1972 · giallo · family · thriller
Smile Before Death
Directed by Silvio Amadio1h 25m1972
After the death of her mother under strange circumstances, a teenage girl quickly begins to suspect that her recently widowed stepfather may be involved.
Our read: Smile Before Death (1972) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded giallo · family · thriller entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured giallo / family, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- cold
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