By 1988, the giallo fever of the early 70s was over for some time. The genre then began to embrace the feel of the erotic thriller, but inside their heart, they all remain giallo.
Directed and written by Remo Angioli (who also wrote the Joe D'Amato-directed The Hyena as Harry J. Ball and this movie and Intimacy as Bob J. Ross) and Beppe Cino (The House of Blue Shadows), this is all about restaurant owner Paolo Piattelli (John Armstead, Interzone), an unfaithful husband to Silvia (Loredana Romito, You'll Die At Midnight) who is blinded in a car accident where he is caught with his lover (Carmen Manzano). His wife then meets Alessio (James Villemaire), the motorcyclist who caused the crash, and hires him to be their driver. Despite being blind, Paolo still has a working Italian libido and equipment, so he gets caught again with his mistress, which causes Silvia to ask Paolo - who she has already fallen for, but so has a cook at their restaurant named Cosetta (Ann Margaret Hughes, Top Model) - to kill Paolo.
Silvia goes from a faithful wife to someone who has sex with her husband's killer moments after he's shoved that man off a cliff, as well as ordering the death of her new man's other girl and then shooting him right in the head. It's an arc, as they say.
In the 80s, giallo forgot the black gloves, the knives, the music and often, the plot. They did remember the synth and sax-heavy sex scenes as well as the outfits, because Loredana Romito has fur coats long after people were protesting them, as well as long nails and big 80s hair. She also smokes throughout the movie, something that may not be as much a part of a giallo as J&B, but it's close. It also has so much nudity that you'll wonder why anyone wears clothes.
Directed and written by Remo Angioli (who also wrote the Joe D'Amato-directed The Hyena as Harry J. Ball and this movie and Intimacy as Bob J. Ross) and Beppe Cino (The House of Blue Shadows), this is all about restaurant owner Paolo Piattelli (John Armstead, Interzone), an unfaithful husband to Silvia (Loredana Romito, You'll Die At Midnight) who is blinded in a car accident where he is caught with his lover (Carmen Manzano). His wife then meets Alessio (James Villemaire), the motorcyclist who caused the crash, and hires him to be their driver. Despite being blind, Paolo still has a working Italian libido and equipment, so he gets caught again with his mistress, which causes Silvia to ask Paolo - who she has already fallen for, but so has a cook at their restaurant named Cosetta (Ann Margaret Hughes, Top Model) - to kill Paolo.
Silvia goes from a faithful wife to someone who has sex with her husband's killer moments after he's shoved that man off a cliff, as well as ordering the death of her new man's other girl and then shooting him right in the head. It's an arc, as they say.
In the 80s, giallo forgot the black gloves, the knives, the music and often, the plot. They did remember the synth and sax-heavy sex scenes as well as the outfits, because Loredana Romito has fur coats long after people were protesting them, as well as long nails and big 80s hair. She also smokes throughout the movie, something that may not be as much a part of a giallo as J&B, but it's close. It also has so much nudity that you'll wonder why anyone wears clothes.