Rivelazioni di un Maniaco Sessuale al Capo della Squadra Mobile (1972)
Genre: Thriller / Horror
Duration: 95 minuten
Alternative titles: So Sweet, So Dead / The Slasher Is the Sex Maniac / Revelations of a Sex Maniac to the Head of the Criminal Investigation Division
Country:
Italy
Directed by: Roberto Bianchi Montero
Stars: Farley Granger, Sylva Koscina and Silvano Tranquilli
IMDb score:
5,9 (1.446)
Releasedate: 18 July 1972
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Rivelazioni di un Maniaco Sessuale al Capo della Squadra Mobile plot
"One day you'll get closer to the violence of death... but THIS IS AS FAR AS WE DARE TAKE YOU... with any hope of bringing you back!"
In a small provincial town in southern Italy, a serial killer murders adulterous women and leaves compromising photos at the crime scene. Inspector Capuana must solve the case. He discovers that the killer is wearing a black hat, gloves and a raincoat.
Actors and actresses
Inspector Capuana
Barbara Capuana
Paolo Santangeli
Franca Santangeli
Professor Casali
Roberto (as Sandro Pizzorro)
Renata
Bettina Santangeli
Piero
Gianni
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Bobbejaantje
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Giallos, as a genre, peaked in the early 1970s. Even then, there was some criticism of the misogynistic nature of a genre in which women are constantly slaughtered for the audience's entertainment. This film certainly fits into that category and actually takes things a step further, as the killer targets women who cheat. These are supposedly murders with a "moral" motive, although also discriminatory because the men who cheat are never targeted. In any case, it is and remains fiction. The motive of murder to punish (illegitimate) sex may be a staple of later American slashers, but here we're talking about an Italian film from the early 1970s, likely influenced by the Catholic Italian society of the time.
Despite all these considerations, it's a good giallo with a sleazy approach and a memorable plot. It's great to see Farley Granger—who we know from Hitchcock's Rope and Strangers on a Train—at work in a later phase of his career. And he does a good job. I find the ending quite unforgettable. For me, an above-average giallo.
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