Torso (1973)
Someone is murdering young college girls in Rome and a woman recalls she might have seen the suspect. She travels to the countryside with three of her friends, but the murderer follows them there. There's no shortage of nudity or blood and guts in this one so the entertainment values are well in hand. The story however is a bit ridiculous, but to be honest it doesn't really matter that much. The cast is quite beautiful, acting however could have been a bit better at parts. The style is quite straight forward at the start with only a few somewhat great scenes, but towards the end around the last 15 minutes or so there's some proper tension building. And that end is really worth the whole movie, there's really not much dialog and mostly just the killer and a victim but the way it's built is something well worth seeing. Takes the thriller on levels that even Hitchcock would have been proud. But getting there might not be easy if you are looking forward to a scary thriller. The beginning is a sleazy fun slasher and luckily quite fast paced so you won't get bored. The score didn't really strike that special, though it wasn't bad either. Same goes for the cinematography which at parts worked quite great, but most of the time was quite basic. This movie is kind of special also because it helped to influence the slasher genre which became hugely popular during the 80's. Sergio Martino is not as big in giallos as for example Argento, but still I'd put him up there with the best of them and this movie is only one proof of his greatness.
79%
No comments:
Post a Comment