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My Dear Killer,
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Following a mysterious decapitation of an insurance investigator, Police Inspector Peretti (George Hilton) is put onto the case. As things turn out this killing is linked to the disappearance of a young and her father who were killed a year before.
This is a fine Giallo and in my opinion one of the best and ranks up there with the Dario Argento classics (such as Bird with the Crystal Plumange and Four Flies on Grey Velvet). George Hilton puts in a impressive performance as the lead inspector and I have to say I preferred him in this role over all the Spaghetti Westerns ive seen him in.
Director Tonino Valerii keeps the film going at a fast pace and it never gets boring and he is able to handle the slightly confusing plot very well. There isnt alot of gore in this film but there is one very violent death were a woman is sliced up by a mechanical saw and it looks very realistic. My favourite part of the film was the last scene were Hilton has all the suspects in a room and he slowly reveals who the killer is and I was on the edge of my seat as I waited for the killer to be unmasked.
The DVD has good quality but I found the night/dark sequences alittle hard to see what was going on.
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|My Dear Killer,
With a cover that good how could you not want to check this out?!! well as with all these films you cant really judge it from its lurid artwork, however this is a cut above a lot of Italian Argento giallo rip offs and stands pretty strong on its own. Its also quite suprisingly well paced and low on the “horror” element you would expect. I would recommend fans of this genre to give this one a try, but dont expect too much as it gradually drifts into crime thriller territory pretty quickly and didnt leave me wanting a second viewing too soon. However, that buzzsaw murder was superbly creepy and stood out a mile! I just feel this film could have done with a bit more of that. Anyhow, well done to Shameless for giving this a much needed uk release. Even better that they put out TORSO…now there’s a film!!! Happy viewing.
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|What a great film!,
Just watched this yesterday and I was very suprised to how good it was, great music, great plot and SOME gore. The tension of the film is fantastic and I don’t normally get affected by this kind of thing but this film was amazing. The only thing not so good was that the story became quite complicated towards the end.
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