This is the last of the
“animal series” of giallos from Dario Argento, the others being
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) and The Cat O' Nine Tails (1971). This time a drummer (Michael Brandon) ends up killing a man after
an unfortunate encounter. Then someone who witnessed and photographed
the killing starts blackmailing him and soon bodies start piling up
as he tries to cover his tracks. Well the “accidental” killing at
the start was extremely far fetched and the rest of the plot isn't
exactly great either. But as so many times it's the mood Argento sets
up which is the driving force of his movies and this was no
exception. The score by Ennio Morricone wasn't bad, but really it
wasn't used as well as it could have been. The visual side however
was well in hand, the compositions were quite great and the
camerawork by Franco Di Giacomo was pretty much perfect. Some of the
scenes are extremely memorable, whether that's a good thing or not is
for the viewer to decide, I sure loved them. The biggest problem of
this movie is the long and unneeded explanation of the motives at the
end and in this Shameless release of the extended cut it's even
longer than in the American cut. It's a shame as the ending is
otherwise great it just drags on way too long on the explaining part.
Apart from that and the misuse of Morricone's talents, this is a
great giallo.
80%
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