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* DudeMagnet: One scene features a literal crowd of men all ogling [[ShesGotLegs Ursula's legs]]. Unfortunately for them all, [[IncompatibleOrientation she's a lesbian]].
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* DudeMagnet: One scene features a literal crowd of men all [[LegFocus ogling [[ShesGotLegs Ursula's legs]]. Unfortunately for them all, [[IncompatibleOrientation she's a lesbian]].
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* ClothingCombat: The killer's WeaponOfChoice is a black-on-red scarf, used for strangulation.
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* ClothingCombat: The killer's WeaponOfChoice weapon is a black-on-red scarf, used for strangulation.
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'''''Torso''''' is a 1973 {{Italian|Films}} {{Giallo}} SlasherMovie.
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Too Dumb to Live
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* TooDumbToLive: The scarf vendor, who tries to blackmail someone ''he knows'' had killed three people already.
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That's not the reason he went to the villa.
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* LeaveNoWitnesses: The killer follows Dani to her uncle's villa because she saw him with one of his prior victims, picking off anybody else who saw him along the way.
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* LeaveNoWitnesses: The killer follows Dani to her uncle's villa because she saw him with one of his prior victims, picking off anybody else who saw him along a while before Carol's murder, wearing the way.black-on-red scarf. This also is revealed to be the motive behind Stefano's murder.
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Asshole Victims
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* AssholeVictim: Nearly all the victims.
** [[spoiler: Flo and Carol, who were blackmailing Franz.]]
** [[spoiler: Gianni Tomasso, who tried to blackmail Franz.]]
** [[spoiler: Baloc, who was peeping on Ursula and Katia]]
** [[spoiler: Stefano Vanzi, Dani's crazy ex-boyfriend.]]
** [[spoiler: Flo and Carol, who were blackmailing Franz.]]
** [[spoiler: Gianni Tomasso, who tried to blackmail Franz.]]
** [[spoiler: Baloc, who was peeping on Ursula and Katia]]
** [[spoiler: Stefano Vanzi, Dani's crazy ex-boyfriend.]]
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* EvilPlan: The killer's end goal is to eliminate a witness to his crimes. [[spoiler:As it turns out, his initial murders were motivated by a desire hide his impotency from blackmailers.]]
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[[caption-width-right:182:Enter... if you dare, the bizarre world of the psychosexual mind!]]
'''''Torso''''' is a 1973 {{Italian|Films}} {{Giallo}} SlasherMovie.
A masked killer is haunting an Italian city, strangling women with a bright red scarf. An American exchange student sees somebody with the exact same scarf around the site of one of her classmates being slain. After the madman tries to intimidate her into silence, she decides to bring her friends to her uncle's villa to let things blow over. Unfortunately, the fiend has followed her, and starts picking off her friends one by one...
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!!This film contains examples of:
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Franz]] is the killer.
* BlackmailBackfire:
** The shopkeep who sold the killer his scarf tries to blackmail him for 2 million lire, but the killer simply runs him over.
** [[spoiler:The murders began because a couple women tried to blackmail Franz with his impotence, driving him into murderous insanity.]]
* ClosedCircle: The villa is on a high mountain miles from the nearest village, the windows are barred, and the phone is broken.
* ClothingCombat: The killer's WeaponOfChoice is a black-on-red scarf, used for strangulation.
* CreepyDoll: The kills are interspersed with shots of a child poking one of these in the eyes. [[spoiler:This is because he's reliving the trauma of watching his brother fall to his death while trying to retrieve said doll.]]
* {{Dehumanization}}: The killer doesn't view his victims as human, instead describing them as flesh dolls.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Franz is flung off a cliff while trying to kill the final girl and her rescuer.]]
* DudeMagnet: One scene features a literal crowd of men all ogling [[ShesGotLegs Ursula's legs]]. Unfortunately for them all, [[IncompatibleOrientation she's a lesbian]].
* FanDisservice: A topless prostitute getting strangled for calling a client impotent.
* {{Fanservice}}: Nearly every female character gets naked at least once.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:As a child, Franz watched his brother fall to his death while trying to retrieve a doll for a mutual friend. This led him to despise all women, viewing them as manipulative shrews and being physically unable to have sex with them. He started killing when some other women tried to blackmail him with his impotence.]]
* ILoveTheDead: The killer loves fondling his victims after strangling them.
* LeaveNoWitnesses: The killer follows Dani to her uncle's villa because she saw him with one of his prior victims, picking off anybody else who saw him along the way.
* PeekABooCorpse: [[spoiler:The killer rings the villa's doorbell in order to frighten the girls with Stefano's corpse.]]
* OneWordTitle
* RedHerring: Stefano is briefly suspected to be the killer due to having a similar scarf, but it's shown to be ''just'' different enough to exonerate him.
* WhiteMaskOfDoom: The killer wears a black trench coat and a white mask.
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[[caption-width-right:182:Enter... if you dare, the bizarre world of the psychosexual mind!]]
'''''Torso''''' is a 1973 {{Italian|Films}} {{Giallo}} SlasherMovie.
A masked killer is haunting an Italian city, strangling women with a bright red scarf. An American exchange student sees somebody with the exact same scarf around the site of one of her classmates being slain. After the madman tries to intimidate her into silence, she decides to bring her friends to her uncle's villa to let things blow over. Unfortunately, the fiend has followed her, and starts picking off her friends one by one...
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!!This film contains examples of:
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Franz]] is the killer.
* BlackmailBackfire:
** The shopkeep who sold the killer his scarf tries to blackmail him for 2 million lire, but the killer simply runs him over.
** [[spoiler:The murders began because a couple women tried to blackmail Franz with his impotence, driving him into murderous insanity.]]
* ClosedCircle: The villa is on a high mountain miles from the nearest village, the windows are barred, and the phone is broken.
* ClothingCombat: The killer's WeaponOfChoice is a black-on-red scarf, used for strangulation.
* CreepyDoll: The kills are interspersed with shots of a child poking one of these in the eyes. [[spoiler:This is because he's reliving the trauma of watching his brother fall to his death while trying to retrieve said doll.]]
* {{Dehumanization}}: The killer doesn't view his victims as human, instead describing them as flesh dolls.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Franz is flung off a cliff while trying to kill the final girl and her rescuer.]]
* DudeMagnet: One scene features a literal crowd of men all ogling [[ShesGotLegs Ursula's legs]]. Unfortunately for them all, [[IncompatibleOrientation she's a lesbian]].
* FanDisservice: A topless prostitute getting strangled for calling a client impotent.
* {{Fanservice}}: Nearly every female character gets naked at least once.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:As a child, Franz watched his brother fall to his death while trying to retrieve a doll for a mutual friend. This led him to despise all women, viewing them as manipulative shrews and being physically unable to have sex with them. He started killing when some other women tried to blackmail him with his impotence.]]
* ILoveTheDead: The killer loves fondling his victims after strangling them.
* LeaveNoWitnesses: The killer follows Dani to her uncle's villa because she saw him with one of his prior victims, picking off anybody else who saw him along the way.
* PeekABooCorpse: [[spoiler:The killer rings the villa's doorbell in order to frighten the girls with Stefano's corpse.]]
* OneWordTitle
* RedHerring: Stefano is briefly suspected to be the killer due to having a similar scarf, but it's shown to be ''just'' different enough to exonerate him.
* WhiteMaskOfDoom: The killer wears a black trench coat and a white mask.
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