Human Cobras is the story of Tony Garden (George Ardisson), who was exiled from the United States but now has to return after the death of his twin brother John. He takes his brother's wife - and his ex-lover - Leslie (Erika Blanc) with him to get revenge, which takes him all the way to Kenya after finding a clue written in blood. Blood drawn from a razor-wielding killer because, yes, this is a giallo.
They get there and start looking for John's business partner George MacGreaves (Alberto de Mendoza) but the killer has followed them. So while Tony is romancing Clara (Janine Reynaud), Leslie is taking a bubble bath or being stalked by the black-gloved villain.
Directed by Bitto Albertini using the name Albert J. Walkner, this has a Ernesto Gastaldi and Eduardo Manzanos Borchero script that's better than the direction. Oh Bitto, you are better off making movies like the two Black Emanuelle movies and Escape from Galaxy 3 than trying to make a twist and turn giallo. Imagine if Get Carter had Eurospy elements and wanted to be a giallo while also having some ghost moments where Blanc thinks she sees her dead lover, then drop that later subplot. It also has a hero, of sorts, who has no issue with dumping a woman's body in a waterfall or going elephant hunting, which knowing this is an Italian film, you can imagine that yes, elephants were really killed. That said, Luciano Martino produced it, so it has some quality to it and there's a role for Luciano Pigozzi as a New York City gangster who gets shook down by our protagonist.
They get there and start looking for John's business partner George MacGreaves (Alberto de Mendoza) but the killer has followed them. So while Tony is romancing Clara (Janine Reynaud), Leslie is taking a bubble bath or being stalked by the black-gloved villain.
Directed by Bitto Albertini using the name Albert J. Walkner, this has a Ernesto Gastaldi and Eduardo Manzanos Borchero script that's better than the direction. Oh Bitto, you are better off making movies like the two Black Emanuelle movies and Escape from Galaxy 3 than trying to make a twist and turn giallo. Imagine if Get Carter had Eurospy elements and wanted to be a giallo while also having some ghost moments where Blanc thinks she sees her dead lover, then drop that later subplot. It also has a hero, of sorts, who has no issue with dumping a woman's body in a waterfall or going elephant hunting, which knowing this is an Italian film, you can imagine that yes, elephants were really killed. That said, Luciano Martino produced it, so it has some quality to it and there's a role for Luciano Pigozzi as a New York City gangster who gets shook down by our protagonist.