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A series of sex murders shock a college campus, and four beautiful young girlfriends head for the safety of an isolated country villa. But as they succumb to their own erotic desires, their weekend of pleasure becomes a vacation to dismember at the hands – and blade – of the lecherous maniac.
Directed by Sergio Martino (MOUNTAIN OF THE CANNIBAL GOD) and starring Suzy Kendall (THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE) and Tina Aumont (SALON KITTY), this Euro Horror chiller was originally released in America with much of its controversial violence removed by censors. Now freshly transferred in thrilling High Definition from the original negative, TORSO is presented in both its Uncensored English Version and Full-Length Italian Director’s Cut for the first time ever!
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
When you're mute, no one can hear you scream, Oct 9 2011
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This review is from: Torso (Uncensored English Version) (DVD)
Blue Underground offers two versions of this film in DVD, both claiming to be the first uncut, uncensored US release. Both are indeed uncensored, but there are slight differences in the disks. The most recent version (yellow box, and less expensive) is missing a few brief scenes, none critical, that appear on the older (red box) one. Because the scenes are not important, and have apparently suffered the permanent loss of their English soundtracks (the Italian soundtrack is still there), they were probably deleted for the reissue, although the cuts do remove another brief bit of slasher fondling victim. I thought the yellow version looked crisper, with brighter color, perhaps benefiting from work done for the Blu-ray transfer. Given a choice, I would take the yellow version, but not pay extra for Blu-ray. The movie is a product of its time and place, and, by Hollywood standards of the day, crudely made with weak acting. It nonetheless has sufficient clever moments and, at the end, genuine suspense, to warrant its reputation. The first half looks more like a nudie film which, together with the graphic violence, made it much more provocative than contemporary mainstream American films (though not for long), and probably accounts for the censorship to which it was long subjected. Nice to see the original.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome, Sep 29 2011
By tesg - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Torso [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
This campy 1970's Italian slasher whodunnit flick pretty much has it all. It's stylish in a Dario Argento sort of way, but has far more breasts and overall sexuality. There's lots of potential suspects and dead people along the way. One death scene is almost painfully bad in execution as a rubber head gets crushed between a car and a wall (you can literally see the fake head cave), then in the next shot the guy's head is intact as he stumbles, not quite dead. Yet cinematography overall is gorgeous, largely thanks to the locations, and overall direction is solid. The whole thing clocks in at 90 or 93 minutes depending on if you choose the US or Italian version to watch, so it doesn't overstay its welcome either.I've always been impressed with Blue Underground's ability to produce clean clear transfers of the sometimes obscure movies they release, and this one's no exception. Image and sound are near perfect for a film of this age and genre. It's probably never looked better, and probably sounds just as it did in its original theatrical run.
Another awesome Blue Underground release.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Blue Underground has released another fantastic blu ray!!!, Nov 28 2011
By M. Britton "crazy about movies" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Torso [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
After all these years of Torso being available on VHS tape, the past few years this Italian slasher flick has seen a few DVD releases and now this fantastic looking blu ray. I have been a fan of this classic since seeing it at the drive in during the mid '70s, now to own a copy of this movie that looks the best it has ever looked! Blue Underground just keeps releasing some good (and some bad) blu rays. It is hard to believe a film from 1973 could look this good. Glad I took the risk, because this blows away the DVD BU released several years ago. You have the option to watch either the English 90 minute version or the Italian 93 minute version. And the greatest part is you can choose English audio for the Italian cut!! That is so cool. Although some of it is spoken only in Italian, but not much.The film is presented in its original 1.66 aspect ratio (where most prints have over matted the prints). Just glad a company took the time and money to make this classic look this great. This is a great looking blu ray of this forgotten Italian classic.
Keep bringing us great blu ray releases like this Blue Underground.
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