Où est passée Jessica

Original title: Sotto il vestito niente

1985
12
1h 33m

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Giallo Slasher Horror Horror Mystery Thriller

A Wyoming park ranger arrives in Milan to visit his fashion model twin sister after experiencing a premonition of her death, only to discover that she has gone missing.A Wyoming park ranger arrives in Milan to visit his fashion model twin sister after experiencing a premonition of her death, only to discover that she has gone missing.A Wyoming park ranger arrives in Milan to visit his fashion model twin sister after experiencing a premonition of her death, only to discover that she has gone missing.

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5.8/10

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Awards
- 3 nominations total

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6/10

a late entry in the giallo genre but not in the Argento style

Sotto Il Vestito Niente or Nothing Underneath is one of those releases that never had an official uncut release on DVD. Even the US DVD clocks in at 90 minutes. To find it uncut you will have to search the Japanese VHS release on the obscure 'Suncrown' label. It clocks in at 94 minutes and 14 seconds. 4 minutes more then all DVD releases worldwide. The VHS is very hard to find but still is it all worth searching?

If you are a giallo buff you will need this version and also the Donald Pleasance fans should search for it. He has a weird Italian accent. You can easily spot the extra 4 minutes throughout this flick, they have more drops and scratches. It's indeed a pure giallo with the black gloves and scissors but it's low on red stuff. Don't expect to see a Argento styled giallo.

The story is also rather simple. When Bob Crane (Tom Schanley) hears that his sister is in danger he immediately goes to Milan, Italy to find Jessica (Nicola Perring). Of course nobody believes Bob and detective Danesi (Pleasance) doesn't want to help until other models do disappear. Together they go hunt the maniacal killer as it's Danesi's last case.

When the killings happen it's all done off-camera except with the brown girl. And that doesn't help the giallo to become a classic. But it's full of gratuitous nudity and Pleasance with his worth voice is worth watching. A late entry in the giallo genre and not that good for the red stuff but the story flows smoothly, somehow you keep watching.

Gore 0/5 Nudity 2,5/5 Effects 1/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5

trashgang
Oct 14, 2012
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Trivia
In an interview with Marc Shapiro in Fangoria magazine on the set of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), Donald Pleasence said about the film: "I rather liked Death Line (a.k.a. Raw Meat). The idea of my playing an eccentric detective who can't solve the mystery of all these bodies in the English subway was a different turn for me, as was a film I made in Italy called Nothing Underneath. I played another detective chasing down a killer who was murdering models. I don't know if it ever reached the U.S. but it's a bit of a cult film in Italy."

Connections
Featured in Videomannen (2018)

Soundtracks
One Night in Bangkok
Written by Benny Andersson (as Andersson), Tim Rice (as Rice) and Björn Ulvaeus (as Ulvaeus)
Sung by Murray Head
Courtesy of Jubal, Milan