Il Mostro di Venezia or ‘The Embalmer’
| release date | November 8 1965 |
| studio | Europix Consolidated Corp. |
| director | Dino Tavella |
| writer | Dino Tavella, Antonio Walter |
| starring | Maureen Brown, Luigi Martocci, Luciano Gasper, Anita Todesco |
| tagline | Fiendish and petrifying |
| trailer 1 | Trailer #1 |
2 Comments
Horribly tedious, pointless and forgettable Italo-schlock about a lunatic who roams the Venetian canals to abduct, kill and embalm young and beautiful Italian ladies.
What’s bad:
Dino Tavella’s direction is just plain awful – gladly this was the last film he ever directed.
It’s horribly written and paced, and it’s filled with scenes that are either boring or just pointless (especially all the useless Venice-tourism-promo-video-scenes – “Oh, it’s so lovely here!”, “Venice is so beautiful!” etc. etc.).
The actors are all untalented, the dialogue is rubbish, the soundtrack is silly and the edting is amateurish.
What’s good:
There are a few mildly suspenseful scenes in the last 15-20 minutes, the killer’s outfit looks cool (skull mask + monk’s robe) and the performance of the kinda-Elvis-impersonator is quite funny.