Torso

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Jonathan O Torso is a sleazy giallo slasher thriller with terrific cinematography and editing and it does have Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci giallo of the 70's Italian thriller. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/20/24 Full Review Brad P Torso plays like a proto-slasher while also utilizing signposts endemic to the giallo genre. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/01/23 Full Review jonathan b Torso is one of the more sensationalised Italian Giallos but also the prototype for all American slasher movies that would arrive 6 years later (with Halloween). While it's definitely tamer on gore than most slashers, the sexuality is amped up to 11. The final 20 minutes are some of the best that horror cinema has to offer. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review marco b Italian art history students start getting murdered by a killer obsessed with the vision of a doll. Though somewhat original and suspenseful, nothing really comes of the story. Dead brother, blackmail, blahblahblah. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm a little late to the game when it comes to director Sergio Martino, who I was really only familiar with for his 80s Max Max ripoff movies, which were enjoyable if nothing exceptional (personally, I have the unpopular opinion that the Filipino Mad Max knockoffs by Cirio H. Santiago are the best of the low budget warriors of the wasteland flicks), but this Giallo/proto-slasher is pretty entertaining. It's a familiar set-up of a hooded killer strangling pretty college girls. Quentin Tarantino and Eli Roth count this film among their favorites, but I'm not sure it quite grabbed me the same way. For Italian body-count proto-slashers I prefer Mario Bava's "Blood and Black Lace" but the mystery here is actually pretty good and the kills in the film are scary and at times shocking, which you'd expect from a 70s Giallo, so it's satisfying in that respect. Overall, it's not as smart or as elegant as Martino's "Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key" but it's never boring. Recommended for fans of these sorts of film. Others might want to pass. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member That is such a 70s exploitation start - writhing naked bodies, breasts, doll's heads and a clicking camera. There are black gloves - but this is slasher - strangles with a black and red scarf, strips the woman's body to the waist and carves them up. A lesser Italian of the period - lots of style and bare-chested women, odd hippie bits, but style over substance. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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