Torso

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The first half of this film is great, fast paced, you actually get to see the murders kinda atmospheric. The second half though is boring as hell. Every scene seems to drag on and on. As the film progresses it slowly gets worse and worse. The killers motives are corny, the best murder scene isnt even in the film, and at towards the end every little thing is drug out and made suspenseful to the point I began yelling at my TV. Do i regret watching it? no Would I watch it again? probably not It just gets way too slow and dumb at the end

In Perugia, a serial-killer is strangling college students. Inspector Martino (Luciano De Ambrosis) is in charge of the investigation and has a black and red scarf as the only lead to be followed. He asks the scarf street vendor Gianni Tomasso (Ernesto Colli) if he recalls who might have bought the scarf, but the man tells that he cannot remember. Then Gianni blackmails the killer and becomes his next victim. Meanwhile the college students and girlfriends Jane (Suzy Kendall), Daniela (Tina Aumont), Katia (Angela Covello) and Ursula (Carla Brait) travel to an isolated villa to spend a couple of days together during a break from the art history classes of their professor Franz (John Richardson) that has befriended Jane. When Jane twists her ankle, Dr. Roberto (Luc Merenda) is summoned and asks her to rest. The student Stefano Vanzi (Roberto Bisacco) stalks Daniela since he is obsessed for her. Are the girls in danger in the villa? Who might be the killer? "I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale", a.k.a. "Torso", is an average giallo. The story and the screenplay do not develop well the killer and the conclusion with the serial-killer explaining his problems is very poor and disappointing. The hot team of actresses is the best in this movie, specially the gorgeous Suzy Kendall. My vote is six. Title (Brazil): "Torso" Note: On 11 June 2020 I saw this film again.

Taking place in a miniworld of bad haircuts and awful dressing trends, 'Torso' is a terribly narrated and bad acted movie whose only merits rely on artsy environment and occasional stylish direction. Anyone calling this a giallo is completely missing the point, because all the common places of giallo are missing here. This movie is nothing more than an exploitative bodycount in the vein of any European 70s movie. In fact, this could be the epitome of "blood and tits". Well, way more tits than blood. Two adjectives that shape this movie are "silly" and "embarrasing". I'll start the dissection. The director shows a striking inability to tell the story properly. It takes 30 minutes to introduce all the characters, and many of them are thrown in to fill the quota of possible suspects. There are lots of irrelevant roles. The story takes twists too, but in the most unfocused way imaginable. I got the feeling the story wasn't written when the shooting started. On the funny side, the movie shows no shame in displaying the most cheesy images I've seen in ages: silly hippies, ugly rednecks in their rural world... The embarrassment goes on with the painfully exploitative scenes. Most notably, * scenes. It's so blatant you'll blush. Some character reactions are indescribably dumb too. This flick will be a hard time for people who get easily embarrassed, and a hell of a good one for the cheap "blood and tits" lover. The gore is seductive, but FX are on the lowest level of all. I bet Sergio Martino knows a thing or two about film-making, because it shows every now and then, but this cheese fest is not the right opportunity to display his talent. Such bad actors, such lousy dialogue, such incompetent storytelling cannot make it into a good movie. Who is actually the main character here? What's the use of the street seller? What about the opening credits? Some happenings border on impossible, the end with the killer's expository dialogue made me laugh. The movie gives birth to a new acception of the word "unexpected", but in the less "Psycho (by Hitchcock)" way. Only for * lovers of italo trash. Like me? I thought so, but this lacks so much quality... RATING: 3.1

With a title like 'Torso' one would expect this Italian horror film to either be very bloody or very lurid. In this case, it's both. Murders at a Rome college forces a group of lady friends to retreat to an isolated house in the hills. But little do they know the killer has followed them... While director Sergio Martino isn't Dario Argento or Mario Bava his direction in this film is pretty well done. He makes the most of a simple storyline with some lush filming locations, solid scenes of tight suspense, and an all-around attractive cast. Particularly great is the beautifully atmospheric stalking sequence with Carol in the woods, as well as the highly intense scene where Jane must hide from the killer while he dismembers one of her friends. This effort will be most entertaining to the exploitation fans, as the film has plenty of female nudity and the occasional bit of gore. The cast is fairly decent, Suzy Kendall is the biggest stand-out though as a young woman trapped by the killer. Over all a good horror effort that would later influence the slasher genre. Torso isn't for all tastes, but for the game giallo or slasher fan it's a great treat. *** out of ****

A bunch of sex crimes happen around a college. Four women decide to get away for a while in this deserted house in the middle of nowhere. They immediately engage in lesbian sex, sunbathe in the * and skinny dip---while they know there's a killer around! I saw the uncut version of this released on DVD. The violence was considerably cut originally when this came to the US in the early 1970s. Well, even intact, this is lousy. It's full of pointless female nudity and lesbian sex scenes. I realize most giallos have that but this one has an incredible amount! It OPENS with a long lesbian sex sequence which has little bearing on the plot. It's an Italian movie and with the sole exception of Suzy Kendall everyone was dubbed--and pretty badly too. They also can't act--only Kendall is any good (even if she's far too old to be playing a college student). The kill scenes have plenty of blood but the gore scenes are laughably fake. To make matters worse the plot makes next to no sense. There are only two real suspects--and one is made to act so suspicious you know he's not the killer! If you want to see every giallo ever made this is for you. But if u want a horror movie with brains, talent or realistic gore u can skip this one.

A stylish Italian slasher movie, filled with beautiful women (most of whom appear topless at one point or another), atmospheric sets, and reasonably gruesome murders. If that's all you're looking for, you won't be disappointed, but the plot is certainly nothing exceptional.

"Torso" is a simply stunning giallo. Sergio Martino's movie has some genuine edge-of-the-seat moments, a very attractive female cast, a superb score by Guido and Maurizio De Angelis and beautiful cinematography. While some of the special effects are a little on the poor side, the film succeeds in keeping the viewer enthralled in the plot and its strong points far outweigh any minor criticisms. I really enjoyed this movie. It's not often that a film can keep me in suspense like this one did. Stylish, thrilling, erotic and gripping, "Torso" gives most other giallo films a real run for their money.

In many ways this is a fairly average Italian slasher pic, but it stands out from the rest by having possibly the most beautiful women ever to have featured in this type of film. The gore effects are extremely unconvincing, especially a pathetic eye gouging seen and a head being smashed against a wall by a car. Apart from the poor effects there are a few atmospheric scenes, a nice soundtrack and the dubbing isn't as bad as it could be. Overall it's a decent film and worth checking out if your into this sort of thing. I viewed this film on the uncut/unrated DVD released by Anchor Bay.(nice picture, although a bit grainy in darker scenes)