1979 · giallo · blackmail · thriller
Play Motel
Directed by Mario Gariazzo1h 27m1979
The motel has a special room designed for sexual activities. It also has a habit of photographing sex act engines and extorting the parties concerned. One day a mysterious killer with black gloves up and the situation is changing.
Our read: Play Motel (1979) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded giallo · blackmail · thriller entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured giallo / blackmail, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- cold
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