Nothing Underneath, Scantily Clad Models Slaughtered

Yep...scantily clad fashion models brutally slaughtered.  And yes...this is Giallo, meaning the lovelies are either nude, in the throes of pre-marital sex, or at very least preparing for a bath.  The setting is the fashion world of Milan, Italy and the culprit is a scissors wielding maniac.  A sex maniac?  Perhaps, but this one has some twisted and lurid twists.  Oh yes...Donald Pleasance plays a very competent police inspector hot on the trail of Michael Myers...I mean the scissors wielding killer.  Today we look at 1985's "Nothing Underneath," directed by Carlo Vanzina.

Sultry American fashion model, Jessica (Nicola Perring) is murdered by the aforementioned scissors-wielding maniac in bed.  How do we know.  Her park ranger twin brother, Bob (Tom Schanley) has a psychic experience and sees the killing through the eyes of the killer.  He flies to Milan and starts snooping around and gets Inspector Danesi (Pleasance) interested in the case.  Jessica is missing, but no body is to be found.  Then, one by one, her sultry model colleagues get brutally murdered by the scissors wielding killer.  One of the victims is Carrie (Catherine Noyes), who seemed to have some information for Bob.  Now all of Jessica's still living model colleagues are terrified.

Barbara (Renee Simonsen) is one of the still surviving buddies and she comes on to Bob.  We get some great shots of her in states of undress or some alluring aerobic gear.  Now Bob and Danesi find clues...and the murderer continues with his scissors.  Uh oh...the dead models and Jessica do have a connection and it is a horrific and lurid one.  But wait!  Is Jessica still alive?  A plot twist suggests this and Bob's investigative strategy changes.  As Barbara seems very interested in pre-marital sex with Bob, Bob's attention and interest is elsewhere.  Now the killer revs up again...but for who?

Is Jessica still alive?  What connection did Jessica have with the other murdered models?  Will Park Ranger Bob become the god of all the other Park Rangers at Yellowstone by engaging in pre-marital sex with a Milan fashion model?  This is a lurid and twisted tale and some classic Giallo.  The ending is horrific and memorable.  Experienced Giallo fans may see the twists coming but the very last scene is so poetic and nightmare inducing.  See "Nothing Underneath" for some erotic and bloody Giallo.