Sadly, the first thing I noticed about this film was the very poor transfer to DVD. No one had bothered to try to restore it even though the shots in the film are well thought out, and really do try to view the city as beautiful despite the grim happenings in it. To cut some slack though on Dario Argento this was his first film he directed, and you can sort of tell. For him it worked out though because it got him dubbed the Italian Alfred Hitchcock. While the story does grow to be suspenseful, and has some creative twists it never really gives you any spooks, and there is also some odd dubbing and mixed language that is going on that throws you off.
Sam is an American tourist in Italy, and one night witnesses the attempted murder of a woman. After seeing the murder he becomes the target of the killer, but still wants to investigate the crime after finding out that this killer has already murdered 3 other women, and the count is still rising. Sam doesn't expect it though when the killer not only begins targeting him, but his girlfriend. So now he is in a race to figure out who is committing the crimes before they get him first.
