Death Falls Lightly (1972) La morte scende leggera
Death Falls Lightly (1972)
WEB-Dl 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 3921 Kbps | 84 min | 2,50 Gb
Audio: Italiano AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps and Español AAC 2.0 @ 102 Kbps
Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
WEB-Dl 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 3921 Kbps | 84 min | 2,50 Gb
Audio: Italiano AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps and Español AAC 2.0 @ 102 Kbps
Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Director: Leopoldo Savona
Writers: Luigi Russo, Leopoldo Savona
Stars: Stelio Candelli, Patrizia Viotti, Veronika Korosec
A drug trafficker discovers his wife dead with her throat cut. He has no alibi so he takes his mistress to an abandoned hotel. As they become claustrophobic, the panicked criminal discovers more murders, one after another until strangers appear in the night and a sinister web of lies and secrets escalate out of control.
From the same director and indeed the same year as the similarly hard to categorise, Byleth comes this strangely hypnotic blend of thriller cum ghost story cum giallo. I have seen this categorically denied as a giallo and yet I beg to differ. There are many a wide eyed moment, plenty of kills amid the sex and more than a hint that someone may be going mad. In addition there is an absolutely wonderful nod to Bird With a Crystal Plumage, and this scene with the locked glass doors probably ranks as the film's best. There is also, in this movie set within a hotel a scene most reminiscent of The Shining, though this might well have inspired the writer Stephen King, rather than Kubrick. Well worth a watch, if you can find it.
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Death Falls Lightly (1972) La morte scende leggera
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