Giallo a Venezia – “Giallo in Venice” – is a 1979 Italian mystery horror thriller film directed by veteran Mario Landi (Patrick Lives Again).
Produced by Gabriele Crisanti (Mondo cane 2000 – L’incredibile; Savage World Today; Satan’s Baby Doll; (Patrick Lives Again; Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror; Malabimba).
The Elea Cinematrografica production stars Leonora Fani, Gianni Dei, Jeff Blynn and Mariangela Giordano (Burial Ground).
Scorpion Releasing has announced that a Blu-ray remastered release with extensive colour correction is planned for release. The disc will feature an audio commentary by film historian Troy Howarth.
Along with The New York Ripper, the film has a reputation as one of the most violent and sleazy of gialli. The scene involving the sawing off of Mariangela Giordano’s character’s leg is gorily over-the-top, yet patently false.
Plot:
A double murder occurs on the Venetian docks: architect Fabio (Gianni Dei) is stabbed with a pair of scissors, while his wife Flavia (Leonora Fani) is drowned. The fact that Flavia was pulled back from the water by the killer after being drowned intrigues inspector DePaul (Jeff Blynn) and his assistant Maestrin.
As they begin investigating friends of the couple such as Marizia (Mariangela Giordano), they soon discover that Fabio was, in fact, a sleazy cocaine addict, who could only achieve gratification by violence and sick voyeurism. During the investigation, Marizia begins to receive threatening phone calls from an ex-lover and soon after that a series of brutal murders is set in motion…
Capsule review:
Giallo a Venezia immediately confronts the viewer with the sight of Gianni Dei’s debauched character being agonisingly stabbed in the crotch! This eye-opener is a mere foretaste of the extreme violence in this scuzzy movie which revels in the sordid sleazy humiliation that Dei’s character enjoys. Unfortunately, the effectiveness of such outrages is undermined by the tawdry production values and even picturesque Venice looks seedy.
Adrian J Smith, MOVIES & MANIA
Other reviews:
“The repulsive male nudity, the limp mystery, the barely interested detective, and the silly use of a nosy neighbor to provide the clue that finally cracks the case are all useful as a way to toughen yourself up for future crappy giallo efforts. Besides, you are getting some nice murders that wouldn’t be out of place in Lucio Fulci horror movie.” Monsterhunter
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