I love giallo, I love claustrophobic murder mysteries, I love slow burners, I don't like the way this movie does any of it.
It's just plain dull. I didn't know a movie with a nearly constant exhibition of topless women could be so boring. There's no style, no flair, but there's no real technique or understanding either. The camera is pointed, there's an occasional establishing shot, the actors deliver lines, stock footage, breasts are exposed, some passionless kissing, someone's wax head is found, etc.
The ending is all over the place.
Person: "I killed them." Cop: "Yes, you did, except you didn't." Other person: "I know who killed them!" Cop: "You would be right if you weren't wrong." Other: "So I did it?" Cop: "Yes, except no." Last person: "It was me?" Cop: "It was you!" Last person: "It was another person that no one knew existed." Cop: "It was the other person the whole time!"
Yes, it ended with the reveal of a secret character. It tried to be a mystery without letting the audience "play along" through clue revelations and tried to be suspenseful without building suspense or making us care about any characters.
It's difficult to articulate what was wrong, because there wasn't anything of substance in the first place. It was like watching a TV episode that was stretched to feature length by just letting the camera linger too long on every shot.
It was dull and impossible to get into. It was entertainment by only the barest minimum definition of entertainment --bare chests.
It's just plain dull. I didn't know a movie with a nearly constant exhibition of topless women could be so boring. There's no style, no flair, but there's no real technique or understanding either. The camera is pointed, there's an occasional establishing shot, the actors deliver lines, stock footage, breasts are exposed, some passionless kissing, someone's wax head is found, etc.
The ending is all over the place.
Person: "I killed them." Cop: "Yes, you did, except you didn't." Other person: "I know who killed them!" Cop: "You would be right if you weren't wrong." Other: "So I did it?" Cop: "Yes, except no." Last person: "It was me?" Cop: "It was you!" Last person: "It was another person that no one knew existed." Cop: "It was the other person the whole time!"
Yes, it ended with the reveal of a secret character. It tried to be a mystery without letting the audience "play along" through clue revelations and tried to be suspenseful without building suspense or making us care about any characters.
It's difficult to articulate what was wrong, because there wasn't anything of substance in the first place. It was like watching a TV episode that was stretched to feature length by just letting the camera linger too long on every shot.
It was dull and impossible to get into. It was entertainment by only the barest minimum definition of entertainment --bare chests.