A few days ago, I visited Perugia. So I had to watch this film, which plays in this beautiful Italian town :) Sergio Martino was one of the best italian directors of his time and Torso definitly must have inspired other directors. (Even John Carpenter for Halloween?!)
The way Martino worked with colours and the suspense shows his talent. Although the story is - like the most stories in the giallo-genre- a little bit thin, it's thrilling and the beautiful set compensates a lot.

Boobs boobs , girls makin out , boobs boobs, girls getting killed, boobs...oh and the guy who saves the day .

Awesome

Review upcoming on Mondo Movie podcast.

Good stuff.

Hot Italian women being butchered and hacked up with a hacksaw in this cool little Giallo. With a tag line on the DVD stating "Where whores meet saws!" this isn't going to win over feminists anytime soon but who gives a shit?

For an hour, this seems like a pretty standard giallo, with extra emphasis on the sleaze. Then, director Sergio Martino avoids the most obvious climax (killer knocks off four girls one by one in country house) and does something entirely unexpected. What follows is balls to the wall suspense for a half hour-- a great finish. And the sleaze gets paid off!

El padre todos los slashers!!!
Genial Sergio Martino.

A well directed slasher with a good soundtrack and plenty of blood and boobs. For a film that was cut I expected a lot more sadism but the last 30 minutes elevates it from being just another average slasher. I look forward to seeing more of Sergio Martino's work.

I watched an uncut version of Torso, however, the restored scenes hadn't been dubbed in English so the film would switch between Italian and English. Unfortunately English subtitles weren't provided, so I had no idea what was going on during the few brief Italian scenes. Regardless, the plot is very straightforward and easy enough to follow. Torso is a very obvious precursor to the slasher subgenre, but I found it to just be a thoroughly average film. Not bad, just nothing particularly memorable either.

Lots of boobies though, so it has that going for it.

For an hour, this seems like a pretty standard giallo, with extra emphasis on the sleaze. Then, director Sergio Martino avoids the most obvious climax (killer knocks off four girls one by one in country house) and does something entirely unexpected. What follows is balls to the wall suspense for a half hour-- a great finish. And the sleaze gets paid off!

Good stuff.

Delightfully suspenseful, grubby giallo with some excellent visual flourishes and an arresting mise en scene. One of the best Italian horrors I've seen. I particularly loved the cluttered, gaudy interiors (of the apartments, not the victims). I wasn't entirely comfortable with the erotic elements which verged on the exploitative at times, but it's a thoroughly entertaining shocker that deserves its reputation.

Well acted giallo with a good plot line and great kills

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First, the bad: some schizophrenic pacing, a bunch of bad editing. And see it in HD, restored and uncut or not at all. The good: Torso is an excellent Italian slasher. Decidedly not a Giallo, it follows a bevvy of beautiful women who are being hacked apart one by one by a deranged loony. Like most Italian movies, there's lots of good scenery, exquisite women in revealing clothing or nude and a lovely soundtrack. All of this is fine on it's own but the cherry on top is the suspenseful last third. I was a bit confused on the identity of the killer but that's okay because it's worth seeing twice. Just, see it unmolested and restored