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The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Fabric Type: 0850752001394
Graphics Memory Size: Color, DVD, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Maximum Color Depth: NoShame Films
Maximum Focal Length: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoItalianOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglishSubtitled
Metal Type: NoShame Films
Pearl Type: 520013
Publisher: 1
Total Firewire Ports: NoShame Films
Total Metal Weight: 1
Total Parallel Ports: May 31, 2005
Total S Video Out Ports: 90 minutes
NoShame Films
1971
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Description:
Lisa Baumer's husband dies in a dramatic airplane crash and the widow soon collects on his million-dollar insurance policy. As a suspicious insurance agent investigates the case, the inevitable corpses start piling up.
Then, when the widow Baumer herself is found murdered, her million dollars mysteriously disappears! Smelling a hot scoop, an ambitious journalist begins to put together the pieces of an increasingly bloody puzzle.
Cleverly plotted by thriller specialist Ernesto Gastaldi (THE STRANGE VICE OF MRS. WARDH, THE 10th VICTIM) THE CASE OF THE SCORPION'S TAIL is a true classic of the Italian Giallo.
Using the sensual score of composer Bruno Nicolai (KILL BILL: VOL.2, THE CASE OF THE BLOODY IRIS), director Sergio Martino (THE STRANGE VICE OF MRS. WARDH, TORSO) magnificently exudes atmosphere and suspense with terrifying sequences worthy of genre masters Mario Bava and Dario Argento.
The high profile cast includes George Hilton (THE CASE OF THE BLOODY IRIS, ALL THE COLORS OF DARK), Anita St
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Rating:  -
Five stars for the film itself which is an excellent and absorbing Giallo, and a wonderful example of the many engaging attributes of the genre put to fine use.
As for the DVD itself - There a few problems with the English subtitling being either absent or inconsistent during a couple of scenes, but these are relatively minor and do not derail the film in any sense. That aside, NoShame ought be called NoRegrets, because they've put forth a solid and respectful effort in presenting a ... Read More
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"The Case of the Scorpion's Tail" is an excellent example of the Italian giallo. It has beautiful women in peril, a killer dressed all in black, gruesome, bloody deaths, and a killer soundtrack provided by Bruno Nicolai (who composed the scores for the excellent gialli from Emilio P. Miraglia: "The Night Evelyn Came out of the Grave" and "The Red Queen Kills 7 Times").
A gorgeous reporter (Anita Strindberg of Lucio Fulci's "A Lizard in a Woman's Skin") and an insurance agent ... Read More
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I think that this is one of the best films in the Italian Giallo genre. It's has a plot twist that keeps you guessing and at the edge of your seat. This is a great intro to "Giallo". If you're a fan, get this one quickly!!!
Rating:  -
The most memorable thing about giallo The Case of the Scorpion's Tail is the trailer, which shamelessly compares itself to other `masterpieces on violence' such as The Golem, Battleship Potemkin and M. The film itself is fairly conventional. Director Sergio Martino admits that he padded out the first half after the film's running time came up short, and it shows: it's not until the halfway point that the film gets much in the way of energy. The Scope location photography in London and Greece is attractive ... Read More
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The opening ten minutes are a little rough, with an overdose of crash zooms, distorting lenses, clunky dialogue and poor model work. After the first story twist, however, the film becomes a superior giallo, worthy of comparison with Bava and Argento. Director Sergio Martino stages some strong set-pieces, displaying a visual flair only hinted at in THE STRANGE VICE OF MRS WARDH. It's possible Dario Argento saw SCORPION'S TAIL before making DEEP RED, as some scenes are remarkably similar (check out the murder ... Read More
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