When I originally decided to pick up this film,my first expectations were that I was going to see an alt cut of Dario Artgento's 1993 Giallo Trauma (also reviewed.)
Shortly after the film arriving I had a quick search online,and was pleasantly surprised to find out that the movie was a Giallo-Slasher hybrid!.Since having enjoyed Lamberto Bava's great Giallo-Slasher hybrid A Blade In The Dark (also reviewed),I decided to take a look at what "traumatic" events awaited the unlucky characters of this film.
View on the film:
Opening with a synth-pop song by Ubaldo Continiello, the screenplay by co-writer (along with Gaetano Russo and Alessandro Capone) / director Gianni Martucci impressively goes for a more mature,Giallo set of characters to be his unlucky bunch of this trauma.
Unlike most Slasher films which mainly focus on the travailing of a bunch of teenagers,who from out of nowhere encounter a deadly "fork in the road", the writers instead makes the all non-teenagers group of characters people who are desperate to stab their partner right in the back with all of their hidden secrets (although Martucci does still have some of the most beautiful actresses in the film appear in various states of undress.)
Whilst Martucci's directing does sadly stick to the middle of the road,and also misses a number of opportunity's to include some stylish moments to this entertaining Giallo/Slasher hybrid (with a weird Lego building in the hideout of the killer (!) and a small nasty moment of necrophilia, allowing for some nice weird touches.)
The screenplay thankfully keeps things moving at an enjoyable, sometimes twisty pace, with the body count murder set-pieces being committed in a welcomed unexpected order, and the last five minutes of the film offering a tough,open-ended Giallo twist,which helps the movie to end on a terrific rancid note.
Shortly after the film arriving I had a quick search online,and was pleasantly surprised to find out that the movie was a Giallo-Slasher hybrid!.Since having enjoyed Lamberto Bava's great Giallo-Slasher hybrid A Blade In The Dark (also reviewed),I decided to take a look at what "traumatic" events awaited the unlucky characters of this film.
View on the film:
Opening with a synth-pop song by Ubaldo Continiello, the screenplay by co-writer (along with Gaetano Russo and Alessandro Capone) / director Gianni Martucci impressively goes for a more mature,Giallo set of characters to be his unlucky bunch of this trauma.
Unlike most Slasher films which mainly focus on the travailing of a bunch of teenagers,who from out of nowhere encounter a deadly "fork in the road", the writers instead makes the all non-teenagers group of characters people who are desperate to stab their partner right in the back with all of their hidden secrets (although Martucci does still have some of the most beautiful actresses in the film appear in various states of undress.)
Whilst Martucci's directing does sadly stick to the middle of the road,and also misses a number of opportunity's to include some stylish moments to this entertaining Giallo/Slasher hybrid (with a weird Lego building in the hideout of the killer (!) and a small nasty moment of necrophilia, allowing for some nice weird touches.)
The screenplay thankfully keeps things moving at an enjoyable, sometimes twisty pace, with the body count murder set-pieces being committed in a welcomed unexpected order, and the last five minutes of the film offering a tough,open-ended Giallo twist,which helps the movie to end on a terrific rancid note.