Director: Elio Scardamaglia
Writers: Ernesto Gastaldi, Luciano Martino, Robert Williams
Composer: Francesco De Masi
Starring: William Berger, Francoise Prevost, Mary Young, Barbara Wilson, Philippe Hersent, Harriet Medin, Germano Longo, Massimo Righi, Delfi Mauro, Anna Maria Polani, Rossella Bergamonti, William Gold
More info: IMDb
Tagline: Bloodletter! Bone-chilling! The thing is subhuman and it has a knife!
Plot: Patients and staff of an isolated mental hospital are being killed off by a hooded maniac who stalks the halls.
My rating: 5.5/10
Will I watch it again? No.
I don't think the Giallo genre is for me. I've liked so few of them and the rest often have pacing issues. This picture looks fantastic. The period look rivals that of Hammer. De Masi's score has some really nice moments. The acting (I watched an English dub) gets a tad too dramatic at times but it was fine for what it was but I just couldn't stay engaged. It took a few attempts to get through it. On paper and considering that it looks like a high quality picture, I expected more...and that's while I'm watching it, thinking this is going to be good as it unfolds. I'll say this much, they kept me guessing who the killer was and I reckon I wasn't disappointed by the ending so much. Geez, this was slow.
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