BLACK BELLY OF THE TARANTULA

LA TARANTOLA DAL VENTRE NERO

By Paolo CAVARA

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Horror - Completed 1971

Intriguing and suspenseful Giallo full of grisly killings, red herrings, twists and turns. Featuring Giancarlo Giannini. Music by Ennio Morricone

    • Year of production
    • 1971
    • Genres
    • Horror
    • Countries
    • ITALY
    • Languages
    • ITALIAN
    • Duration
    • 89 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Paolo CAVARA
    • Writer(s)
    • Marcello DANON, Lucile LACKS
    • Producer(s)
    • Marcello DANON (Da.Ma. Film (Roma))
    • Synopsis
    • When nymphomaniac Maria Zani is murdered, her ex-husband and insurance broker Paolo Zani becomes the prime-suspect of Inspector Tellini. Then the saleswoman Mirta Ricci is murdered in the same modus operandi - both victims had been paralyzed by acupuncture needles with poison introduced in their necks and their bellies had been ripped open with a knife with the victims still alive, in the same way that tarantulas are killed by tarantula hawks. As suspects keep dying, the Inspector directs his attention to a spa all the victims had a connection with...