Phantom of Death

1987 [ITALIAN]

Horror / Thriller

6
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 1228 1.2K

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Plot summary

Police Comissioner Datti is investigating the murder of a female doctor whose murderer seems to be a thirty-fivish year old man. Soon another murder follows: Pianist Robert Dominici's girlfriend is found killed. The killer also challenges Datti on the phone and says he can't be caught since he has a secret which makes him invulnerable. In the meantime the clues seems to point in strange directions...

Top cast

Fabio Sartor as Davide
Giovanni Lombardo Radice as Father Giuliano
Donald Pleasence as Inspector Datti
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1 hr 32 min
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1 hr 32 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ma-cortes 5 / 10

A strange Giallo with a good cast, chills, violence, horrible crimes with blood and guts

Police Comissioner Datti (Donald Pleasence) is investigating the murder of a female doctor whose murderer seems to be a thirty-fivish year old man. Soon other murders follow and the murderer goes on a mad killing spree prompting the police inspector to go on investigating. The prime suspect results to be a prestigious pianist, Robert Dominici (Michael York), due to his girlfriend (Mapi Galan) is found killed. But the pianist is suffering from the Progenia, a genetic disease becomes distraught and with bursts of anger, confusion and forgetfulness. The murderer also challenges Datti on the phone and says he can't be caught since he has a secret which makes him invulnerable. In the meantime the tracks seems to point in diverse directions. Let the symphony of slaughter begin! How do you catch the uncatchable ...a diabolical being walks through the streets!A thriller about a murderer who has a rare disease and commits gruesome murders in cold blood. The film contains violence, thrills, chills, grisly killings and excellent makeup on the face of British actor Michael York. Although there is not much intrigue because we know from the first moment who the murderer is, therefore no necessary assumption what in other films of the Giallo genre it does happen, here the film focuses on the battle of wills of a person who has the disease of progeny and the inspector who chases him, developing between them a game of cat and mouse in which the police usually tends to lose. Stars the British Michael York who surprisingly gives a good performance as the disturbing and bewildered pianist. Being accompanied by the always great Donald Pleasence as the stubborn commissioner, the gorgeous Edwige Fenech, star in many Giallo films and in the sex-comedy genre, the Spanish Mapi Galán and other brief apperances of usual secondaries in Italian B series, such as Caterina Boratto, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Marino Masé, Hal Yamanouchi, Benito Stefanelli, Loris Loddi and director Ruggero Deodato cameo at a train station who hops on moped ."Un delitto poco comune" (1987) stands out an impressive musical score by Pino Donaggo who composed various soundtracks for some of Brian De Palma's best films, such as: "Raising Cain", "Blow out", "Dressed to Kill", "Carrie", "Body Double", "Snake Eyes". It contains a atmospheric cinematography by Giorgio Di Battista shot in various Italian cities, such as: Venecia, Veneto, Olgiata, Roma, Lacio, Perugia, Umbria, South Tyrol, Italia. The motion picture was one of the most grueling films ever made in the Eighties, Un delitto poco comune (1987) being original but middlingly directed by Ruggero Deodato who also remains his most successful horror film, the infamous ¨Cannibal Holocaust¨ . Ruggero Deodato made the "Cannibal Trilogy" made up of ¨Ultimo mondo cannibale¨ (1977) , ¨Cannibal Holocaust¨ (1980) and ¨Cut and Run¨ (1984). This artisan was a prolific cameraman/writer/producer/director who has made all kinds of genres. He was a notorious Italian director especially known for this one , today considered a classic "Cannibal Holocaust". He has directed all kinds of genres with particular penchant for terror, violence, and adventure movies, such as: ¨Jungle holocaust¨, ¨House on the edge of the park¨, ¨Bodycount¨, ¨Dial help¨, ¨Phantom of death¨, ¨The washing machine¨, ¨The raiders of Atlantis¨, ¨Concorde affair¨, ¨Live like a cop die like a man¨, ¨Lone runner¨, ¨The barbarians¨, among others . Rating 5.5/10. Mediocre but entertaining. Only for Italian Giallo completists.
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Reviewed by Red-Barracuda 6 / 10

Intriguing central idea but not particularly well executed

This horror/giallo was directed by Ruggero Deodato, who was more famous for extremely controversial films such as the very unpleasant The House on the Edge of the Park. With The Phantom of Death he reigned in his excesses and produced a far more restrained affair. Its story does have an original angle. A famous pianist discovers he has a rare disease which ages him extremely rapidly. This sets off a homicidal impulse in him and he thereafter goes about murdering women. He becomes hard for the police to track down seeing as the evidence suggests a much older man is responsible for the killings.

The cast in this one is very good on paper. Michael York is the pianist, giallo legend Edwige Fenech is his wife and Donald Pleasance is the cop pursuing the killer. York and Fenech put in a bit of effort with their characters but Pleasance seems to be going through the motions a bit. The lethargy is reflected in the film overall as it is a little dull for the most part and generally lacks suspense. There is a series of murders to enliven things a little but even they don't make too much of an impact. It's a shame in some respects that it is such a pedestrian effort because the central concept is at least an attempt at something a bit different. It's definitely a watchable enough film, however, just a little disappointing considering the potential.

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