What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
La polizia chiede aiuto
An unidentified fifteen year-old girl is found hanged after an anonymous tip-off. The girl, Silvia Polvesi, is soon discovered to have been murdered. A peeping tom is caught with photos of her having sex with a teenage drop-out but he is later released due to lack of evidence. The investigation, conducted by Inspector Silvestri and the assistant public prosecutor Vittoria Stori, focuses on the girl's parents. Conspiracies and horrors pile up, as do the body parts.
Why it matters
A gritty giallo that blends police procedural rigor with the genre’s signature lurid brutality, exposing the dark underbelly behind a teenage girl’s murder.
- Anchored by solid performances from Inspector Silvestri and Vittoria Stori, elevating the film beyond typical genre excess
- Unfolds as a tense, grim investigation that leans into social commentary rather than flamboyant stylization
- Practical effects and graphic reveals underscore the era’s raw approach to horror and suspense
- For fans who appreciate giallo’s investigative core over its more baroque, surreal flourishes—this one’s a leaner, darker slice of 1970s Italian crime horror
Director
4 horror films in catalog
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
43
Slow Burn
33
Psychological
43
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
100
Fun Factor
0
Cerebral
57
Survival
0
