Pieces
Directed by:
Juan Piquer SimónCinematography:
Juan MarinéComposer:
Carlo Maria CordioCast:
Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Edmund Purdom, Paul L. Smith, Jack Taylor, Pilar Alcón, Ian Sera, Frank Braña, Carolyn De Fonseca, Gérard Tichy (more)VOD (1)
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A Boston college campus is being terrorised by a black-clad maniac who collects body parts from his unfortunate co-ed victims. As the corpses (and red herrings) begin to pile up, can Professor Brown (genre veteran Jack Taylor) unmask the murderer before his morbid puzzle is complete? (Arrow Films)
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Pieces is a remarkable combination of American slasher and European giallo. The actors’ performances are typically absurd and the film has a whiff of B-movie about it, but at the same time it surprises with a creative script. There are more characters than we are used to in this particular sub-genre, but all of them have their place in the crime story and make it more interesting. Another big advantage of the film is also its quick start – no slow introduction, with furious slashing starting with the first scene.
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Oh well. If I had read the reviews here I wouldn’t have watched Pieces because I know very well I’m unable to appreciate this type of horror. It’s not Boo!, but it is garbage, which, at least for me, it’s almost the same.
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"Mil gritos tiene la noche" is an extremely simple film at first glance, and it truly is. It only benefits from having a crazy killer, a known past, and then just the murders of girls who are not afraid to reveal something of their nudity. Yes, it's simple, but at the same time effective, which I simply have to appreciate. The film doesn't pretend to be anything else, but it manages to captivate the viewer and lead them to a successful ending, which is topped off with a nice final shot.
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