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So Sweet, So Dead

- 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!

A serial killer is on the loose. His victims are unfaithful wives and he always leaves compromising photographs at the crime scene.

Release Date : 1972-07-18

Language :GermanItalianEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Produzioni Cinematografiche Romane (P.C.R.)

Production Country : Italy

Alternative Titles : The Slasher Is The Sex ManiacBad GirlsPenetration

Cast

Farley Granger

Character Name : Inspector Capuana

Original Name : Farley Granger

Gender : Male

Sylva Koscina

Character Name : Barbara Capuana

Original Name : Sylva Koscina

Gender : Female

Silvano Tranquilli

Character Name : Paolo Santangeli

Original Name : Silvano Tranquilli

Gender : Male

Annabella Incontrera

Character Name : Franca Santangeli

Original Name : Annabella Incontrera

Gender : Female

Chris Avram

Character Name : Professor Casali

Original Name : Chris Avram

Gender : Male

Sandro Pizzochero

Character Name : Roberto

Original Name : Sandro Pizzochero

Gender : Male

Krista Nell

Character Name : Renata

Original Name : Krista Nell

Gender : Female

Angela Covello

Character Name : Bettina Santangeli

Original Name : Angela Covello

Gender : Female

Fabrizio Moresco

Character Name : Piero

Original Name : Fabrizio Moresco

Gender : Male

Andrea Scotti

Character Name : Gianni

Original Name : Andrea Scotti

Gender : Male

Irene Pollmer

Character Name : Giannina

Original Name : Irene Pollmer

Gender : Female

Luciano Rossi

Character Name : Gastone

Original Name : Luciano Rossi

Gender : Male

Ivano Staccioli

Character Name : The Liar

Original Name : Ivano Staccioli

Gender : Male

Nino Foti

Character Name :

Original Name : Nino Foti

Gender : Male

Jessica Dublin

Character Name : Rossella

Original Name : Jessica Dublin

Gender : Female

Paul Oxon

Character Name : Mauro

Original Name : Paul Oxon

Gender : Male

Philippe Hersent

Character Name : The Questor

Original Name : Philippe Hersent

Gender : Male

Nieves Navarro

Character Name : Lilly

Original Name : Nieves Navarro

Gender : Female

Femi Benussi

Character Name : Serena

Original Name : Femi Benussi

Gender : Female

Bruno Boschetti

Character Name : Policeman

Original Name : Bruno Boschetti

Gender : Male

Benito Stefanelli

Character Name : Lilly's husband

Original Name : Benito Stefanelli

Gender : Male

Luigi Ciavarro

Character Name :

Original Name : Luigi Ciavarro

Gender : Male

Milla Johansson

Character Name : The first victim (uncredited)

Original Name : Milla Johansson

Gender : Female

Reviews

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slayrrr666

@slayrrr666

2021-06-23

Following a brutal crime spree, a police detective investigating a strange killer targeting unfaithful wives and adulterous spouses finds that a potential witness may help solve the case and tries to protect her when the killer starts to torment her while continuing his spree. This was quite the fun if slightly problematic sleazy Giallo. One of the more impressive acts here is the fact that there's a decent investigation wrapped around the strong sleazy thrills. With the introduction of the photography storyline in the crimes and using that as the main basis for catching the culprit, this one offers up the kind of traditional Giallo trope needed to drive the storyline forward with some extra notes that lead rather nicely based on the confines of the action here especially once it starts to signify the killers' chosen targets as that is a nice difference from most others who go for random victims at the start before the spree is found out. This addition makes for some fun as it builds that up into the remaining segments that play off this section of the storyline. Those stalking scenes are really fun, from the first encounter chasing the victim onto the beach from her apartment, appearing in the bedroom of the victim and chasing her into the bathroom for the final murder or to the tense sequence of the wife getting ambushed inside the backyard and ending up having the whole affair witnessed secretly by the daughter which is a rather enjoyable highlight offering. A dispatch on a train speeding through the night is incredibly fun as well with the darkened compartment hiding the killer rather well, and a later scene featuring the killer striking a victim in a bathtub only to then have the husband arrive and alter his exit strategy makes for a thoroughly enjoyable and tense sequence. As these scenarios allow for a constant stream of nudity and softcore fondling in showcasing their carnal exploits before the nude bodies are shown to be hacked to pieces, it gives this a rather fine sleazy air which all make for a rather fun genre effort. There are a few problems with this one, though, in that the film mainly employs a rather distressing hypocritical air that doesn't come off that appealing. Going off on the idea that the victims are being punished for straying from their husbands, a double-standard emerges when the male characters are also shown to be doing the same thing yet they never run into any kind of retribution because of it. Depicting them as heartless and needing to pay for their actions yet allowing the men to be okay with it gives it quite an old-fashioned air and tone that openly condemns their actions even though all the extramarital affairs are given loving, leering close-ups to see their full-on nudity. It's not a very welcoming tone for a horror effort and takes a lot of air out of the film as well as the fact that there's quite a long time in between many of these deaths as the investigation takes over to the point of ignoring a lot of other aspects here that don't make for an enjoyable time here. These hold it back even though it does have some worthwhile points. Rated X: Continuous Full Nudity, strong sex scenes, Graphic Violence and Language.