Puzzle (1974)
This lesser known movie is a strange mix of giallo and italian crime movie. It's a story about a man who has lost his memory as a result of a car accident. He finds out he has a wife who is being stalked by someone who breaks into her house, drugs her and turns the whole place upside down. As fragments of memories start to return to the man, we slowly start to see the bigger picture which looks quite grim. I really love the story in this one and how it's told. Surprising for a giallo that this actually has a good script and the thriller is very gripping. It's told in a slow manner where the viewer gets just what the main character can remember. This builds the movie into a very intriguing mix of crime thriller drama and even horror at parts. It's not as stylish as most of the giallos and actually this script in the hands of some of the masters like Argento, Bava or Martino would have been one of the best giallos ever made. Now it's definitely not bad either, but still as it's missing a bit of the style it didn't work as well as it really could have. Still it's a good movie and well worth watching, even if you wouldn't be that much into giallos.
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