Wasn't that thoughtful of mother to hire a maid like Angela, and than die.

A widower falls in love with the new housekeeper (Laura Antonelli) he has hired for his three sons, but later realizes he's not the only man in the household wishing to have an affair with her. The film, originally released in Italy as Malizia, appears in dubbed English.


Following the death of his wife, a father of three sons (aged 18, 14 and 6) hires an attractive young housekeeper named Angela (Laura Antonelli), and soon becomes engaged to her.[2]
However, the one most obsessed with her is the middle son, the teenager Nino. He blackmails her into eventually tolerating his increasingly aggressive physical sexual harassments.
It all culminates one night before she marries his father. During the night the electricity goes off. As his father and older brother are away, and with his younger brother asleep, Nino approaches his housekeeper with a flashlight and orders her to undress. She gives in after an initial physical protest, but runs away after finishing undressing. Nino chases her with the flashlight until he accidentally drops it. With the flashlight in her own hands, Angela decides it is time to turn the tables. She blinds Nino with the flashlight and when he tries to reach for it, she pins him to a nearby bed and has sex with him while rushing him to "Fotti! Fotti!" ("F***! F***!"). With Nino finally losing control over her, she marries his father the following day and his father instructs Nino to refer to her as "Mamma" from then on.[


Paramount had great success with this film so it released it twice. The first time -as MALIZIA -in June of 1974 . Almost exactly 5 years later they released it with the American title -MALICIOUS -in 1979 due to star Laura Antonelli's newfound star status.