Best movie of this year hands down!

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Great Giallo, Not the best story. But great cinematography, acting, music sets and humorI am not a fan of Mario Bava. I've seen Blood and Black Lace, and was not impressed. The story and acting sucks. I've seen Planet of the Vampires and it truly is a garbage movie. Everything from story, sets, acting is garbage. I am also not a fan of Dario Argento. I think he is a no talent with a film budget. I just saw Four Flies on Grey Velvet and it is pure garbage. Again story, acting, sets, cinematography all crap. I hat Suspiria, what a pile of garbage. The music sucks. The color gels are disgusting. Non actors in front of the camera. It hurts to watch this movie.Now on to Bloody Iris. This is not a great movie. However, it is professionally made. It has superior camera work, decent acting, decent story but that part needed help, good music. It has humor, but not too much. Rating is a B-, or 6 stars. Worth checking out.

"The Case of the Bloody Iris" is a superior giallo which benefits from the mesmerising presence of one Edwige Fenech, who fared much better in gialli than she did in all those dreadful Italian sex comedies. The producers had enough sense to let her be the heroine, rather than the standard debonair older gent, who thankfully doesn't come between her and the camera.The movie also has the bonus of never being boring. There are choice moments such as Fenech's first appearance, topless with body paint as a policewoman or some such (had she started making those commedia sexy all'italiana movies yet?) There is also a strikingly beautiful woman of colour who has a great scene, stripping on stage and then challenging men in the audience to come and fight her.The killings, if that's what you're here for, aren't as memorable, except for one hilarious moment where a ditzy blond girl has just been knifed and staggers up to the debonair gent (who, remember, isn't the hero) and rather than helping her in any way, he gazes off into the distance as though posing for an advertisement for cologne while she bleeds all over him. People, unsurprisingly, assume him to be the killer: he is at least partially culpable for not doing anything to help her!This one loses points in the end for not really being suspenseful. When the killer is revealed, it's not that much of a revelation. At least the journey there is fun.

Giuliano Carnimeo's "Perché quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer?" aka. "The Case Of The Bloody Iris" of 1972 is a great, tantalizing and stylish Giallo that no lover of Italian Horror can afford to miss. A Giallo with Edwige Fenech and George Hilton in the lead should be recommendation enough for a fan of Italian Horror, and this particular film has so much more to offer. I would go even further and say that "The Case Of The Bloody Iris" is a great textbook example for a Giallo: Sleaze and nudity, stylishly violent murders, atmosphere, a jazzy soundtrack and a great cast - this stylish flick has everything that my fellow Giallo-lovers should desire in a film. Nevertheless, I do not agree that this is a giallo-highlight (as some people say). It is a great film, no doubt, but as avid Italian Horror fan (Giallo is one of my favorite genres), I would not name it as one of the highlights of this great sub-genre. That being said, "The Case Of The Bloody Iris" is definitely a great and immensely stylish Giallo that every Horror fan should see.Seductive beauty queens are being slaughtered one by one in the same house by a masked killer, and the police do not have the slightest clue who the killer could be. When the sexy model Jennifer (Edwige Fenech) moves into a victim's former apartment - and the killer starts stalking her as well...As mandatory for a good Giallo, the suspense is maintained throughout the movie and the killer's identity and motivations are not revealed until the very end. In a good Giallo almost anybody could be the killer, and "The Case Of The Bloody Iris" sure is no exception here, as almost everybody is suspicious. The characters are very interesting and so is the cast. Sexy Edwige Fenech is always reason enough to see a film, and this is one of the movies that made her a Giallo-queen. George Hilton is also great in the lead, as an architect. Apart from Fenech and Hilton, the cast contains many other familiar faces for fans of Italian genre cinema, such as Giampiero Albertini, who plays the stamp-collecting police commissioner who is investigating the murders. The sexy Carla Brait, who should also be known to genre-fans for her role in Sergio Martino's Giallo-masterpiece "Torso" (1973), is seductive as always as a black stripper. The film is highly atmospheric and excellently photographed in intense colors, and the jazzy soundtrack contributes a lot to the film's style and typical early 70s feeling. All things considered "The Case Of The Bloody Iris" is a great Giallo, that any Horror buff should see. Especially my fellow fans of Italian Horror can not allow themselves to miss this! Highly Recommended!

Lousy Italian giallo. It starts off with a bang when a woman is stabbed to death within the first 5 minutes! In the same building another woman is later drowned in her tub. Two models--Jennifer (Edwige Fenech) and Marilyn (Paolo Quattrini)--get the apartment of the murdered woman dirt cheap. But it seems the killer is after THEM also.It may sound interesting but it isn't. For starters the dubbing in this is pretty poor. Lousy music score too. After the first two murders the film quickly becomes boring with at least five sequences of people walking slowly around dark apartments or basements. I was actually fast forwarding through most of that by the end. The storyline gets confusing and there's tons of continuity errors left and right (I was particularly annoyed when one character is stabbed in broad daylight on a crowded street--and no one notices!). There's also homophobia here--a very vicious gay stereotype of a photographer is shown and the one lesbian character is portrayed as predatory. There's the expected gratuitous female nudity and a REAL stupid ending which just threw revelations at you that were more than a little hard to swallow. The acting is real lousy (but the dubbing may be the problem for this). Fenech is a beautiful woman but no actress. George Hilton as her boyfriend was even worse. Look at his "acting" when his fear of blood pops up. To make matters worse the killings aren't even that bloody! Flatly directed too. Boring and stupid Italian giallo. It treats the audience like a bunch of idiots. Avoid.