When this was submitted to censors as Eros e Thanatos, censors wouldn't let it play. Director and writer Marino Girolami (the director of My Friend, Dr. Jekyll; he used many names over the years. As Frank Martin he directed Zombie Holocaust and as Franco Martinelli he made Special Cop in Action and Violent Rome. He used the name Dario Silvestri to direct God Was in the West, Too, at One Time.) cut the film down, including a scene where the killer caressed the body of a victim. All of that showed up in the fumetti release. This film was consider lost for some time, as it wasn't even released during the boom of VHS releases.
Franco Adami (Umberto Liberati) is charged with murder after a prostitute that he's seen shows up dead, her body nude and strung up. Defense attorney and alcoholic Montani (Folco Lulli) tries to argue his case with Adami claiming that flashbacks to animal violence let to him killing the lady of the evening. Montani needs some evidence that this is possible, so he meets with the director of an asylum (Daniele Vargas) and meets two patients with similar cases.
Usai (Silvio Bagolini) was a man obsessed with a young girl named Francesca (Caterina Barbero, who was 18 when this was made, which is I guess a little bit less upsetting but still, this has upskirts and full frontal nudity of a teenager shown) who he gets to tutor. Because of his childhood - he had a doll and his father didn't want his male son to have baby dolls, so he beat him - he can't stop his thoughts, which end with him killing her and her parents finding her nude and dead by his side just like a human version of a doll.
Gilberto (Piero Lulli) took the sermons he listened to in church - plus the abuse from other students and the priests - and started to kill sex workers to punish them for their immoral acts. He's Donny Kohler ten years early, using fire to murder women who he believes are sinners.
Montani presents this evidence and not only does it end with Franco going to a mental home instead of prison, he's able to convince the editor of the paper to take back the things they said about his client. That's when we learn that Montani is a drunk because his son killed a boy his age and then committed suicide in jail, so he understands the place that Adami was in.
Franco Adami (Umberto Liberati) is charged with murder after a prostitute that he's seen shows up dead, her body nude and strung up. Defense attorney and alcoholic Montani (Folco Lulli) tries to argue his case with Adami claiming that flashbacks to animal violence let to him killing the lady of the evening. Montani needs some evidence that this is possible, so he meets with the director of an asylum (Daniele Vargas) and meets two patients with similar cases.
Usai (Silvio Bagolini) was a man obsessed with a young girl named Francesca (Caterina Barbero, who was 18 when this was made, which is I guess a little bit less upsetting but still, this has upskirts and full frontal nudity of a teenager shown) who he gets to tutor. Because of his childhood - he had a doll and his father didn't want his male son to have baby dolls, so he beat him - he can't stop his thoughts, which end with him killing her and her parents finding her nude and dead by his side just like a human version of a doll.
Gilberto (Piero Lulli) took the sermons he listened to in church - plus the abuse from other students and the priests - and started to kill sex workers to punish them for their immoral acts. He's Donny Kohler ten years early, using fire to murder women who he believes are sinners.
Montani presents this evidence and not only does it end with Franco going to a mental home instead of prison, he's able to convince the editor of the paper to take back the things they said about his client. That's when we learn that Montani is a drunk because his son killed a boy his age and then committed suicide in jail, so he understands the place that Adami was in.