Rent Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972)
3.3 of 5 from 60 ratings
1h 28min
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- Synopsis:
- Six women are dead, murdered by a madman known as the Half-Moon Killer. Giulia Torresi (Uschi Gias) came close to being victim number seven; while she recovers, her fiance Mario (Antonio Sabato) sets out to snare the psycho - and realises that the murders might not be as random as the police think...From master director Umberto Lenzi (Eyeball, Spasmo) comes a prime slice of Giallo action, with a careful plot, tense set-pieces and outrageous violence - the black gloved killer makes inventive use of power tools, lead piping and even a telephone.
- Actors:
- Antonio Sabato, Uschi Glas, Pier Paolo Capponi, Rossella Falk, Marina Malfatti, Renato Romano, Claudio Gora, Gabriella Giorgelli, Aldo Barberito, Bruno Corazzari, Franco Fantasia, Petra Schürmann, Ivano Davoli, Linda Sini, Nello Pazzafini, Carla Mancini, Enzo Andronico, Fulvio Mingozzi, Nestore Cavaricci, Marisa Mell
- Directors:
- Umberto Lenzi
- Producers:
- Lamberto Palmieri, Renato Romano
- Writers:
- Roberto Gianviti, Paul Hengge, Umberto Lenzi, Edgar Wallace, Cornell Woolrich
- Aka:
- Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso / Das Rätsel des silbernen Halbmonds
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Italy
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- Release Date:
- 13/04/2020
- Run Time:
- 92 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono, Italian LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary by Giallo experts, Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
- Blood Flowers - An Interview with Director Umberto Lenzi
- Killed by Death - An Interview with Actress Gabriella Giorgelli
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Reviews (1) of Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
Sylish - Seven Blood-Stained Orchids review by sb
AKA Seven Blood Stained Orchids - excellent stylish Giallo from the master of the genre.
Some-one is slaughtering young women (just for a change) but what lifts this is the logic of the plot and the way the focus changes away from the police to the central characters.
Giana (Glas) is the third victim but survives and a plot is hatched with her husband Mario (Sabato) to pretend the killer succeeded so they can follow up the clues and unmask him.
She used to own a hotel and 7 women stayed there in a single week - the two previous victims and herself so they know who the killer will target - can they be saved while working out why they have been selected.
The plot become ever more complicated with an veritible ocean of red herrings and blind alleys but in the end it makes logical sense as its proceeds to its finale.
Shot mainly in Rome it makes great use of the locations with a solid supporting cast - it tends to suffer a bit from comparisons with Argento but its a very fine example of the genre - 4/5
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