Macchie solari (1975)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Armando Crispino

Writers:

Lucio Battistrada (writer)
Armando Crispino (writer)

Release Date:

June 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery

Tagline:

It'll take you... apart!

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Suicide | Morgue | Corpse | Murder | Death

Cast

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)

Also Known As:

Autopsy (USA)
Sun Spots
Tarot
Tension (Europe) (cut version)
The Magician (UK)
The Victim (USA)

Runtime:

USA:85 min (edited version) | 100 min (uncut version)

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Italy:VM18 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | France:-16 | Australia:R | UK:18 | USA:R | USA:Unrated (special edition)

Filming Locations:

Autodromo di Vallelunga, Campagnano di Roma, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Clodio Cinematografica

Movie Connections:

Edited into Invasion of the Scream Queens (1992)

A thoroughly unique movie

Finally this rare giallo hit the stores on DVD in March 2000 thanks to Anchor Bay - it was about time that this almost forgotten giallo masterpiece was released in its uncut version (the former US-version on tape was trimmed for almost 15 minutes of story!). I searched for it unsuccessfully for about five years; I had great expectations, and - oh, boy! - they were NOT disappointed at all! Already the first twenty minutes deliver more than many other thrillers during their entire running time. The plot is very twisted, and there are so many red herrings that literally every character becomes a suspect during this film. There are fine performances of Mimsy Farmer, Barry Primus and especially Ray Lovelock of 'The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue'-fame. This really is a brilliant movie and a real MUST SEE for the fan of stylish European cinema. Not to be missed!