Nine Guests for a Crime
Nove ospiti per un delitto
Nine members of an extremely rich and hateful family have decided to have a reunion on a remote island in the Mediterranean. No sooner than their arrival, old grudges, resentments, and feuds make themselves known, along with allusions to some more macabre events in their past. But when their boats are sabotaged, thus stranding them without any connection to the mainland, it becomes clear that someone is not willing to let old wounds heal, a fact made all the more clear as bodies start to pile up...
Why it matters
A Mediterranean-set giallo that blends family drama with locked-room murder mystery, serving a cocktail of vintage Euro suspense and simmering class resentment.
- Classic giallo trappings: stylish widescreen visuals, a moody synth score, and a whodunit plot thick with suspicion and secrets.
- A rare late-’70s entry that leans into aristocratic decay as much as the bloodletting — think Agatha Christie meets Argento’s paranoia.
- For fans of ensemble horrors where every character is both a suspect and a victim, with the island isolation cranked to Hitchcockian levels.
- Practical effects and period detail anchor the lurid murders in a tactile reality that’s missing from many contemporaries.
Director
2 horror films in catalog
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
14
Slow Burn
17
Psychological
29
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
33
Fun Factor
33
Cerebral
14
Survival
50
