You can see it in the film grain, in the colours and in the camera work.
You know what I'm talking about, that lovable look. The moment the film opens, you can tell it's Euro-horror, it just has that aesthetic. The gratuitous ending lets it down, it's got one of those silly 'out-of-nowhere' endings, it reminded me bit of Lamberto Bava's Macabre (1980). I suppose, in an odd way it make all the more acceptable. There's also a handful of admissible goofs along the way, but like I previously mentioned they don't really subtract any quality away from the movie. Now, whether that is due to poor dubbing or it is literally down to the script, I can't be sure, but it gets to the point where it becomes laughable, even farcical.
PIECES 1982 TVTROPES MOVIE
IF there had to be a detraction, I would be pushed to say the only major downfall of this movie is the silly dialogue. Luckily these borrowings don't serve as a detraction and it all comes together in a unique way to form a very stylish, not to mention very gory, exploitation flick. His motivation for killing linking back to a deep-rooted, childhood-related psychosis and of course the main plot is very slasher-centric: college girls being slaughtered in and around the campus. As are the usual slasher staples: shots from the killer's POV, complete with heavy, throaty breathing.
The usual gialli tropes are evident mysterious villain, complete with a black fedora, black gloves and you guessed it a black raincoat. Pieces is a difficult film to pigeonhole into either one of the giallo or slasher sub-genres, as it lifts themes from both the Italian and American sides of 'stalk and slash' cinema. Starring: Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Paul Smith, Frank Braña and Edmund Purdom So at long last, I am going to talk a little bit about Juan Piquer Simón's giallo/slasher Pieces.
You would think that a blog dedicated to showing exploitation films some love would have covered this title sooner, sorry to disappoint y'all.
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