Torso
Torso (, also released as Carnal Violence) is a 1973 Italian giallo film directed by Sergio Martino, produced by Carlo Ponti, and starring Suzy Kendall, Tina Aumont, Luc Merenda, and John Richardson. Martino’s fifth gialli, the film centers on a string of brutal murders of young female students at an international college in Perugia. Several critics describe it as one of the earliest examples of a slasher film.
Plot
In Perugia, the murder of several university students leads to a manhunt for a masked killer with a psychosexual disorder who uses red-and-black foulards to strangle his female victims before mutilating their bodies. When a wealthy student named Dani vaguely recalls having seen someone wearing such a scarf, she becomes the target of the mystery killer and, at her philandering uncle's suggestion, invites three of her girlfriends (two of them, lipstick lesbians) to stay with her at her family's remote country villa in Tagliacozzo.
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| author | Ernesto Gastaldi Sergio Martino |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Italy |
| director | Sergio Martino |
| editor | Eugenio Alabiso |
| events | serial killer |
| genre | crime horror thriller |
| keywords | art history childhood trauma doll foulard impotent injured isolated kill killing spree lipstick lesbians little girls masked killer misogynist mystery killer peeping tom perugia psychopathic psychosexual disorder sedative stalker street vendor tagliacozzo threesome trap villa voyeurism |
| musicBy | Guido De Angelis |
| producer | Carlo Ponti |
| productionCompany | Compagnia Cinematografica Champion |
| publisher | Interfilm |
| recordedAt | Abruzzo |
| theme | exploitation giallo lgbt-related serial killer slasher |