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Torso

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Italy

1973

92 Min
Color
1.66:1
Italian
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DIR Sergio Martino

EXEC Antonio Levesi Cervi

PROD Carlo Ponti

SCR Ernesto Gastaldi, Sergio Martino

DP Giancarlo Ferrando

CAST Patrizia Adiutori, Suzy Kendall, Tina Aumont, Luc Merenda, John Richardson, Roberto Bisacco, Conchita Airoldi, Carla Brait, Ernesto Colli

ED Eugenio Alabiso

MUSIC Guido De Angelis, Maurizio De Angelis

Synopsis

Someone is strangling coeds in Perugia. The only clue is that the killer owns a red and black scarf, and police are stumped. American exchange student Jane and her friends decide to take a break from classes by going up to Danielle’s uncle’s villa in the country. Unfortunately the killer decides to follow, and the women begin suffering a rapid attrition problem. —IMDb

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Sergio Martino

Prolific Italian genre filmmaker Sergio Martino was born in Rome to a family with impressive film credits. His maternal grandfather, Genaro Rigelli, had directed films in Germany for many years and helmed the first Italian sound film, La Canzone dell’Amore. Starting his career as an assistant director for Rigelli and filmmakers such as Mario Bava and Brunello Rondi, Martino eventually moved into directing himself, with the lurid 1969 documentary Mondo Sex. Over the next three decades, Martino was responsible for some of the more exploitative films in a number of genres, moving from spaghetti Westerns (Arizona, Mannaja) to giallo thrillers (Lo Strano Vizio della Signora Wardh, La Coda dello Scorpione) to gritty crime films, sex comedies (including the minor hit 40 Gradi all’Ombre del Lenzuolo with Marty Feldman), jungle adventures, and apocalyptic science fiction. There were many duds, such as the appalling Ursula Andress vehicle La Montagna del Dio Cannibale and the ridiculous L’Isola… read more

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Matt Keane

18Mar13

Delightfully suspenseful, grubby giallo with some excellent visual flourishes and an arresting mise en scene. One of the best Italian horrors I've seen. I particularly loved the cluttered, gaudy interiors (of the apartments, not the victims). I wasn't entirely comfortable with the erotic elements which verged on the exploitative at times, but it's a thoroughly entertaining shocker that deserves its reputation.

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Konrad Szlendak

21Feb13

Definitely not as good as "Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh", but strongly recommended to giallo completists. A lot of beautiful nudies and great locations are big advantages of this flick.

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TORSO Blu-ray Review

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Sergio Martino’s Torso is a textbook example of the giallo genre film, the kind made famous by Dario Argento and Mario Bava.  While Torso may not be a Bird with Crystal Plumage or The Girl Who Knew Too
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