Bezenby The Etruscans seem to have existed in Italy before the Romans, or at the same time - I can't be bothered checking. In this overlong but entertaining Giallo, alcoholic archaeologist Alex Cord finds a buried tomb and starts taking pictures of it using a probe. One sudden rainstorm later, the probe has gone missing and two teenagers have their faces graphically smashed in with that very probe!As usual, the suspects are numerous. Alex is in Italy for this dig, but he's also hanging around with his ex-partner Myra, who is now married to John Marley, a jerk composer who is prone to having tantrums and taking out his rage on his assistant Irene. John lives in a huge mansion (do I even have to mention that bit?) with his son Igor, his girlfriend and others. Also, Horst Frank puts in a hilarious over the top performance as the 'faggot' choreographer, who even performs a little pirouette when Alex starts chasing him!Someone keeps stealing shows from this show they're all putting on and leaving them with the corpses, but blame naturally falls on Alex, as due to the boozing, he keeps having blackouts. It doesn't help that the security guard on site loves killing insects, is selling the artefacts, and is now blackmailing Alex.At first we're led to believe that an Etruscan demon has risen from the dead and is killing folk, but then would a demon announce its presence by playing a Dictaphone of classical music? Someone is a serial killer, but there's a lot of digging to do before Alex can clear his name. This is a solid giallo but just a wee bit too long, what with Alex and Myra and John Marley's love triangle thing, and a few of the characters are a bit bland. The blunt trauma killings are a bit shocking, and Horst Frank, with his orange afro(!), helps proceedings.The Etruscans would return in more genuinely undead form in Andrea Biachni's Burial Ground!

BA_Harrison Archaeologist Jason Porter (Alex Cord) becomes the prime suspect after a series of brutal murders at the site of an ancient Etruscan tomb.The first double murder in director Armando Crispino's giallo The Etruscan Kills Again is sufficiently bloody, a couple beaten to death with a big metal probe (a piece of Porter's archaeological equipment); however, the scene is shot with little of the pizazz one expects from the genre.Subsequent deaths only disappoint further, the actual acts mostly occurring off-screen, the victims' bodies discovered once the killer has left the scene. The Etruscan Kills Again also suffers from an overly complex and dialogue heavy script that is difficult to unravel and features a rather unlikeable protagonist (a sexually aggressive alcoholic).A well executed car chase adds a much needed jolt of life to proceedings, the lovely Christina von Blanc delivers the requisite gratuitous nudity, and the final fight scene between hero and killer is well handled, but there's way too much drudgery involved to qualify this as an essential giallo.

withnail-4 This movie was so obscure, and the picture on the video box was so lame, that I didn't expect much. It was a nice surprise to have it turn out to be suspenseful, complex, even scary. Many weird characters, weird settings, and plot twists got me involved and created a creepy feeling. It appears to be a routine film in the first ten minutes, but things keep developing, strange characters and subplots appear, flashbacks, etc. It was worth it.

rundbauchdodo Even though this film is entitled under its German title, 'L'Etrusco Uccide Ancora' - how it is called in Italian - is overall a typical Italian thriller of the Seventies. Directed with style by Armando Crispino, who also directed the breathtaking 'Macchie Solari' (aka Autopsy, The Victim), the film suggests supernatural forces involved in the plot. That makes the whole thing even more atmospheric and will keep you on the edge of your seats. The German video versions are heavily cut concerning the plot (one version is also cut concerning the violent killings), while only the Danish video version appears to be complete (according to the excellent English book 'Blood and Black Lace'). Nevertheless, if you are able to get this gem on video, get it: This giallo truly delivers!