Tutti i colori del buio (1972)

Director:

Sergio Martino

Writers:

Lewis E. Ciannelli (English version)
Ernesto Gastaldi (screenplay)

Release Date:

August 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

They exist. They bear the mark of the devil inside them. They may be your neighbors. They may be your wife, husband, sweetheart. They may even be your children. Their time has come.

Plot:

A woman recovering from a car accident in which she lost her unborn child finds herself pursued by a coven of devil worshipers.

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Drug Addict | Female Nudity | Physical Abuse | Satanist

Cast

George Hilton	...	Richard Steele
Edwige Fenech	...	Jane Harrison
Ivan Rassimov	...	Mark Cogan
Julián Ugarte	...	J.P. McBrian
George Rigaud	...	Dr. Burton
Maria Cumani Quasimodo	...	Anziana vicina di casa
Nieves Navarro	...	Barbara Harrison (as Susan Scott)
Marina Malfatti	...	Mary Weil
Luciano Pigozzi	...	Avv. Franciscus Clay (as Alan Collins)
Dominique Boschero	...	Donna Uccisa Nel Sogno
Lisa Leonardi	...	Girl with dog
Renato Chiantoni	...	Sig. Main - guardiano della villa in campagna
Tom Felleghy	...	Inspector Smith
Vera Drudi	...	Vecchia Donna Nel Sogno
Carla Mancini

Also Known As:

All the Colors of the Dark
Day of the Maniac
Demons of the Dead
They're Coming to Get You
Todos los colores de la oscuridad (Spain)

Runtime:

USA:88 min

Country:

Spain | Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

C.C. Astro

Quotes:

Jane Harrison: I got frightened. A strange guy tried to follow me all the way home.
Mary Weil: I'm frightened that the time will come when a man won't follow me home.
Jane Harrison: I'm afraid this one was a maniac.
Mary Weil: Strange men have been following women since the Stone Age, Jane.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 3 (1996) (V)

Stylish but monotonous, unrewarding giallo.

Set mostly in London, this giallo has some things going for it, including stylish direction, good-looking photography and surprisingly decent dubbing. But Sergio Martino makes the crucial mistake of letting Edwige Fenech carry the movie almost all by herself (he should have given the task to the smooth-as-always George Hilton). Don't get me wrong, she looks good enough to eat, but her acting is monotonous and her character terribly boring. She has no other function except to get scared (and to undress a couple of times). The whole movie basically proceeds like this: Fenech gets scared, gets chased, gets away, has a bad dream, gets scared again, gets chased, gets away....ad nauseam. The one effective scare occurs when she wakes up in a cottage to find...but I won't spoil it for you. (**)