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Eyes of the Broken Doll (1973)
R1 / NTSC DVD
Deimos Entertainment / 2008
Directed by: Carlos Aured
Written by: Jacinto Molina & Carlos Aured
Cast: Paul Naschy, Diana Lorys, Eduardo Calvo & Eva Leon
Review by Phillip Escott
An ex-convict, Gilles (Naschy) gets hired as a care taker
for three beautiful sisters. While settling into his new
found freedom and responsibility he starts having troubling
nightmares; nightmares that show him strangling women! Not
to soon after, slaughtered blonde women are turning up near
by... missing their lovely blue eyes! Is Gilles just a
misunderstood loner, loved by the ladies and loathed by the
blokes? Or is he capable of the murderous act that are being
carried out?
Blues Eyes of the Broken Doll is a Spanish attempt to
cash-in on the popular 'Giallo' genre that was hugely
popular at the time in Italy. All in all, it's a solid
effort and and enjoyable 90 minutes that will please all
genre fans. The biggest flaw is in making Naschy out to be
the murderer from the get go; it's be comes so apparent that
the film makers want you to think its Gilles that after a
while you know it just can't be. But it doesn't stop the
finale from being a little shocking when the final reveal is
made.
The sleaze factor is here in all its glory and makes up for
the lack of suspects and red herrings; this being a Naschy
film ALL of the female cast must have sex with and get naked
in his presence... which they do. It'll certainly get your
interest peaked while waiting for the next body to turn up.
The gore quotient is a little low here, but it appears to
aiming to be a classier homage of classier Giallo movies,
think Bird with the Crystal Plumage not Giallo a Venezia,
which works fine and doesn't remove any enjoyment. |
