What Have They Done To Your Daughters? (1974)
R2 / PAL DVD
Shameless Screen Entertainment / 2008
Directed by Massimo Dallamano
Written by Massimo Dallamano
Cast: Claudio Cassinelli, Mario Adorf, Giovanna Ralli & Farley Granger
Review by Phillip Escott

The discovery of an apparent suicide of a schoolgirl leads the police to more bodies and a shocking secret. There is a prostitution ring that has been targeting the schoolgirls and fuelling the depraved desires of the rich, powerful and privileged men of the area. It's going to take the best of the best to bring down the ring AND the clever-wielding killer dressed in motorcycle leathers!

Massimo Dallamano's second entry into his 'Schoolgirls-in-peril' trilogy is a blast from start to finish. Following up the legendary What Have You done to Solange? Couldn't have been easy, but the execution of this is assured and impressive. Seamlessly molding the Gialli and Poliziottesco genres to produce one of the finest slices of Euro-grime the 70’s have to offer.

Featuring some brutal violence, perverted sex acts, a pounding score from Stelvio Cipriani and strong performances – this is the full package. Fans of Italian genre cinema are in for a real treat here, hell; even new comers to the genre(s) will find plenty to admire in this onslaught. It's a shame the film has become so rare, so Shameless Screen Entertainment really deserve a pat on the back for bringing it back into the limelight for a new generation to admire.

The cinematography also deserve mention, the visuals here are brilliant and complement the film beautifully. Dallamano also has an eye for action, and the car chase in particular is exceptionally well done. Same can be said for the violence, it's bloody stuff indeed with arterial sprays galore and severed digits up the wazoo!

• Screen Format: 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen / Color
• Audio: English / Mono
• Subtitles: English
• Running time: 87mins.

• Trailers

The DVD may be a little thin on any supplementary material, but the film alone will be worth genre fans money. Fans of What Have You Done to Solange? Will want to jump on this right away, it's a true treat. If you're looking to tick-off another Gialli from the list, then this is the version to get. It's the longest version available and also features English subtitles for parts of the film that features Italian print. Something that doesn't appear on the German release, get in!

“A Giallo masterpiece... See it!”