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 giallo, the film centers on a string of brutal murders of young female students at an international college in Perugia. It has been called the earliest example of a slasher film.
Plot
After Università per Stranieri di Perugia art professor Franz's lecture on Perugino's painting of St Sebastian, Jane approaches him for further discussion, accompanied by her friend Dani. Another student, Stefano, who has an unrequited love for Dani, joins in. Franz leaves, and Dani rejects Stefano's offer to drive her home and rejoins Jane and their friends Carol, Katia, and Ursula. That night, a peeping tom strangles Carol's friend Flo with a black-and-red patterned scarf after killing Flo's lover.
More details
| author | Ernesto Gastaldi Sergio Martino |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Italy |
| director | Sergio Martino |
| editor | Eugenio Alabiso |
| events | serial killer |
| genre | crime horror thriller |
| keywords | attack buy childhood trauma discover follow kill learn murder paint peeping tom runs over street vendor summon tagliacozzo università per stranieri di perugia unrequited love vehicular homicide |
| musicBy | Guido De Angelis |
| producer | Carlo Ponti |
| productionCompany | Compagnia Cinematografica Champion |
| publisher | Interfilm |
| recordedAt | Abruzzo |
| theme | exploitation giallo serial killer slasher spy |