Actors: Lino Capolicchio, Stefania Casini, Craig Hill, Massimo Serato
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Blood Stained Shadow
THE BLOOD STAINED SHADOW (Solamente nero) is a movie cowritten and directed by Antonio Bido in 1978.
Venice, Italy. Stefano is visiting his brother Don Paolo. As soon as he's arrived, Don Paolo begins to receive anonymous letters predicting his own brutal death. Someone is following him while strange murders happen in the city.
A classic giallo with a musical score by the Goblins.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of The Blood Stained Shadow
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 20% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- hunted by killer/stalker
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- teacher/professor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- killer
Eccentric:
Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
- licking
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
- seeing full frontal--women
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
- dropped from large heights
- run over
- flamed
- drowned
- perforation--swords/knives
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
