Oasis of Fear
Oasis of Fear (), also known as Dirty Pictures or Deadly Trap (the film's video release title in West Germany), is a 1971 Italian giallo film directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Irene Papas, Ornella Muti and Ray Lovelock. It was produced by Carlo Ponti. The film was released in the US in 1974, and is available on video as both "Oasis of Fear" and "Dirty Pictures". Synopsis. Two pornography-peddling hippies from Italy (Richard and Ingrid) run out of material to sell, so they start taking "dirty pictures" of each other to add to their stock  of smut. While on the run from the authorities in Sweden, the pair get invited to the home of a middle-aged woman named Barbara, the wife of a NATO colonel. She involves them first in sexual games, then later in a convoluted murder plot. It seems Barbara has murdered her husband and hidden the body in the trunk of her car, and she gets the idea to frame the two hippies for the crime. Production. Lenzi said he had trouble getting actress Irene Papas to participate in the threesome scene that takes place in the film. Lead actor Ray  Lovelock sings a song called "How Can You Live Your Life?" over the opening titles, accompanied by a sitar; a song that reoccurs throughout the film in different versions, supposedly with the purpose of trying to capture the "feel" of the 1960s hippie scene.