午夜人魔  TheMidnightKiller

Apoliceofficer,Nicola,violentlyargueswithhisrichwife,Sarah,becauseofheraffairwithaman,andgoestohisfemalefriend,Anne,apsychologist/professor.ButSarahwasmurderedinthebathroomofthehouse,andmostpartsofthepolicethinkNicolaistheprimarysuspect,exceptPiero,aninspectorofthecase,whorealisesthatwhatthestill-unknown-murdererreallywantsishisdaughter,CarolwhoisoneofthestudentsofAnne...Ifoneexpectsomethingcinematicallynewinthisfilm,(s)hewillbedisappointedstrictlybecausethereisalmostnothingnew.But(s)heisafunofGiallofilms,Ithink(s)hecanlovethisbecausewholethefilmconsistedofselectiveelementsofGiallofilms,notablyofDarioArgento'sTENEBREandFOURFLIESONGREYVELVET.Forinstance,themusiccomposerofthisfilmisClaudioSimonettioftheGOBLIN(andhedoesanexcellentjobhere),andLaraWendelofTENEBRE'syoungestvictim,Maria,playstheshort-hairedfairheroine,Carol(andherboyishattractivenessaddsafreshatmospheretothefilm).Butaboveall,particularlywiththeregardtotheplot,theinfluenceofFOURFLIESONGREYVELVETismuchstronger,andonecanevensaythisfilmisapost-TENEBREremakeofit.