Killer Without a Face (1968)

Director
Angelo Dorigo

Main cast
Giuliano Raffaelli; Luigi Batzella; Anita Tedesco; Genevieve Soné; Gabriella Mantovani

Genres
Horror, Foreign

Description
A series of murders happen in an old Italian castle.The unknown killer dispatches his victims by shooting them to death with a pistol.Barbara,the unhinged owner is the chief suspect.But not everything is quite as it seems...The film is set in the Balsorano Castle and is shot in expressionistic black-and-white.The action is pretty dull,albeit there are some mildly suspenseful stalking scenes.


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