The Terror With Cross-Eyes was directed by Steno, whose sons are Enrico and Carlo Vanzina, who together kicked off a new wave of giallo in the 1980s with Nothing Underneath. In this film - written by the director with Giulio Scarnicci and Raimondo Vianello - is about Mino (Enrico Montesano), Giacinto (Alighiero Noschese) and Mirella (Isabella Biagini) staging a murder to become famous. The problem is that when they arrive at Mirella's apartment, there's already the dead body of her roommate Margaretha (Maria Baxa).
As they watch the police take the body away, they run, only to be pursued by Commissario Pigna (Francis Blanche). Like good giallo protagonists, they decide to investigate the murder themselves and find that there are connections to organized crime. Anyone that has come close to Margaretha is also being killed by - as the title says - a man with crossed eyes.
Italian comedy is not usually comedy for foreigners. Consider this a crime comedy then with some small hints at giallo. This was lost for some time - and according to Mark David Welsh that may be because of a controversial Manson Family joke - but now it's online and easier to watch. Sadly, it doesn't have much to recommend, unless you - like me - are a giallo completist.
As they watch the police take the body away, they run, only to be pursued by Commissario Pigna (Francis Blanche). Like good giallo protagonists, they decide to investigate the murder themselves and find that there are connections to organized crime. Anyone that has come close to Margaretha is also being killed by - as the title says - a man with crossed eyes.
Italian comedy is not usually comedy for foreigners. Consider this a crime comedy then with some small hints at giallo. This was lost for some time - and according to Mark David Welsh that may be because of a controversial Manson Family joke - but now it's online and easier to watch. Sadly, it doesn't have much to recommend, unless you - like me - are a giallo completist.
