The House With Laughing Windows - 1976 - 7/10
AKA - La Casa Dalle Finestre che Ridono

Stefano arrives at the tiny village by boat.
Hired to restore a fresco of the assassination of Saint Sebastian. A gruesome depiction.
He settles in quickly, manages to sleep with a few ladies, and the restoration proceeds.
Nevertheless, he receives warnings about the fresco, the village. That he should depart.
The isolation builds throughout, as Stefano is shunned, and village, forest, even his own rooms seem empty.
While this lacks the stylistic flourishes of Giallo, the atmosphere and tone is overwhelming.
Not really Horror, but a thriller that delivers and a mystery that exemplifies “be careful what you ask for”.