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Enigma rosso (1978)
* 1/2 (out of 4)
Inspector Gianni Di Salvo (Fabio Testi) is called to a location where the mutilated body of a teenage girl has been discovered. There aren't too many clues but the girl's young sister tells the inspector of some of her sister's girlfriends who were a part of some sort of pact.
ENIGMA ROSSO is the third and final film in the unofficial "schoolgirls in peril" series, which also featured WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO SOLANGE? and WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOUR DAUGHTERS? Both of those films were much better than this final entry, which is a pretty good showcase as to why the giallo was drying up around this period. Unlike the previous two films, this one here is just a flat mess that really doesn't have too much going for it.
Like the previous two movies this one here deals with a rather dark and perverted storyline but very little is actually done with it. There's some nudity scattered throughout the picture but for the most part the death scenes are extremely awful and not very memorable. The plot is also rather confusing and is just never interesting enough to grab your attention. The one saving grace is the performance of Testi who at least offers up a nice laid back character.
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Michael_Elliott 4 July 2016
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