SWEETS FROM A STRANGER (1987) Franco Ferrini Giallo
3310DVD
Prostitutes
Band Together to Eliminate a Serial Killer
Original
Italian Title: CARAMELLE DA UNO SCONOSCIUTO [Sweets from a Stranger]
also known as SWEET KILLER
director: Franco Ferrini
starring: Barbara De Rossi · Marina Suma · Athina Cenci · Mara Venier
· Laura Betti · Anny Papa
This
one starts as a rather typical Giallo: A black-gloved killer is murdering
Italian prostitutes with a razor blade and a bolt gun. But then, interestingly,
the film's emphasis switches to the whores. As more streetwalkers are
butchered - and the police seem unable to stop the carnage - the prostitutes
band together to find the killer themselves. Their methods become increasingly
more eccentric as their anxiety and desperation increases.
Despite the uniqueness, this great-looking film is the lone project directed
by Franco Ferrini. He is best known as Dario Argento's scriptwriter, having
worked on most every Argento production since Phenomena (Creepers)
in 1985. Besides those films, Franco has written 60+ screenplays for a
variety of directors over the past 40 years, including Eros Puglielli's
excellent EYES
OF CRYSTAL (2004) and Jennifer Connelly's rare shocker ETOILE
(1988).
An
Italian film with English subtitles; widescreen format (16:9), uncut version
(91 minutes), DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT. Extras include
theatrical trailers.
Sexual
Themes/Graphic Violence/Nudity/Sexual Brutality/Prostitution
for Mature Audiences