Knife Under the Throat (1986)
Gênero : Terror, Thriller, Drama
Runtime : 1H 25M
Director : Claude Mulot
Sinopse
A woman posing in erotic magazines is stalked by a maniac who kills the people around her.
A wealthy English lord is suffering a mental breakdown following the death of his red-headed wife, Evelyn, whom he feared was cheating on him. He tours local bars and dives, scouring for lovely red-heads willing to come back to his decaying castle in the country, where he seduces them, then tortures and kills them. His friend the doctor talks him into marrying again to help heal his slowly-rotting mind, which he does--but are the doctor's orders really what he needs?
A pharmacist is murdered, and a woman happens to see the culprit leave the scene. She soon finds herself being stalked by the killer.
A respected doctor becomes the prime suspect in a series of gruesome murders.
After a French prostitute is found dead, one of her regular clients is tried and convicted for her murder. He is eventually sentenced to death but dies in a high speed pursuit after attempting to escape custody. Soon, the witnesses that testified against him end up being systematically murdered by a mysterious killer wearing black gloves.
Em Praga, um jornalista americano investiga o desaparecimento repentino da namorada. Com trilha de Ennio Morricone e excelente elenco, essa pequena obra-prima é um giallo original que antecipa “De Olhos Bem Fechados.”
Venice: The bodies of a married couple, Flavia and Fabio, are discovered on the dockside. She has drowned and he has been stabbed to death with a large pair of scissors. Marzia, Flavia's best friend, is questioned by the police and a chain of slaying is set in motion. The victims include a prostitute who is stabbed in the crotch; Marzia's lover, who is shot in the kneecaps before being doused in petrol and set alight; and Marzia herself, tied to a kitchen table and dismembered, before being stuffed in a fridge. Meanwhile, extended flashbacks reveal that Fabio gained perverse pleasure from forcing his young wife to take part in degrading sexual acts...
A história começa com uma prostituta encontrando acidentalmente alguns recortes de jornais, que aparentemente revela que seu cliente é responsável por uma série de crimes não solucionados, cometidos 20 anos atrás. Localizada e morta, a pobre coitada também desperta o desejo de matar do sujeito, que volta a deixar uma trilha de sangue através da Itália.
After the death of their grandfather, two sisters inherit their family castle, which is said to be haunted by the Red Queen, whom legend says claims seven lives every hundred years. When a mysterious woman in a red cloak starts targeting their circle of friends, the sisters begin to suspect there might be some truth to the legend.
The world of dance can be brutal. The rehearsals are grueling. The competition is fierce. At the Arts for Living Centre in New York City, the best of the best are dying for a part in a major production. But only a select few will be chosen. The selection process seems to be at the hands of mysterious killer who pierces women's bare breasts with a hatpin, puncturing their hearts. Ambition and jealousy appear to be the motive, which makes everybody a suspect!
A group of American tourists is traveling through Spain when two of them are murdered by a mysterious serial killer who removes an eyeball from every one of his victims. The tour presses on as the murders continue, with the travelers and the police trying to deduce which one of them is the killer.
A journalist finds himself on the trail of a murderer who's been targeting people around him, while the police are considering him a suspect in their investigation.
A closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous police lieutenant Palmu is summoned to investigate.
A photographer for a men's magazine is haunted by disturbing dreams, in which he slaughters his models. When he learns that these models are dying in real life as they did in his dreams, he begins to go insane.
Stefano, um pintor, viaja até um vilarejo para restaurar uma pintura de São Sebastião sendo torturado. Depois de um tempo no vilarejo, Stefano descobre que algo não está certo. Ele descobre que o pintor do quadro era um insano que tentava capturar os últimos momentos da morte nas telas.
Scotland Yard is after a homicidal maniac called The Blue Hand, which is what he uses to kill his victims.
Carol Hammond, esposa de um advogado londrino, tem sonhos bizarros com a vizinha desinibida, Julia Durer, que dá festas barulhentas na casa ao lado. Uma noite, ela acorda e descobre que seus pesadelos se tornaram realidade: Julia foi assassinada e Carol é a principal suspeita.
Giorgio Mainardi, a womanizer, plans to rid himself of his wealthy wife Norma. He happens to see a sinister figure disposing of a body and seizes the opportunity to make a deal in which the killer will murder Norma. The deed is done but a young couple, Luca and Laura, unwittingly steal the killer's car, complete with Norma's corpse in the boot. They head for the beach and break into an abandoned old house. The killer tracks them down and while Luca is out having sex with a blonde stranger, he terrorises and rapes Laura. When the young man and the blonde turn up for a threesome they are both quickly despatched. After a struggle, Laura manages to fatally wound her attacker. Back in the city, the police become increasingly suspicious of Giorgio Mainardi...
Plot of Fear tells the story of a decadent weekend party full of orgies and drugs on the outskirts of Milan. After two deaths occur Inspector Lomenzo interrogates one of the guests, a fashion model who becomes his informant, as well as his lover. Clery reveals that after a “wildlife orgy”one of the hosts tried to jokingly feed one of the prostitutes to a tiger but she got so frightened that she died of heart attack. In his attempt to find a connection between the victims, he investigates a cutting-edge security and surveillance firm whose director has secrets of his own to hide.
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find themselves involved in murders by thrown daggers, the frame-up of an overstressed Army colonel, and a pirate gang led by an unknown boss who has inside knowledge of the ensuing investigation.
Baseado em fatos reais, um maníaco realiza uma série de assassinatos envolvendo um grupo de crianças em um vilarejo da Sicília, na Itália. Com a cidade à beira da histeria, todos passam a serem suspeitos. Andrea Martelli (Tomas Milian) é um jornalista e tenta desvendar o verdadeiro culpado, enquanto a bela Patrizia (Barbara Bouchet) tenta se livrar das suspeitas levantadas contra ela, mas o medo acaba formando uma onda de violência com pessoas inocentes.