The Embalmer

The Embalmer (1965)

Il mostro di Venezia

Fiendish and petrifying

A mad killer is loose in Venice's catacombs. He attacks the beautiful women, releasing them into the underworld, kill them and then stop them and add them to his "collection".

Date of release
1965-11-08
TMDB
4.6 / 10 (16)
Runtime
1h 23m
Genres
Horror
Director
Dino Tavella

Casting

Interesting facts

The Embalmer is a 1965 Italian giallo film directed by Dino Tavella, and starring Gino Marturano, Alcide Gazzotto, and Alba Brotto. Dino Tavella had a very short career in the Italian film industry, writing and directing only two films, The Embalmer and Una Sporca Guerra.

Production

The Embalmer was described by film critic and historian Roberto Curti as being regionally produced away from Rome, with a cast of unknowns. Curti described the film as a giallo, while showing diverse influences such as borrowing elements from fumetti neri comics and dabbling into gothic horror. Critic Adrian Luther Smith called the film an "Edgar Wallace-inspired horror giallo"

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