Great Giallo, Not the best story. But great cinematography, acting, music sets and humorI am not a fan of Mario Bava. I've seen Blood and Black Lace, and was not impressed. The story and acting sucks. I've seen Planet of the Vampires and it truly is a garbage movie. Everything from story, sets, acting is garbage. I am also not a fan of Dario Argento. I think he is a no talent with a film budget. I just saw Four Flies on Grey Velvet and it is pure garbage. Again story, acting, sets, cinematography all crap. I hat Suspiria, what a pile of garbage. The music sucks. The color gels are disgusting. Non actors in front of the camera. It hurts to watch this movie.Now on to Bloody Iris. This is not a great movie. However, it is professionally made. It has superior camera work, decent acting, decent story but that part needed help, good music. It has humor, but not too much. Rating is a B-, or 6 stars. Worth checking out.

'The Case Of The Bloody Iris' is a totally delirious, super sexy and demented Italian Giallo flick that came out during the height of the genre's game and featuring the ruling queen of the genre Edwige Fenech. Indulging in its sleazy style the movie introduces us into a world of paranoia, vibrant fashions and death.From scrupulous characters to tense atmospheres 'The Case Of The Bloody Iris' is a well and truly turbulent ride that keeps you hooked all the way through. The story follows Jennifer (Edwige Fenech) who moves into a high scale apartment building where previously two women were brutally murdered, stalked by her obsessive and dangerous ex-husband and surrounded by a group of colourful and suspicious strangers will she make it out alive or fall prey to the killer as the body count begins to rise.The movie throws you through a continuous loop with its many red herrings and maddening lunacy and of course that's the main attraction of these Giallo films and giving us hints and clues throughout, then pulling the rug out from under your feet with a nail biting climax that leaves you gasping for breath throughout. The production throughout jammed pack with all the usual tropes such as sultry moments, nudity and extreme violence and with every one of these aspects, the movie shines, the death scenes are quite brutal and executed very well, all the while still being artistically impressive and the Director captures all these moments with such flair and an impressive eye and mixes in an impressive cast of characters that makes everything work to its charm.Edwige Fenech again never fails to disappoint and can see why she's the queen of this genre as she well and truly shines in this role in a mostly panic stricken stupor, she gives a sympathetic performance that forces you to feel for her character, extremely alluring and outstandingly mesmerising, she just takes this film by storm and projects that damsel in distress quality beautifully. Contrasting against Edwige's honest and admiral quality are the 2 male leads who shakes things up during the narrative and keeps you second guessing throughout, Ben Carra takes on the dubious role of Jennifer's ex-husband Adam a tremendous cult leader who will stop at nothing to get Jennifer back, he is straight up despicable and abusive and his inclusion in the role is one that injects a fresh sense of paranoia and a well and truly threatening presence and adding to that uneasy tone is George Hilton who takes on the role as the handsome and suave architect Andrea Barto who has an intense fear of blood and what's so interesting about his character is that there's so many clues that lead him to being a possible killer, almost so that it seems way too obvious, he's so charismatic as well as having a screw loose that adds many layers to his performance.So in all 'The Case Of The Bloody Iris' is a satisfying viewing experience with all the right ingredients with an interesting cast of colourful characters and an intriguing mystery, this is definite essential viewing for any fans of Giallo movies.

Sweet and beautiful young model Jennifer Lansbury (a winning performance by the strikingly gorgeous Edwige Fenech) moves into a swanky apartment where a previous fetching female tenant was brutally murdered. Pretty soon Jennifer is being stalked by the mysterious killer. Propable suspects include predatory lesbian neighbor Sheila Heindricks (lovely Annabella Incontrera), Jennifer's possessive ex-husband (creepy Ben Carra), a weird old lady with a deformed son, and even suave, handsome architect Andrea Barto (a solid turn by George Hilton), who suffers from a severe blood phobia. Director Giuliano Carnimeo and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi concoct an engrossing thriller that unfolds at a steady pace, delivers a pleasing plenitude of tantalizing red herrings, tasty female nudity, and a few bravura brutal and shocking murder set pieces (the single most startling murder occurs on a crowded street in broad daylight!), and tops things off with a deliciously sly sense of playful humor (for example, the ineffectual cops on the case are more interested in rare expansive stamps than they are in catching the killer!). Fenech and Hilton are both excellent in the leads; they receive fine support from Paola Quattrini as Jennifer's ditsy airhead pal Marilyn Ricci, Giampiero Albertini as the feckless Commissioner Enci, Franco Agostini as Enci's equally inept assistant Redi, Oreste Lionello as effeminate homosexual photographer Arthur, George Rigaud as the friendly Professor Isaacs, and Carla Brait as brash, formidable nightclub stripper Mizar Harrington (Mizar's fierce fight with a cocky macho jerk is an absolute hoot!). Stelvio Massi's fluid and dynamic cinematography boasts a lot of great crazy tilted camera angles. Bruno Nicolai's funky, yet elegant score likewise does the trick. Director Carnimeo's smooth style and infectious verve keep the proceedings lively and entertaining throughout. Well worth watching for giallo fans.

Giuliano Carnimeo's "Perché quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer?" aka. "The Case Of The Bloody Iris" of 1972 is a great, tantalizing and stylish Giallo that no lover of Italian Horror can afford to miss. A Giallo with Edwige Fenech and George Hilton in the lead should be recommendation enough for a fan of Italian Horror, and this particular film has so much more to offer. I would go even further and say that "The Case Of The Bloody Iris" is a great textbook example for a Giallo: Sleaze and nudity, stylishly violent murders, atmosphere, a jazzy soundtrack and a great cast - this stylish flick has everything that my fellow Giallo-lovers should desire in a film. Nevertheless, I do not agree that this is a giallo-highlight (as some people say). It is a great film, no doubt, but as avid Italian Horror fan (Giallo is one of my favorite genres), I would not name it as one of the highlights of this great sub-genre. That being said, "The Case Of The Bloody Iris" is definitely a great and immensely stylish Giallo that every Horror fan should see.Seductive beauty queens are being slaughtered one by one in the same house by a masked killer, and the police do not have the slightest clue who the killer could be. When the sexy model Jennifer (Edwige Fenech) moves into a victim's former apartment - and the killer starts stalking her as well...As mandatory for a good Giallo, the suspense is maintained throughout the movie and the killer's identity and motivations are not revealed until the very end. In a good Giallo almost anybody could be the killer, and "The Case Of The Bloody Iris" sure is no exception here, as almost everybody is suspicious. The characters are very interesting and so is the cast. Sexy Edwige Fenech is always reason enough to see a film, and this is one of the movies that made her a Giallo-queen. George Hilton is also great in the lead, as an architect. Apart from Fenech and Hilton, the cast contains many other familiar faces for fans of Italian genre cinema, such as Giampiero Albertini, who plays the stamp-collecting police commissioner who is investigating the murders. The sexy Carla Brait, who should also be known to genre-fans for her role in Sergio Martino's Giallo-masterpiece "Torso" (1973), is seductive as always as a black stripper. The film is highly atmospheric and excellently photographed in intense colors, and the jazzy soundtrack contributes a lot to the film's style and typical early 70s feeling. All things considered "The Case Of The Bloody Iris" is a great Giallo, that any Horror buff should see. Especially my fellow fans of Italian Horror can not allow themselves to miss this! Highly Recommended!