Torso
by Sergio Martino
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Actor: John Richardson, Luc Merenda, Roberto Bisacco, Suzy Kendall, Tina AumontDirector: Sergio Martino
Cinematographer: Giancarlo Ferrando
Writer: Sergio Martino
Editor: Eugenio Alabiso
Producer: Antonio Levesi Cervi
Producer: Carlo Ponti
Writer: Ernesto Gastaldi
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Italian (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-03-21
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Summary of Torso
There's a killer on the loose who's murdering and mutilating beautiful young college girls, and there's no shortage of suspects. Four comely coeds decide to escape the madness by vacationing in an isolated country villa, but the maniac has his eye on them--one of them suspects his identity--and drops in for a homicidal holiday. With a title like Torso you know what you're getting, but despite the high body count and the suggestion of dismemberment, most of the gore in this Italian giallo is offscreen... with a few exceptions (an icky eye gouging stands out). Director Sergio Martino is no Dario Argento and the film is blunt, direct, and vicious, as can be seen when the killer disposes of a witness by ramming his skull into a brick wall with his car, not once but twice (with the appropriate close-up). The killer, who hides behind a ratty ski mask and strangles his targets with a florid scarf, is haunted by some obscure childhood memory involving a porcelain doll and a traumatizing accident. He straddles two clichés, the Norman Bates-variety psychos and the hooded, zombielike automatons of Halloween and Friday the 13th. It doesn't make much sense, but like most slasher films, it's really about suspense, spectacle, and a body count, and Martino doesn't disappoint. To restore the film, Anchor Bay has included a few brief scenes in Italian with English subtitles. --Sean AxmakerSimilar DVD Movies
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