Nude per l'assassino (1975)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Andrea Bianchi

Writers:

Andrea Bianchi (story)
Massimo Felisatti (screenplay)

Release Date:

26 August 1975 (Italy)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

When a fashion model dies during an abortion, a series of murders begins, starting with her doctor....

Plot Keywords:

Model | Danger | Abortion | Helmet | Modeling

Cast

Edwige Fenech	...	Magda Cortis
Nino Castelnuovo	...	Carlo Bianchi
Femi Benussi	...	Lucia Cerrazini
Solvi Stubing	...	Patrizia
Amanda	...	Gisella Montani
Franco Diogene	...	Maurizio Montani
Lucio Como	...	Police Commissioner
Erna Schürer	...	Doris
Gianni Airò
Silvana Depreto
Achille Grioni	...	Procuratore
Giuseppa Meschella
Filippo La Neve
Claudio Pellegrini	...	Mario
Wainer Verri

Also Known As:

Assassino per fotomodelle (Italy) (working title)
Strip Nude for Your Killer

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 (DVD rating) | Italy:T (VHS rating) | Italy:VM18 | West Germany:16 | UK:X (cut)

Filming Locations:

Milan, Lombardia, Italy

Company:

Fral Spa

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: As Maurizio (Franco Diogene) enters the bathroom, wearing just his underwear, the camera and a crew-member can be seen in the mirror to the left of him.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Spaghetti West (2005) (V)

A Sleazy But Suspenseful Giallo

The sleazy giallo picture here known as "Strip Nude for Your Killer" (1975) is misleadingly titled (no victim of the crazed killer is ever forced to strip; they're usually 3/4 naked to begin with!) but still manages to convey the film's two main selling points--sex and violence, dished out in fairly equal measure. The movie might more accurately have been called "Who's Been Killing the Entire Staff at Milan's Albatross Modeling Agency?" All we know for sure is that it's a leather-clad figure with a biker's helmet, a Darth Vader-like respiration problem, and a fondness for knife slaying. For the ladies in the audience, the picture features Nino Castelnuovo, so fondly remembered from 1964's "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg," still looking hunky here and sporting a perfectly round butt; and for the men, another exquisite appearance from the Queen of Giallo, Edwige Fenech, short-haired here but still quite dee-lish. "Strip Nude" has been directed in a nonstylish, nonflashy manner by Andrea Bianchi. Its plot does hang together, despite the seemingly unavoidable red herrings, though the killer's motivation ultimately proves to be unconvincing (don't even try guessing who the killer is!). There are any number of genuinely suspenseful scenes, though, and the soundtrack, by one Berto Pisano, effectively mixes Euro lounge jazz with a funky theme that suggests the Temps' "Papa Was a Rolling Stone." Of the half dozen or so Edwige Fenech giallos that I've seen recently, this one is by far the bloodiest and sleaziest (just wait till you see the 300+-lb. guy with his blow-up doll!), but still nothing compared to what filmmakers get away with today. The folks at Blue Underground should be thanked for a fine-looking DVD of a true Italian rarity; still, I'd be thanking them more had they supplied some subtitles rather than the lousy dubbing. And oh...was it just my imagination, or was that indeed an anal sex joke that Nino pulls on Edwige at the film's tail end?