The Third Eye (1966 film)
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| Directed by | Mino Guerrini |
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| Story by | Ermanno Donati |
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| Cinematography | Alessandro D'Eva |
| Edited by | Ornella Micheli |
| Music by | Francesco De Masi |
| Distributed by | Medusa |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Box office | ₤72 million |
The Third Eye (Italian: Il terzo occhio) is a 1966 Italian horror film. It was directed by Mino Guerrini and stars Franco Nero, Gioia Pascal, and Erika Blanc. A young count, who lives with his domineering, jealous mother, begins on a downward spiral into madness after his fiancée dies in a car accident. This was one of Franco Nero's earliest films, before he achieved stardom in the spaghetti western genre. Erika Blanc plays a dual role in the film, portraying both the Count's dead fiancée Laura, as well as Laura's twin sister Daniela.
Joe D'Amato remade the film as 1979's Beyond the Darkness.