Container of (work) : Sorriso della iena (Motion picture) Container of (expression) : Sorriso della iena (Motion picture). English Container of (work) : Arma l'ora il movente (Motion picture) Container of (work) : Assassino ha riservato nove poltrone (Motion picture) Container of (expression) : Assassino ha riservato nove poltrone (Motion picture). English Smile of the Hyena.
Notes:
Smile before death: Jenny Tamburi, Silvano Tranquilli, Rosalba Neri. Weapon, the hour, the motive: Renzo Montagnani, Bedy Moratti, Eva Czemerys. Killer reserved nine seats: Rosanna Schiaffino, Chris Avram, Eva Czemerys. Title from container. Smile before death originally released as a motion picture in 1972. Weapon, the hour, the motive originally released as a motion picture in 1972. Killer reserved nine seats originally released as a motion picture in 1974. Smile before death: Wide screen (2.35:1). Weapon, the hour, the motive: Wide screen (1.85:1). Killer reserved nine seats: Wide screen (1.85:1 ). Smile before death accompanied by booklet (23 pages) containing essay by Rachel Nisbet. Weapon, the hour the motive accompanied by booklet (23 pages) containing essay by Barry Forshaw. Killer reserved nine seats accompanied by booklet (23 pages) containing essay by Peter Jilmstad.
Contents:
The killer reserved nine seats = Assassino ha riservato nove poltrone / Giuseppe Bennati. The weapon, the hour, the motive = Arma l'ora il movente / Francesco Mazzei -- The killer reserved nine seats = Assassino ha riservato nove poltrone / Giuseppe Bennati.
Summary:
"While the release of Dario Argento's The Bird with the Crystal Plumage gave rise to a glut of imitators, there was more to the giallo than just shameless copycats setting out to ape a rigid formula. This volume of Giallo Essentials celebrates the range and breadth of the genre with three lesser-seen films from its early 1970s heyday. In Silvio Amadio's Smile Before Death, familicide with a sprinkling of Oedipal love is the order of the day when teenager Nancy (Jenny Tamburi, The Suspicious Death of a Minor) returns home to discover the apparent suicide of her mother, and quickly comes to suspect that her stepfather (Silvano Tranquilli, The Bloodstained Butterfly) and his mistress (Rosalba Neri, The French Sex Murders) are to blame. Next, Horny priests and self-flagellating nuns abound in Francesco Mazzei's The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive, as police commissioner Franco Boito (Renzo Montagnani, Massacre in Rome) investigates the brutal murder of a young clergyman, only to enter into an affair with the dead man's lover (Bedy Moratti, Calling All Police Cars). Finally, in Giuseppe Bennati's The Killer Reserved Nine Seats, an assortment of wealthy degenerates - including Italian cult mainstays Andrea Scotti (Django, Prepare a Coffin) and Howard Ross (The Pyjama Girl Case) - answer the summons of an eccentric nobleman (Chris Avram, A Bay of Blood) and assemble in the theatre attached to his ancestral home, only to find themselves trapped in the decaying building while a savage killer picks them off Agatha Christie-style! With gory murders, wanton debauchery and left-field plot twists a-plenty, all three of these oft-overlooked gialli are restored in 2K from their original camera negatives - including brand-new, Arrow-exclusive restorations of Smile Before Death and The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive - alongside a range of in-depth bonus features." --container slipcase.
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