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June 1977 (USA)
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It'll take you... apart! more
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A pathology med student and a priest team up to investigate a wave of suicides blamed on sun spots and discover a number of them to be actual murders. full summary | add synopsis
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Mimsy Farmer | ... | Simona Sana | |
| Barry Primus | ... | Father Paul Lenox | |
| Ray Lovelock | ... | Edgar | |
| Carlo Cattaneo | ... | Lello Sana (as Carlo Cataneo) | |
| Angela Goodwin | ... | Daniela | |
| Gaby Wagner | ... | Betty Lenox | |
| Massimo Serato | ... | Gianni Sana | |
| Ernesto Colli | ... | Ivo | |
| Leonardo Severini | ... | Caretaker | |
| Eleonora Morana | ... | Eleonora | |
| Antonio Casale | ... | Inspector Silvestri | |
| Giovanni Di Benedetto | ... | Head Coroner | |
| Maria Pia Attanasio | ... | Aunt Elvira | |
| Pier Giovanni Anchisi | ... | Archivist at Criminal Museum (as Piero Anchisi) | |
| Pupino Samona | ... | Doctor with beard (as Pupino Samonà) |
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Also Known As:
Autopsy (USA)
Sun Spots
Tarot
Tension (Europe) (cut version)
The Magician (UK)
The Victim (USA)
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Sun Spots
Tarot
Tension (Europe) (cut version)
The Magician (UK)
The Victim (USA)
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USA:85 min (edited version) | 100 min (uncut version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Italy:VM18 |
Canada:16+ (Quebec) |
France:-16 |
Australia:R |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
USA:Unrated (special edition)
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Edited into Invasion of the Scream Queens (1992)
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The first half of this film is incredibly creepy. The suicides in the beginning separates by shots of solar flares and Ennio Morricone's suitably atmospheric music set the stage perfectly.
The scene in the autopsy room when the first corpse (the black man) suddenly smiles also send chills. As does the sudden close-up of the dead woman on the beach. The (real) photos of accident and murder victims in the 'death' museum was also a bit frightening.
After that...it all went downhill. The characters were hardly original. And they seemed to just add more of them for no reason. Add a new face, act like we've known him or her all along, then kill him off without warning.
I got the impression the director was told he had 48 hours to finish it or he loses his fee. So he packs the conclusion in a day. As a result, mass confusion. It should have been better.