Two films released in 1972 - Fulci's 'Don't Torture...' and Aldo's 'Who Saw Her Die' , which apart from being very similar in parts to 'Don't Look Now' (directed in 1973 by Nicholas Rogue).
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<<<<<<<<<<, So the priest is the killer in both the italian films, where children are also killed. Quite similar, considering they were released in the same year. Who ripped off who?
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Didn't Aldo "chicken" out though at the very end by having a character say "He wasn't a real Priest after all!"
Or maybe he was just trying to end it on a light hearted note given the dark elements of the film. ?
I would be interested in knowing which came first too.
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Depends how you interpret the line "He wasn't a real Priest after all!" You can take it literally as saying he wasn't a priest or that the character is saying he wasn't a REAL priest because he murdered children. It did seem like a line they tacked on to make it less controversial.
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I liked the fiery priest ending in Who Saw Her Die compared to Fulci's Mannequin mountain tumble. However "Don't Torture" has a better story.
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'It did seem like a line they tacked on to make it less controversial.'
I think that's exactly what happened. Last minute panic.
I know that I'd take this over Who Saw Her Die? any day. I thought that was God-awful.
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