I will always go to see anything directed by Italian horror maestro Dario Argento, but it has really been a case of diminishing returns in recent years. This television movie is the first of a series that he has planned for Italian TV, but the only one that he is directing; I understand it has not yet been seen in Italy. They are not missing too much as it is little better than acceptable television fodder lacking Argento's visual verve; it does have some nudity, but that doesn't make it any better,
The story concerns a film student who thinks he has uncovered a plot to swap murders a la "Strangers on a Train" and who sticks his nose where it doesn't belong. There is one major McGuffin to distract the know-it-all viewer, but the only real fun for a film buff is identifying the homage to at least half a dozen other Hitchcock thrillers.
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