Luciano Ercoli's The Death Box Set (Death Walks on High Heels/ Death Walks at Midnight)
by Luciano Ercoli
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Actor: Carlo Gentili, Frank Wolff, George Rigaud, Nieves Navarro, Simón AndreuDirector: Luciano Ercoli
Producer: Alberto Pugliese
Writer: Dino Verde
Writer: Ernesto Gastaldi
Writer: Guido Leoni
Writer: Mahnahén Velasco
Writer: Manuel Velasco
Writer: Sergio Corbucci
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Italian (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Box set, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 210 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-02-28
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: NoShame Films
Movie Reviews of Luciano Ercoli's The Death Box Set (Death Walks on High Heels/ Death Walks at Midnight)
Movie Review: Death Walks All Over Susan Scott As If She Is A Floor Mat
Summary: 5 Stars
No Shame has issued a great double feature of Luciano Ercoli's Italian gialli entitled "The Luciano Ercoli Death Box Set." In both films, the beautiful blonde Susan Scott is victimized by a serial killer; unfortunately no one believes her.
In "Death Walks at Midnight," Scott is Valentina, a model who is tricked into taking an experimental hallucinogenic drug. While under the drug's influence, she witnesses a murder in the building opposite her own. Naturally, no one believes her, except for the killer. Soon it is learned that a girl was murdered in the other building, but the murder took place six months ago. What murder did Valentina witness? This is a very enjoyable giallo with gruesome murders involving a Medieval spiked glove, several plot twists, and a great surprise ending that threw me for a loop.
"Death Walks on High Heels" is the best of the two gialli in this collection. It is a classic Italian giallo. It is loaded with numerous twists and turns and red herrings. Everyone is suspected of being the killer. The ending wasn't quite as shocking as in "Death Walks at Midnight," however, it was a better thrill ride. It definitely kept me guessing. Scott plays Nicole, a stripper, whose jewel thief father is murdered. When the diamonds he was suppose to have been carrying aren't found, the killer threatens and attacks Nicole. Again, no one believes her. She leaves the county in the arms of a playboy doctor and travels to a secluded island, but the killer manages to find her.
Great 70's pop music and beautiful scenery accentuate both movies, which are prime examples of the Italian giallo. Susan Scott (Sergio Martino's "All the Colors of the Dark") is perfect as the heroine who is walked all over by death. Simon Andreu ("The Blood Splattered Bride") is good as the leading man in both features. My only problem is that so many of the same actors appeared in both movies that I thought the second feature was a continuation of the first. Nevertheless, "The Luciano Ercoli Death Box Set" is a great buy and a must have for all fans of Italian gialli!!!
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