1979
italy
DIRECTOR: Mario Landi
AKA: Gore in venice. Thriller in venice.
A young couple are found dead on the banks of a river,she has been drowned and he has been stabbed in the crotch.As the local police ponder the situation we go into flashback mode to witness all the events that led upto their deaths. The young couple called flavia and fabio spend most of their time having sex in public places but even though flavia dosen't allways want to she is forced into this and many other debauched acts by her husband who rapes and beats her whenever he gets high on cocaine.While all this is going on all around them people are being killed off in some pretty nasty ways and its upto a cop, who spends most of his time on screen eating hard boiled eggs to solve the case.Easily one of the sleeziest and nastiest giallos ever made this is not for the squemish.The sex sceens often border on the pornagraphic,and the murders are graphic and very unpleasent.The film is poorly made and acted but lets face it this isnt the sort of film you watch to see top actors at work.
There is no chance of this getting a release here in the uk in any shape or form and even abroad you will have trouble finding this on video.There are a few poor quality copies floating around,these are in italian lang with no subtitles and there are a couple of english subtitled versions,again poor quality but as far as i am aware there are no english lang prints of this film.