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Torso (1973)

Torso poster
Original title
I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale
Directed by
Sergio Martino
Genre
horror film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
R
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 224 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A masked killer murders female college students in Perugia. The film follows a group of young women as they are targeted by the violent attacker.

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What happens

Torso (Italian: I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale, lit. 'The Bodies Bear Traces of Carnal Violence', also released as Carnal Violence) is a 1973 Italian giallo film directed by Sergio Martino, produced by Carlo Ponti, and starring Suzy Kendall, Tina Aumont, Luc Merenda, and John Richardson. Martino’s fifth giallo, the film centers on a string of brutal murders of young female students at an international college in Perugia. It has been called the earliest example of a slasher film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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