Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975)
This is from the sleazier side of giallo's, but it's actually not a bad thing. Giallo fans tend to bash this for being too sleazy for a giallo, but still it has all the right elements of a good giallo, it's just spiced differently. And that spicing is what makes this quite special. Like the name suggests there's tons of nudity and sex in between the knife swinging and sometimes during it as well. The story is quite idiotic as it's in most of the giallo's, but as usual it doesn't matter at all as you don't really even care about it. The cast is quite ok, Edwige Fenech and Femi Benussi surely didn't make matters worse. What I loved about this was the sheer insanity of it all, I mean on one side it's a proper beautifully shot giallo, on the other side it's a sleazy sexploitation fest and if that wouldn't have been enough it also manages to be a trashy fun ride that's at points so over the top it's hilarious. So basically you get three exploitation genres in one weird package. First it scares you to death in a stylish way, then it excites you with plenty of beautiful ladies and then it cracks you up with hilarious morally incorrect comedy. So what's not to like? Well it's not perfect of course, at parts it tends to get a bit tedious, but luckily there's plenty of comebacks as well. For fun sleazy exploitation fans this is a must see, but for giallo fans it might not be the best choice.
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I love giallo and think this is one of the best of the genre. Though I get your point it being a bit too sleazy for the genre but then again theres New York Ripper and others in the genre as well. So wether it is really too sleazy or not is kind of irrelevant.
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