(Psycho/Slasher) 7*******skulls

*Blood* *Violent* *Strong Language* *Nudity* *Sexual Situations* *Extremely Gory *

1983/Color/Vestron Video & Spectacular Film Productions & Almena Film Production/US/Spain/Not Rated

Director................J. Piquer Simon

Screenplay..........Dick Randall & John Shadow

Music...................CAM

Producer..............Dick Randall & Steve Minasian

Executive Producer.....

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Critique: WARNING: Not for the squeamish! This film, although not an artistic success, (the dialogue is stiff and the scenes filmed in Spain and the United States don't blend credibly, this however is part of its sad charm) has some aspects that make it a noteworthy slasher movie, among them the pace and particularly the gore. Given the number and bizarre attraction of Christopher George's European horror ventures () it's surprising he hasn't been knighted in France. There's still time!

Plot Summary: Boston, 1942 Mother comes in on a child assembling a puzzle of a naked woman. "Just like your father!' Hurry up, stupid, get me a plastic bag to throw out this filth." Sonny snaps. The police arrive, and sonny whines, where's mommy? Forty Years Later. A coed is chainsaw-beheaded. Excellent twitching corpse. They try to keep it as quiet as possible. Professor Brown, in charge of anatomy, shows the cops around. Willard the gardener seems a bit suspicious. Gloved hands are piecing a puzzle of a nude together, and removing clothes from a suitcase--including a bloodstained dress. A late night skinny dipper has the pool to herself, or so she thinks. Willard returns to find the pool especially messy. The cops come in seconds later, and Willard is apprehended. He appears to us to be a good suspect. However, the investigation continues. What has happened to the missing parts of the girls? And where's Willard? Mary Riggs poses under cover as a tennis instructor to lure the killer. One of the girls practices dancing alone in the studio at night. Will she fill in some pieces in the puzzle? She is startled by someone she meets at the elevator, but there's something disarming about him, and she continues in. The pursuit of pieces continues. Is the ghastly assemblage finished, or don't the pieces fit together yet? Willard seems to be at the scene of the crime pretty often. The puzzling professor seems awfully touchy. What's he hiding? Mary goes to see the Dean to talk it over. Can Mary solve the case, or will she just go to pieces?