I searched this extremely rare Giallo for quite a while, and now, after I have watched it, I understand, why it is that rare even for Giallo standards: It's simply not a good one. The budget must have been horribly low, and the film never succeeds to keep going. Even the climax at a theatre, where all potential killers are hidden under the same "Diabolik"-style masked dresses, doesn't really deliver the goods. A further problem is that the film often doesn't know if it wants to be funny or serious. Especially the role of the choleric director delivers some rather tiring jokes.
The plot itself is usual Giallo fare: A crew that is filming a horror movie is stalked by a mysterious killer who slays three of the beautiful young actresses. There is a main suspect (a crew member that got fired shortly before the first murder occurs, after he had an argument with the first victim), a police inspector that doesn't search for possible other suspects and a dose of sleazy sex. The violence is mostly kept on a low graphic level, except for a scene, in which a later murder victim gets attacked by the killer in a bathroom: he slams her head against the shower knobs (ouch!). But especially during this scene, the direction of photography is undeniably clumsy and hectic, so the scene loses its potential (the camera work is rather under par anyway).
All in all a disappointing Giallo without the cult potential of rare genre gems like the marvelous "Un Bianco Vestito per Marialè" or "Il Tuo Vizio è una Stanza Chiusa e Solo Io ne ho lo Chiave" to name but two. Interesting for collectors only. Rating: 3 out of 10.
