What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)
Another mix of giallo and poliziesco (Italian crime movie). This time it's more in the poliziesco side, even though it has most of the giallo elements also. The police find a teenage girl who has apparently hung herself, but soon it turns out that there's a lot more to it than just a suicide. The detectives stumble onto a child prostitute business that seems to have it's claws all the way up to the highest officials of the city. This is one of the better crossovers of it's kind, though die hard giallo fans might be a bit disappointed as it's more on the crime movie side of things. But there are a couple of stylish suspense scenes that even come close to being horror at parts. That doesn't mean that the rest of the movie wouldn't be stylish, on the contrary, it's a very stylish thriller all the way. The cinematography is at parts pure brilliance and despite the movie being a bit "stiff" at times, it has a great mood to it. The soundtrack by Stelvio Cipriani is one of the best I've heard. The main theme in it self sounds quite silly and light hearted, but once you combine it with the theme of the movie it'll start to haunt you. That's absolutely brilliant. The dubbing of course made the acting seem a bit bad at times, but still I quite liked the casting. It's not a perfect movie by any means, but still it's one of the best crossovers and a very good movie in itself.
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