The Bloodstained Butterfly
Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate
When a young female student is savagely killed in a park during a thunderstorm, the culprit seems obvious: TV sports personality Alessandro Marchi, seen fleeing the scene of the crime by numerous eyewitnesses. The evidence against him is damning... but is it all too convenient? And when the killer strikes again while Marchi is in custody, it quickly becomes apparent that there's more to the case than meets the eye...
Why it matters
A razor-sharp giallo that weaves murder mystery with stylish paranoia and vivid, rain-soaked atmosphere.
- A textbook example of early ’70s Italian giallo, blending slasher suspense with noirish intrigue.
- Crisp, lurid cinematography drenched in stormy blues and reds amps up the fatalistic mood.
- Alessandro Marchi’s flawed TV personality adds a compelling twist on the unreliable suspect trope.
- Fans of Argento, Bava, and the era’s obsession with voyeurism and media spectacle will find a rich vein here.
Director
2 horror films in catalog
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
0
Slow Burn
33
Psychological
43
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
17
Fun Factor
33
Cerebral
14
Survival
0
