Censors in April 1970 with the title Le Ombre Roventi. The Italian release date of the film is unclear. The Associazione Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche Audiovisive e Multimedia (ANICA) date the first public screening of the film to be April 16, 1972 while the newspaper La Stampa records the film being released in Imperia on July 13, 1971. Publicity material for the film is dated October 1970. The film was distributed by Icar and grossed 25,525,000 Italian lire in Italy. The film has been released as Shadow of Illusion on what Curti described as a "badly panned-and-scanned English-language copy of a Japanese laserdisc". References Footnotes Sources External links Italian erotic horror films Films shot in Egypt Films set in Egypt 1970 horror films Films directed by Mario Caiano 1970s erotic films Films shot at Cinecittà Studios 1970s Italian films 1970 films