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Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

I actually enjoyed this more than i thought i would, this being 90's Lamberto Bava- whom i was never a huge fan of (Delirium aside). Despite an incoherent plot it manages to stay engaging, doubtless aided by the wonderful cinematography of Luigi Kuveiller (A Woman in a Lizard's Skin, Profondo Rosso). The ending is quite charming as well. All around fun , especially for a giallo made in the 90s. Better than most of Argento's output during that decade.

After being left disappointing,and then being left completely gripped with Bava's first and second films,I decided to watch his last ever "Giallo" with above average expectations of it leaning more on the great A Blade In The Dark side,and less on the muddling Macabre.The plot: Heading to lay flowers by her husbands grave,Tracy is stopped in her tracks by police,who tell her that she cant lay the flowers by her husband,due to a grave robber having tampered with her husbands corpse during the night.Shortly after the grave robbery,murders start increasing rapidly around the city.Investigating the case,Police Detecive Michele notices that the serial killers "signature" seems to be getting hold of peoples recently transplanted organs.Suspecting that time is not on his side,Michele does everything he can,to stop the killer in time,before he gets the final piece of his own puzzle.. View on the film: For his directing,Lamberto scales back the Giallo/Slasher mash- up,which had made A Blade In the Dark so enjoyable,and instead goes for a very near-middle of the road style of directing,with the main stylish moments being the use of a freezer (a call back to his first film,Macabre),some good tracking shots which show the characters in a jig saw puzzle way,and the stand out swimming pool and class room murder scenes,which allows Bava to at last show what he could have done for the whole film.Due to the plot of the film being a great opportunity for a fast moving Giallo-horror,the screenwriters instead decide to make the film into a Giallo drama!,and although the script does contain a nice twist,the rest of the screenplay just feels like it is on auto- pilot,with there being nothing particularly bad with the film,but there also being nothing particularly great,to turn the film into a must see Giallo. Final view on the film:A pleasant enough Giallo dram,which is just about saved from being middle of the road,by the stylish "horror" moments from Bava.

Very decent horror/thriller, not quite falling into the 'giallo' category as few of the classic ingredients are present, except perhaps plot holes and inefficient policemen, but let us not be churlish. This is a grisly tale with more than a few twists and killings. It is more what happens after the kills that is particularly grisly and then we have various bits being sent to the leading lady. Joanna Pacula plays throughout the movie a heroine in peril and pretty well too. Stylishinteriors at the start remind one of A Blade In The Dark and whilst this is not as consistent as that film it is nonetheless a decent ride.

"Body Puzzle" is a typical Italian thriller,not exactly a masterpiece,but it delivers some surprising twists.The death scenes are pretty vicious and graphic,especially when the woman has her hand chopped off.Director Lamberto Bava creates a reasonable amount of suspense and Luigi Kuvellier("Deep Red","Blood for Dracula")does the slick photography.Polish horror queen Joanna Pacula("Warlock 2","The Kiss" and awful "Haunted Sea")is pretty good as a widow in peril.It's also very nice to see Giovanni Lombardo Radice("House on the Edge of the Park","Gates of Hell","Cannibal Ferox")as the epicene Morangi.Overall this one is worth a look,if you like Italian giallos.