Il mostro

People who are looking for a bloody giallo will be disappointed; the thriller side takes a back seat to the social comment ;actually the excellent Johnny Dorelli is akin to Kirk Douglas's character in Billy Wilder's "ace in the hole" .He wants to become a great reporter , no matter what it claims human lives ....

A godsend:a serial killer "il mostro" sends him clues to his horrible crimes;so he's able to publish them in his tabloid ;more,it seems that the mysterious monster "helps " him to predate where and when the crime will be committed.

The average viewer will have guessed the killer's identity halfway through ,but it does not matter ; the mother/son final fight won't fool no one. But the whodunit was not the subject of the film ; it's a ferocious social satire which denounces the press and the avid for bloody stories hoi polloi .