Terreur sur la lagune

Titre original : Solamente nero

1978
16
1h 49min

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6,3/10

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Horror Mystery Thriller

Le corps d'une écolière est retrouvé dans une prairie. Le meurtrier n'est jamais arrêté et, des années plus tard, un jeune homme nommé Stefano retourne sur l'île et retrouve son frère, le pr... Tout lireLe corps d'une écolière est retrouvé dans une prairie. Le meurtrier n'est jamais arrêté et, des années plus tard, un jeune homme nommé Stefano retourne sur l'île et retrouve son frère, le prêtre local.Le corps d'une écolière est retrouvé dans une prairie. Le meurtrier n'est jamais arrêté et, des années plus tard, un jeune homme nommé Stefano retourne sur l'île et retrouve son frère, le prêtre local.

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6,3/10

2,1 k

MA NOTE

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Anecdotes
At 28'51' when Capolicchio introduces himself to Stefania Casini he tells her he is a Professor of Mathematics, Casini tells him that her job is to deal with furniture and Capolicchio calls her Architect, Stefania Casini actually graduated in Architecture at Polythechnic University of Milan.

Gaffes
When the killer is being revealed and the main character pulls out the newspaper article, you can see and hear a flash from camera, probably taking pictures of the scene.

Citations
Don Paolo: No, he's a mortal sinner. He's worse than people know. One of my parishioners, only a youngster, told me in confession that he even tried to... My God! I almost revealed a secret!

Connexions
Featured in Solamente Bido (2002)

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Commentaire à la une

6/10

The House With the WIndows that Looked out on a murder

Watch Me While I Kill wasn't the best giallo in the world, so it's nice to Antonio Bido step things up a bit in this one, even though it's nearly two hours long.

In a place that isn't quite Venice but nearby, young Stefano returns home to stay with his brother, a local priest. Stefano suffers from flashbackitis, a disease where he keeps seeing a small crying child, but it's not all doom and gloom because it looks like local lass Stefania Casini is into him.

His priest brother is also a bit of a gossip, and fills Stefano in on the local freaks, including a phoney medium who may or may not be blackmailing her customers, which includes a backstreet abortionist with a dark secret, a doctor, and some rich gay guy who could also be a nonce. Then there's Andrea, the bereaved father of a girl we saw murdered at the start of a film, and Stefania Casini's crippled stepmother, who paints pictures, one of which sets off Stefano's flashbacks! Its like Eastenders, really.

After someone rather stupidly murders the medium in front of the priest's house, the priest starts receiving death threats, Stefano embarks on an investigation (while also putting the moves on Stefania Casini), and someone pulls on those old black gloves to do some murdering...

While overlong and very Argento-like, this is still a solid giallo with loads of twists and turns, and plenty of atmosphere too, due to the almost-Venice setting (I probably should have looked up where this takes place). There was enough going on to keep me entertained, and although I did eventually figure out who the killer was, I was still pretty satisfied by the proceeding.

You could also make a game out of what scene you've previously witness in a preceeding Giallo film: the Cemetary scene from Cat O Nine Tails, the crazy son hidden by his mother in Case of The Bloody Iris, the clue in the painting from Bird With The Crystal Plumage. Some people hate this one by the way.