This is one of the most
notorious giallos, right up there with Lucio Fulci's other sleazy
“stab” at the giallo genre, The New York Ripper (1982). Though this time it's not the brutal and graphical murder scenes,
but the targets of the murders which makes this one infamous. In a
rural town somewhere in Italy someone is killing the children of the
village. There are plenty of suspects, a weird mentally disabled man,
a woman who's believed to practice black magic and an ex-drug addict
woman who has just moved there from a big city. Maybe the murderer is
none of the above, but the villagers want justice to be served so
they take the law in their own hands as the police are too slow at
solving the case. I must say this movie has one of the most memorable
murder scenes I've ever seen, it was actually the only scene I
remembered since the last time I saw it over 10 years ago. It
involves chains and most memorable music switch I can think of and it
will imprint itself into your mind forever. Speaking of the music,
apart from that one absolutely brilliant scene the music didn't
really impress me that much, it's not bad but nothing to rave about
either. The cinematography wasn't bad either, but nowhere near the
better ones of the genre. The ending was just hilariously over the
top which kind of turned the otherwise quite intriguing thriller into
a comedy, but other than that it keeps it's form nicely. So all in
all this is a good giallo with some memorable moments.
73%
No comments:
Post a Comment