Torso (1973)
Sergio Martino's giallo is a heady delight of gory violence and sleazy sex. Set at a Perugia university where a slightly miscast 29 year old Suzy Kendall and a bevy of gorgeous students are in fear of a hooded murderer who strangles his near naked victims with a silk scarf before fondling their corpses with his blooded hands.
Torso is a decent mystery thriller with red herrings galore although these get narrowed down somewhat as various characters are offed throughout, culminating in a very graphic climax as the killer dismembers the bodies of Kendall's friends as she watches on, in their student house.
Martino teases us in his final scene as our hero (not saying who - spoilers) fights with the killer as we witness events from Kendall's viewpoint and don't actually see what happens - just the denouement. It's an interesting aspect from Martino but i don't think it's as successful nor as gripping as seeing the fight to the death in all it's glory.
Never the less, Torso is a cracking giallo.
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