Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Suzy Kendall | ... | Jane | |
Tina Aumont | ... | Daniela Anselmi | |
Luc Merenda | ... | Roberto | |
John Richardson | ... | Franz | |
Roberto Bisacco | ... | Stefano Vanzi | |
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Ernesto Colli | ... | Gianni Tomasso, the scarf vendor |
Angela Covello | ... | Katia | |
Carla Brait | ... | Ursula | |
Conchita Airoldi | ... | Carol Peterson (as Cristina Airoldi) | |
Patrizia Adiutori | ... | Florence Heineken | |
Luciano Bartoli | ... | Motorcycle guy #1 | |
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Gianni Greco | ... | Motorcycle guy #2 |
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Luciano De Ambrosis | ... | Inspector Martino |
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Enrico DiMarco | ... | Village idiot |
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Giorgio Dolfin | ... | Slim boy in the village |
Someone is strangling coeds in Perugia. The only clue is that the killer owns a red and black scarf, and police are stumped. American exchange student Jane and her friends decide to take a break from classes by going up to Danielle's uncle's villa in the country. Unfortunately the killer decides to follow, and the women begin suffering a rapid attrition problem. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
I'm not sure why some of the comments for this film were so unenthusiastic; I usually jump all over a slow horror film, though I don't believe this to be one at all. Anchor Bay's print is great, and the film is beautifully photographed. The scene in the muddy birch forest is alone worth the price of owning this. Sure, the standard giallo plot of a mad killer, driven to kill due to a childhood trauma is no surprise, but that's not really the point is it? This is also not a gorefest, but many great giallos are not. The very essence of giallo, as I understand it, is visual style (and extremely beautiful women) over plot substance, and that certainly defines this film, which sits comfortably in my Italian horror top 15, if not top 10.