''Giallo a Venezia'' (''Giallo in Venice'') is a 1979

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film directed by

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. The film released on December 31, 1979 in Italy and starred

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. It is known primarily for its extremely graphic scenes of sex and

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, including a woman's leg being slowly sawed off with a long knife. There is also a Brazilian VHS version containing XXX scenes under the title ''Pesadelo em Veneza''.

Synopsis

The film follows a detective investigating the murder of a married couple involving a sexually abusive

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addict husband while, at the same time, an unknown killer commits multiple grisly murders.

Cast

as Flavia *

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as Angelo De Paul *

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as Fabio * Michele Renzullo as Andrea Caron * Eolo Capritti as Maestrin *

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as Bruno Nielsen (as Vassili Karamesinis) * Giancarlo Del Duca as Alberto, the Coroner *

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as Marzia (as Maria Angela Giordan)

Production

While filming the scene in which

was tied to a kitchen table, the telephone cords were put on her wrists and ankles so tight that they cut into her flesh. She had visible marks on those places for three months.

Reception

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'' gave a mixed review for the film, saying that it "is one worth seeing for fans of the subgenre" but that overall it was "simply not on par with most of the Italian greats". In the book ''Italian Horror Film Directors'' one critic noted that ''Giallo a Venezia'' is a "perfect example of how a filmmaker can go too far in his quest to achieve the perfect synthesis of horror and repulsion."

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wrote that it: Horror author Brandon Halsey wrote:

References

External links

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