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starring: George Hilton, Anita Strindberg, Alberto de Mendoza, Ida Galli, Janine Reynaud directed by: Sergio Martino See Larger Image List Price: $19.95 Price: $19.00 You Save: $0.95 ( 5%) as of 09/07/2010 14:44 EDT Used Price: $13.50 Third Party New Price: $19.00 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0850752001394 Format: Color, DVD, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: NoShame Films Languages: EnglishSubtitledEnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoItalianOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 Mono Manufacturer: NoShame Films Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: NoShame Films Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 31, 2005 Running Time: 90 minutes Studio: NoShame Films Related Items: All the Colors of the Dark Torso The Case of the Bloody Iris The Black Belly of the Tarantula What Have You Done to Solange? see more Editorial Review: Description: Lisa Baumer's husband dies in a dramatic airplane crash and the widow soon collects on his million-dollar insurance policy. As a suspicious insurance agent investigates the case, the inevitable corpses start piling up. Then, when the widow Baumer herself is found murdered, her million dollars mysteriously disappears! Smelling a hot scoop, an ambitious journalist begins to put together the pieces of an increasingly bloody puzzle. Cleverly plotted by thriller specialist Ernesto Gastaldi (THE STRANGE VICE OF MRS. WARDH, THE 10th VICTIM) THE CASE OF THE SCORPION'S TAIL is a true classic of the Italian Giallo. Using the sensual score of composer Bruno Nicolai (KILL BILL: VOL.2, THE CASE OF THE BLOODY IRIS), director Sergio Martino (THE STRANGE VICE OF MRS. WARDH, TORSO) magnificently exudes atmosphere and suspense with terrifying sequences worthy of genre masters Mario Bava and Dario Argento. The high profile cast includes George Hilton (THE CASE OF THE BLOODY IRIS, ALL THE COLORS OF DARK), Anita St Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Outstanding Giallo! Five stars for the film itself which is an excellent and absorbing Giallo, and a wonderful example of the many engaging attributes of the genre put to fine use. As for the DVD itself - There a few problems with the English subtitling being either absent or inconsistent during a couple of scenes, but these are relatively minor and do not derail the film in any sense. That aside, NoShame ought be called NoRegrets, because they've put forth a solid and respectful effort in presenting a classic Giallo with all due accord. Kudos! Rating: - Always Dressed In Black, Scorpion Man Stalks And Stabs His Victims Like a Super Villian "The Case of the Scorpion's Tail" is an excellent example of the Italian giallo. It has beautiful women in peril, a killer dressed all in black, gruesome, bloody deaths, and a killer soundtrack provided by Bruno Nicolai (who composed the scores for the excellent gialli from Emilio P. Miraglia: "The Night Evelyn Came out of the Grave" and "The Red Queen Kills 7 Times"). A gorgeous reporter (Anita Strindberg of Lucio Fulci's "A Lizard in a Woman's Skin") and an insurance agent (George Hilton of Sergio Martino's "The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh)) investigate the slashing death of Lisa Baumer and the million dollars of insurance money that was stolen from her. Of course, as they get closer to the killer's identity, the bodies pile up. Both Strindberg and Hiton are perennial gialli actors. In this movie, they prove that not only do they look great but their acting abilities are also superb. Both give believable,, dynamic performances in this suspenseful, well-plotted thriller. NoShame has released an excellent DVD of "The Case of the Scorpion's Tail." The audio and video are excellent. Interesting liner notes have been provided. There are interviews of the director, Sergio Martino ("Torso" and "Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key"), the producer, Luciano Martino, and George Hilton. I listened to the film in Italian; my only complaint, as far as the DVD itself, is that the English subtitles are missing from the scene where Lisa ... Read More Rating: - One of the best in Giallo cinema I think that this is one of the best films in the Italian Giallo genre. It's has a plot twist that keeps you guessing and at the edge of your seat. This is a great intro to "Giallo". If you're a fan, get this one quickly!!! Rating: - Conventional and padded out giallo The most memorable thing about giallo The Case of the Scorpion's Tail is the trailer, which shamelessly compares itself to other `masterpieces on violence' such as The Golem, Battleship Potemkin and M. The film itself is fairly conventional. Director Sergio Martino admits that he padded out the first half after the film's running time came up short, and it shows: it's not until the halfway point that the film gets much in the way of energy. The Scope location photography in London and Greece is attractive and there's some amusement to be had from the terrible model work in a plane explosion or a sunglass wearing villain called Omar who looks like a hung over Charlton Heston in Touch of Evil after being dragged through a thorn bush, but overall the film is nothing to write home about. No complaints about the DVD presentation, which offers both Italian and dubbed English language soundtrack options, a retrospective featurette, brief stills and poster gallery and that wildly over the top trailer. Rating: - a fine giallo The opening ten minutes are a little rough, with an overdose of crash zooms, distorting lenses, clunky dialogue and poor model work. After the first story twist, however, the film becomes a superior giallo, worthy of comparison with Bava and Argento. Director Sergio Martino stages some strong set-pieces, displaying a visual flair only hinted at in THE STRANGE VICE OF MRS WARDH. It's possible Dario Argento saw SCORPION'S TAIL before making DEEP RED, as some scenes are remarkably similar (check out the murder in the theatre). There's even a bold female reporter, who helps unmask the killer at great personal risk. While DEEP RED is the better film, Argento owes Martino a debt or two. George Hilton is a solid lead - is it his own voice on the Italian soundtrack? - and spaghetti western regular Luigi Pistilli adds a touch of class in a rare good guy role. The plot twists are satisfying, though the photo blow-up trick was well parodied by Mel Brooks in HIGH RISK. see more Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display