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[PaulD]

Quick question: how violent/bloody/graphic is this film? I ask as my girlfriend is intrigued by the plot but is completely averse to the violence in Italian horrors/giallo. Without getting into spoilers obviously is it as bad as something like Deep Red/Tenebrae?

[harryd]

Originally Posted by PaulD

Quick question: how violent/bloody/graphic is this film? I ask as my girlfriend is intrigued by the plot but is completely averse to the violence in Italian horrors/giallo. Without getting into spoilers obviously is it as bad as something like Deep Red/Tenebrae?

Really quite tame tbh, think pretty much the only violence is the bit at the very end, more of an atmospheric spooky kinda film.

[Jinx_Barkman]

Originally Posted by PaulD

Quick question: how violent/bloody/graphic is this film? I ask as my girlfriend is intrigued by the plot but is completely averse to the violence in Italian horrors/giallo. Without getting into spoilers obviously is it as bad as something like Deep Red/Tenebrae?

I would recommend watching this film ASAP Paul. It's a masterpiece of effective mood drenched scenery. Not very graphic at all. BUY, CONSUME, CONFORM.

[PaulD]

Cheers guys! I want to watch it soon, just wasn't sure if my girlfriend would enjoy it.

She can sit through slashers and general horror but there's something about the violence in Italian horrors and giallo that she dislikes.

[Hawkmonger]

Yeah, and the final scene probably doesn't even warrent the 18, it's roughly on par with Who Saw Her Die? in terms of violence in cinema.

[JAMIOUSE]

I don't know the opening stabbing scene is pretty graphic. I rewatched this other night for the first time in years and really enjoyed it, last time I think I fell asleep and after two attempts gave up. It's really rather good.

[Prince_Vajda]

Originally Posted by PaulD

Cheers guys! I want to watch it soon, just wasn't sure if my girlfriend would enjoy it.

She can sit through slashers and general horror but there's something about the violence in Italian horrors and giallo that she dislikes.

This is just a guess, but maybe the reason is that quite a few Gialli/Italian Horror flicks have pretty explicit AND sexually motivated kills - e.g. Fulci's The New York Ripper, Dallamano's What Have You Done To Solange?, or - more recently - Argento's Mother of Tears.

[PaulD]

Originally Posted by Prince_Vajda

This is just a guess, but maybe the reason is that quite a few Gialli/Italian Horror flicks have pretty explicit AND sexually motivated kills - e.g. Fulci's The New York Ripper, Dallamano's What Have You Done To Solange?, or - more recently - Argento's Mother of Tears.

It's definitely the explicitness of the violence. A lot of gialli have shots of knifes and razors slicing skin open which she really hates.

[Nordicdusk]

Any other views of this film. Sorry for re opening all these threads im just working my way through all the Shameless titles i own and as i said earlier im looking to expand.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Dem's favourite film from what I recall.