Antonio Bido came late to the slasher party, and didn't bring many presents to it. Looking up his filmography on IMDb, I discovered that - by chance - I have seen his other giallo ("Watch Me When I Kill" ) as well, although I don't remember anything about it! But, looking at the IMDb comment I left less than a year ago, I called it "dull". That's the same main word I would use to describe "The Bloodstained Shadow", too: nearly every scene in this movie seems to be padded to three times its necessary length. It's an ordeal to watch. Only the offbeat, sometimes experimental score and a couple (literally) of killings may wake viewers from their slumber. The ending, if you get that far, is pretty garbled as well. The English dubbing on the Blue Underground DVD version is generally poor (in an unintentionally funny moment, the leading man screams at the top of his lungs "PAOLO, CALM DOWN"!), but the picture quality is fine. *1/2 out of 4.
Review of The Bloodstained Shadow
