A blind and retired old detective (Karl Malden) who lives with his orphan niece and an attractive newsman (James Franciscus) team up to resolve a series of murders related with a medical laboratory where make genetical experiments with the chromosome in a secret research project . They try to solve a series of killings connected to a pharmaceutical company's experimental , top-secret research projects and in so doing, both become targets of the murderer . Both of whom decide to investigate it, but various brutal killings happen and appearing as prime suspects some doctors (Horst Frank , Aldo Reggniani) . Meanwhile , the journalist falls in love for a beautiful young (Catherine Spaak), the doctor's daughter . From the master of terror who gave you The Bird with Crystal Plumage! It is nine times more suspenseful !. Step into the Cult Arena!. Caught beween the truth and a murderer's hand! The picture that out-psyched "Psycho"!.
The film has suspense , tension , mystery, intrigue and being a very exciting terror-thriller . The picture is a Giallo , sub-genre created by Mario Bava in the following films : ¨The girl who knew too much¨ and ¨Blood and Black lace¨ . Dario Argento continued the genre with much success , too . These films (along with movies directed by Riccardo Freda) are characterized all for intelligent edition , special overblown use of color and slick utilization of shock-images . Thus , the movie is formed by a series of horror set-pieces that are filmed in eye-popping style and usually getting hints to solve the criminal cases . This picture belongs to ¨ trilogy of animals¨ along with ¨Bird with the crystal plumage¨(1968) and ¨Four flies on gray velvet¨(1971) , these are detective/intrigue stories with eerie assassinations , but the following Argento trilogy :¨Deep red¨ , ¨Suspiria¨ and ¨Inferno¨ have even more excess of blood-shed as in his later movies.
Casting is frankly well , specially the pair protagonist , Karl Malden and James Franciscus, along with the gorgeous Catherine Spaak . Being well accompanied by a fine support cast fully of actors usually playing in the B-Italian genres as Pier Paolo Capponi Horst Frank, Umberto Raho, Werner Pochath, Rada Rassimov, among others. Atmospheric and suspenseful music by Ennio Morricone, but I miss ¨Goblin¨ who used to work with Dario Argento . The movie was nicely directed by Argento . Although it's one of his most successful films , for many reviewers this is the least favorite of Dario Argento among his pictures. The motion picture will appeal to terror cinema fans and Giallo enthusiasts.
The film has suspense , tension , mystery, intrigue and being a very exciting terror-thriller . The picture is a Giallo , sub-genre created by Mario Bava in the following films : ¨The girl who knew too much¨ and ¨Blood and Black lace¨ . Dario Argento continued the genre with much success , too . These films (along with movies directed by Riccardo Freda) are characterized all for intelligent edition , special overblown use of color and slick utilization of shock-images . Thus , the movie is formed by a series of horror set-pieces that are filmed in eye-popping style and usually getting hints to solve the criminal cases . This picture belongs to ¨ trilogy of animals¨ along with ¨Bird with the crystal plumage¨(1968) and ¨Four flies on gray velvet¨(1971) , these are detective/intrigue stories with eerie assassinations , but the following Argento trilogy :¨Deep red¨ , ¨Suspiria¨ and ¨Inferno¨ have even more excess of blood-shed as in his later movies.
Casting is frankly well , specially the pair protagonist , Karl Malden and James Franciscus, along with the gorgeous Catherine Spaak . Being well accompanied by a fine support cast fully of actors usually playing in the B-Italian genres as Pier Paolo Capponi Horst Frank, Umberto Raho, Werner Pochath, Rada Rassimov, among others. Atmospheric and suspenseful music by Ennio Morricone, but I miss ¨Goblin¨ who used to work with Dario Argento . The movie was nicely directed by Argento . Although it's one of his most successful films , for many reviewers this is the least favorite of Dario Argento among his pictures. The motion picture will appeal to terror cinema fans and Giallo enthusiasts.