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Giallo a Venezia
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Wikipedia article
'Giallo a Venezia' ('Giallo in Venice') is a 1979 Italian giallo film directed by Mario Landi. The film released on December 31, 1979 in Italy and starred Leonora Fani. It is known primarily for its extremely graphic scenes of sex and gore, including a woman's leg being slowly sawed off with a long knife. There is also a Brazilian VHS version containing XXX scenes under the title 'Pesadelo em Veneza'.[http://www.kultvideo.com/DVD.aspx/8630-VHS-Giallo-a-Venezia-XXX-Version?__lang=en-GB Pesadelo em Veneza-XXX Version.]'www.kultvideo.com'
Synopsis
The film follows a detective investigating the murder of a married couple involving a sexually abusive cocaine addict husband while, at the same time, an unknown killer commits multiple grisly murders.
Cast
*Leonora Fani as Flavia
*Jeff Blynn as Angelo De Paul
*Gianni Dei as Fabio
*Michele Renzullo as Andrea Caron
*Eolo Capritti as Maestrin
*Vassili Karis as Bruno Nielsen (as Vassili Karamesinis)
*Giancarlo Del Duca as Alberto, the Coroner
*Mariangela Giordano as Marzia (as Maria Angela Giordan)
Production
While filming the scene in which Mariangela Giordano was tied to a kitchen table, the telephone cords were put on her wrists and ankles so tight that they cut into her flesh. She had visible marks on those places for three months.
Reception
'Moviefone' gave a mixed review for the film, saying that it "is one worth seeing for fans of the subgenre" but that overall it was "simply not on par with most of the Italian greats". In the book 'Italian Horror Film Directors' one critic noted that 'Giallo a Venezia' is a "perfect example of how a filmmaker can go too far in his quest to achieve the perfect synthesis of horror and repulsion."
Paolo Mereghetti wrote that it:
Horror author Brandon Halsey wrote:
References
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