Torso (1973)

Someone is strangling and mutilating the nude bodies of coeds in Perugia in this Italian horror film, originally released as I Corpi Presentano Tracce di Violenza Carnale (“The Bodies Presented Traces of Carnal Violence”).

The only clue is that the killer owns a red and black scarf, and the police are stumped.

American exchange student Jane (British actress Suzy Kendall dubbed by American voice artist Susan Spafford) and her friends take a break from classes by going to an isolated villa in the country owned by the uncle of Daniela (Tina Aumont).

Unfortunately, the killer decides to follow, and the women begin suffering a rapid attrition problem. Cue lots of slashings, stabbings, eye poking, strangulation and drowning.

The girls are gorgeous, of course, and spend much of their time lying around semi-naked as they engage in lesbian sex, sunbathe in the nude and go skinny dipping.

There aren’t many twists, but the movie is consistently suspenseful, and the final 30-minutes are edge-of-your-seat stuff

Jane
Suzy Kendall
Susan Spafford (dubbed voice)
Daniela Anselmi
Tina Aumont
Roberto
Luc Merenda
Franz
John Richardson
Stefano Vanzi
Roberto Bisacco
Gianni Tomasso
Ernesto Colli
Katia
Angela Covello
Ursula
Carla Brait
Carol Peterson
Conchita Airoldi
Florence Heineken
Patrizia Adiutori
Inspector Martino
Luciano De Ambrosis
Village idiot
Enrico DiMarco
Uncle Nino
Carlo Alighiero
John
Fausto Di Bella

Director
Sergio Martino