Valentina is not a particularly interesting character, and De Funes may be attractive, but her performance isn't all that great. Picking up some of the slack are old pro Eastman, the lovely Ms. Baker (who does seem to be enjoying herself to some degree) and Ms. Galleani.There's also some nice music by Piero Umiliani, and at least one memorable twist, but "Baba Yaga" may still not appeal to *all* fans of arty Eurotrash.Viewers may be thunderstruck by the questionable taste of a commercial shot by Arno and his crew at one point.Six out of 10.

Carroll Baker by this time had moved to Europe to start a new phase of his career,there had more opportunity to make movies like this,worth to remember a Italian star George Eastman who made several spaghetti western,Baba Yaga is an interesting Giallo with some lesbian and fumetti style,that period of time was so popular,using a famous names and appealing to nudes scenes,the fans weren't disappointed for this time,worth each cent!!!! Resume: First watch: 2017 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 6

Known also as Baba Yaga, this film is in the tradition of Jesus Franco and Mario Bava.Carrol Baker (Baby Doll, The Carpetbaggers) is Baba Yaga, a witch who is definitely a lesbian. She crosses paths with Vanentina (Isabelle De Funès), a fashion photographer.Baba Yaga was also into S&M, and used her lesbian assistant (Ely Galleani - Lizard in a Woman's Skin) to whip Valentina after she captured her.But, George Eastman (The Grim Reaper, Kidnapped) comes to the rescue. He won't let someone like Valentina fall into the clutches of lesbian witches. he was her body for himself.Neat ending.

I watched this with an awareness of the pseudo-art of the seventies. I'm sure the people who made this thought carefully about each shot, put together some silly plot, set up some titillation, and went from there. The movie is mess because the editing is a mess. If they thought they were making a serious film, it needed to be put together with some sort of point. The story is a bit ghost story/fantasy. A photographer makes a good protagonist because of her ability to encounter a cross section of characters. Many are superfluous, there so we could see them unclothed. This is just more of the junk that was put out in the seventies in Europe. It was a liberating time but it brought out hack artists. From reading other reader comments, apparently this particular character has a comic book connection. Having seen none of them, I can't judge this based on that form. As a movie, it isn't much. Good old Carol Baker. She never really amounted to a whole lot, did she?