Now, this is the ticket. Erotically super-charged, Bigas Luna's study of one woman's descent into sado-masochism remains a titillating triumph, particularly in this almost fully uncut format.
Understandably, the one shot the BBFC have still declined to pass is the credit-sequence close-up of a naked baby, but that's hardly to say what's left is bereft of shock value.
Pubic shavings, masturbating transsexuals and anal fisticuffs, it's all here, as little Lulu (Francesca Neri) gets pushed a touch too far by hubby Oscar Ladoire and embarks on a quest to knock off half of Italy.