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Massacre

1989 · 89 min

A grubby, slow Italian slasher that mixes backstage filmmaking with occult ritual, offering little beyond routine stalk-and-kill tension.

Directed by
Andrea Bianchi
Genres
Horror
Starring
Gino Concari, Patrizia Falcone, Silvia Conti
Overview
A prostitute is brutally killed by the road side by a maniancal killer. Nearby a horror film is being produced but the director is worried that the script is too passé for a modern audience and so he plans to include a séance scene - he hires a real medium to carry out a ceremony with the cast and crew to help inspire the script but she is attacked by an evil spirit. Meanwhile members of the cast are being picked off one by one and police detective Walter is desperate to stop his girlfriend, the lead actress Jennifer, becoming the next victim...

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Andrea Bianchi
Genres
Horror
Starring
Gino Concari, Patrizia Falcone, Silvia Conti
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • violence
    • obsession
    • death
    • madness
    • deception
    Places
    • countryside
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore strong
    • Language mild
    • Violence strong
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror7
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance2
    Tension5
    Darkness7
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight3

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    Details

    Genres
    horror
    Directed by
    Andrea Bianchi
    Written by
    Andrea Bianchi
    Starring
    Gino Concari, Patrizia Falcone, Silvia Conti, Pier Maria Cecchini, Robert Egon, Maurice Poli, Lubka Lenzi, Anna Maria Placido
    Music
    Luigi Ceccarelli
    Cinematography
    Silvano Tessicini
    Runtime
    89 min
    Country
    Italy
    Languages
    Italian

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