Complete with "warnings for young people" and gory scenes of partial dismemberment, L'assassino e ancora tra noi is a passable but underwhelming installment into the late period of giallo films, and seems more like an American slasher with some minor differences. The music is absolutely terrible, but the main character is an intelligent woman who takes on the role of detective as a graduate student working on a dissertation for criminology. I like that most of the film is seen through her eyes and that she's never compromised or truly objectified at any point.
I can see real-world influences from the cases of the Zodiac and Ted Bundy in The Killer is Still Among Us. However, I also see a little of Friday the 13th but hardly any classic Italian elements beyond some nice scenery here and there. The cinematography and costumes are nothing to write home about, and the killer wears surgical gloves made of latex or nitrile instead of the predictable black ones. Maybe some people consider this film a great sign of evolution in the sub-genre, but I feel that it's nothing special.
I can see real-world influences from the cases of the Zodiac and Ted Bundy in The Killer is Still Among Us. However, I also see a little of Friday the 13th but hardly any classic Italian elements beyond some nice scenery here and there. The cinematography and costumes are nothing to write home about, and the killer wears surgical gloves made of latex or nitrile instead of the predictable black ones. Maybe some people consider this film a great sign of evolution in the sub-genre, but I feel that it's nothing special.