The Case of the Bloody Iris
Having recently escaped the clutches of a hippie sex cult, a beautiful model is pursued by a serial killer whose previous victims include former occupants of her new apartment.Having recently escaped the clutches of a hippie sex cult, a beautiful model is pursued by a serial killer whose previous victims include former occupants of her new apartment.Having recently escaped the clutches of a hippie sex cult, a beautiful model is pursued by a serial killer whose previous victims include former occupants of her new apartment.
- Adam - Jennifer's Ex-Husband
- (as Ben Carrá)
- Professor Isaacs - Sheila's Father
- (as George Rigaud)
- Nightclub customer
- (uncredited)
- Man in Fight Versus Mizar
- (uncredited)
- Man in Elevator
- (uncredited)
- Woman in Night Club
- (uncredited)
- Iris Group Member
- (uncredited)
- First Victim
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis film belongs to the Italian film genre called "giallo", so named due to a series of popular Italian detective novels, published in 1929, all bound in yellow covers, "giallo" meaning "yellow" in Italian. Ultimately the term became generalized for all detective stories, in print or on film. While Mrs. Moss is waiting for the elevator, she drops a magazine called "Killer Man", with a cover design featuring the typical figure, immediately recognizable to giallo aficionados , of a shadowy silhouette, dressed in a fedora and raincoat, gloves, and, of course, carrying a knife. Though the covers are no longer yellow, little old lady Moss is a big fan of murder mysteries, "gialli" (plural) in Italian.
- GoofsGood thing they changed the film's English title to "Case of the Bloody Iris", since the Italian title translates as "Why the strange drops of blood on Jennifer's body?", but, though there are splatters of blood on most of the other women in the picture, and there are, indeed, drops of blood on an iris, there are NO drops of blood whatsoever, strange or otherwise, on Jennifer's body.
- Quotes
Commissioner Enci: [to Sheila, of a letter she says she sent Jennifer as a joke] Say, how 'bout joking with a man? You might make out even better. You know, it's a shame to,see a girl like you wasting her talents. Try the opposite sex. That's what we're here for.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Dressed to Kill (1980)
I do realize that it's far from perfect. It's got wooden performances, childish dialogue, illogical moments (more than a few), plot holes etc..., but it's entertaining as hell. These pure giallo's are guilty pleasures to be sure, featuring a number of knockout damsels in distress, gory murders, black gloved killers, a murder mystery with endless red herrings, law officials without an IQ and almost universally badly dubbed actors.
Here we have it all in abundance and it all works. The women here are quite simply stunning, the murder scenes inventive and well done, the appropriate amount of sleaze, impressive visuals and nice location scenery, a terrific musical score (catchy as hell), decent acting and a fair amount of shocks and suspense. It's also quite funny at times, I've never before or after seen a detective obsessing with stamps.
Highly recommended if you're a fan of giallo films.
- ODDBear
- Jan 23, 2005
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- What Are Those Strange Drops of Blood Doing on Jennifer's Body?
- Filming locations
- Genoa, Liguria, Italy(location)
- Production companies
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- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1