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I am Torstein from Cinema Terror and let's go back to the 80's and talk about a forgotten
Lamberto Bava giallo, mostly known as Midnight Ripper or You'll Die at Midnight.
Even though the story in You'll Die at Midnight is pretty formulaic, I guess I should give
a quick synopsis of it.
In this film we first get familiar with a young man named Nicola, played by Leonardo
Treviglio.
After discovering that his wife is cheating and confronting her, he bruises her up and
leaves her in anger.
Right after he leaves, his wife is brutally stabbed and Nicola is now made into the primary
suspect.
He tries to get help from his friend Anna, played by Valeria D'Obici.
She is a criminal psychologist who believes him and tries to help him out by joining detective
Piero Terzi.
During their investigation, Anna becomes convinced that the murder and those who follows is done
by a serial killer named Franco Tribbo.
The problem with that theory is that Franco has been dead for several years.
Is Nicola being set up?
Could he actually be the killer?
Or has Franco found a way to fake his death and is back, active slashing up women left
and right?
You will have to watch You'll Die at Midnight to find out.
This film is a made-for-tv giallo film made in 1986 when the Italian horror cinema has
already started to decline.
The filmmakers had less and less to work with, which showed in the quality that was produced.
That doesn't mean that there aren't quality films to be found out there from 85 and upwards,
but you will have to swim through a lot of lesser efforts to find them.
While he certainly is hit and miss, even before and after the horror boom was over in Italy,
it still brings up some excitement in me when I am about to press play on a film directed
by Lamberto Bava, here under the credit of John Old Jr.
Sad to say though, You'll Die at Midnight is not a hidden gem waiting to be discovered.
Instead, this is a by the numbers giallo that has been forgotten for a reason.
The lack of suspense and stuff that stands out hurts this film, especially the latter
as this is a made for tv production and it feels like they had to hold back on the violence
and nudity.
If this was made for cinema earlier in the decade than the sleaze factor would have been
way higher and watching this will leave you wanting more of what many consider to be the
good stuff as the murder mystery won't do much for you.
Instead ot that, we get a lot of police procedure and scenes with characters walking around
in the beautiful Italian city talking about the case, but it did not do much for me to
get engaged in it.
The film goes a bit from the viewpoint of character to character with Nicola, Anna and
Piero all becoming the leading character at points in the film.
None of them gave me much, although I did enjoy watching Paolo Malco as detective Piero
the most, who you might recognize from several great Italian films such as the two Lucio
Fulci ones The House by the Cemetery and The New York Ripper.
Even though he gets the majority of these walking and talking scenes that I have already
spoke negatively about, in this he is just one of those old school rough tough cops that
are enjoyable to watch on screen even if you don't care what he is talking about.
Another thing that people would look for in a giallo is of course how stylish it is visually.
While not an ugly film, there's isn't that much treat to be found in this film.
It also lacks the weirdness that some of the earlier giallo's had, that might not have
made all that much sense, but did set the films a part from others.
There are however music by Claudio Simonetti to be found here.
Nothing extraordinary, but a nice touch to the experience.
You'll Die at Midnight is not the worst giallo you can find, especially if you venture into
the forgotten later 80's ones.
But it is also not a good film.
If you are a super giallo fan then I wouldn't be surprised if you will find enjoyment in
this, even if it didn't do all that much for me.
For those who are not into giallo's then this is not something you should seek out.
I found the film to be lacking and as such You'll Die at Midnight only gets a score of
2 out of 5.
Have you seen You'll Die at Midnight?
What did you think of it and how do you think it holds up compared to other giallo's of
the second half of the 80's?
If you enjoy giallos in general then I do recommend checking out my review, and of course
the movie itself, of the new highly stylish spanish one called The Glass Coffin.
Subscribe, like and all of that good stuff if you think the video was good and I hope
to see you again next time here on Cinema Terror.
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