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La morte cammina con i tacchi alti (1971)
Death doesn't only walk in high heels.....
Luciano Ercoli's DEATH WALKS ON HIGH HEELS is his second entry into the genre (the first being PHOTOS OF A LADY ABOVE SUSPICION). This movie may be one step up from DEATH WALKS AT MIDNIGHT but the characters are still boring, the plot is weird and there are too many pointless characters introduced, perhaps in an attempt to confuse the viewer of who the real killer is. This one is about Nicole (Susan Scott) who is Stalked by a killer searching for diamonds that he thinks she knows about. There are some really bizarre sequences in this movie including one scene where Nicole (Susan Scott) and the Doctor (Frank Wolff) are eating fish together and it seems that Nicole (Susan Scott) rubbing fish all over her lips is getting them both hot and bothered? Not to mention the guy in the movie who wears women's cloths, the cow skin rug and I have never seen guys in a movie bitch slap each other so much... Susan Scott's character seems to be different in this movie then in DEATH WALKS AT MIDNIGHT, she is a nude dancer in a club, is often spreading her legs while she is sitting, is dating more then one man, rubs her body on the floor while the windows are open and perverts watch, though don't get to excited as she is clothed in these scenes and you only see her (and her flat ass) naked once or twice. Once again this movie is more of a mystery with lots of guessing and talking and not much action. There are a few good scenes but the talking and questioning goes on and on it gets a bit boring. The only really good scene was 1 hour and 11 mins. into the film. The music is great, has a bit of nudity and one great killing. There are still some hints of comedy but much less then in DEATH WALKS AT MIDNIGHT. Get the Noshame disc as you wont be disappointed with THE SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH music CD which comes along with the 2 movies DEATH WALKS AT MIDNIGHT and DEATH WALKS ON HIGH HEELS.
La morte accarezza a mezzanotte (1972)
Could have been better..
This could very well be classified as one of the slowest moving supposed to be good gialli ever made. It is missing most of the essentials of a giallo. Crazy black gloved killer, sex and, or lots of nudity and violence, or at least some 70s psychedelic action and weirdness. It does have an OK plot line, a few good bloody scenes and great music from Gianni Ferrio. Still reminds me of a more modern Sherlock Holmes episode and even has a few comedic elements which is not what I look for in a giallo. The basic plot is about Valentina (Susan Scott) who is stalked by a killer after he finds out that she witnessed a murder while on an experimental drug. The actors/actresses in this movie are boring, the fight scenes are boring, the killings are boring and Valentinas (Susan Scott) attitude during the whole movie is very annoying as she has a very smart mouth and seems to have a bad attitude towards men in general. You just can't help but hope she will be the killers next victim and I was happy to see her get smacked around a little in one scene. It took me two times of trying to watch this movie to finally finish it. The movie is still worth having in your collection if you are a gialli collector and Noshame released a great DVD of it and Death Walks in High Heels which came with a 3rd disc titled THE SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH with music from the great STELVIO CIPRIANI. You should get it if you see it but don't spend too much time and money on it as you will be a bit disappointed if you do.