Giallo a Venezia

Giallo a Venezia (Giallo in Venice) is a 1979 Italian giallo film directed by Mario Landi. The film released on December 31, 1979 in Italy and starred Leonora Fani. It is known primarily for its extremely graphic scenes of sex and gore, including a woman's leg being slowly sawed off with a long knife. There is also a Brazilian VHS version containing XXX scenes under the title Pesadelo em Veneza.

Synopsis
The film follows a detective investigating the murder of a married couple involving a sexually abusive cocaine addict husband while, at the same time, an unknown killer commits multiple grisly murders.

Cast 
Leonora Fani as Flavia
Jeff Blynn as Angelo De Paul
Gianni Dei as Fabio
Michele Renzullo as Andrea Caron
Eolo Capritti as Maestrin
Vassili Karis as Bruno Nielsen (as Vassili Karamesinis)
Giancarlo Del Duca as Alberto, the Coroner
Mariangela Giordano as Marzia (as Maria Angela Giordan)

Reception
Moviefone gave a mixed review for the film, saying that it "is one worth seeing for fans of the subgenre" but that overall it was "simply not on par with most of the Italian greats". In the book Italian Horror Film Directors one critic noted that Giallo a Venezia is a "perfect example of how a filmmaker can go too far in his quest to achieve the perfect synthesis of horror and repulsion."

Paolo Mereghetti wrote that it: 

Horror author Brandon Halsey wrote:

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Category:1979 films
Category:Italian films
Category:Italian-language films
Category:Italian horror thriller films
Category:1970s erotic drama films
Category:1970s slasher films
Category:Italian erotic thriller films
Category:Italian crime thriller films
Category:1979 horror films
Category:1970s erotic thriller films
Category:1970s crime thriller films
Category:1970s mystery thriller films
Category:Giallo films
Category:Splatter films
Category:1970s exploitation films
Category:Italian slasher films
Category:Films directed by Mario Landi
Category:Films scored by Berto Pisano
Category:Films set in Venice
Category:1970s erotic drama films