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The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)
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The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)
Original name: La coda dello scorpione
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The Case of the Scorpion's Tail begins with the mysterious death of a millionaire and spirals into the murder of his suddenly rich wife, which draws the attention of a dogged investigator, who follows a trail of blood to the bitter end.
Style: slasher, suspense, erotic, detective, grindhouse, poliziottesco, cult classic, suspense thriller, twisted, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, manipulation, macabre, killer, obsession, whodunit, millionaire, hotel, blackmail, paranoia, killing, sexy girls, stalking, danger, mind game, sex, island, police, violence, betrayal, deception, boat, photograph, telephone call ...
Time: 70s
Place: greece, europe, london, england, tokyo, athens greece, okinawa japan ...
Keyword: italian horror, american, french

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Most similar movies to The Case of the Scorpion's Tail

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, slasher, suspenseful and serious films with plots about serial killer, murder, psychopath, blood, killer, violence and female nudity mostly in Thriller, Horror and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Case of the Scorpion's Tail: Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975), Blood and Black Lace (1964), All the Colors of the Dark (1972), Blade of the Ripper (1971), Shadow (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Bodies Presented Traces of Carnal Violence (1973)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A series of sex murders shock a college campus, and four beautiful young girlfriends head for the safety of an isolated country villa. But as they succumb to their own erotic desires, their weekend of pleasure becomes a vacation to dismember at the ...
Style: slasher, suspense, grindhouse, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, mental illness, murder, strangulation, psychopath, home invasion, investigation, countryside, swamp, serial murder, interracial lesbian sex, voyeur ...
Time: 20th century, year 2016, 70s, year 1972
Place: italy, rome italy, southern italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Oliviero is a burned-out writer, living at his estate near Venice, his dead mother dominating his imagination. He is also a degenerate: sleeps with his maid and his ex-student, hosts Bacchanalia for local hippies, and humiliates his wife Irina in ...
Style: slasher, scary, surprise ending, suspense, grindhouse ...
Plot: voyeurism, serial killer, lesbianism, extramarital affair, adultery, bare breasts, edgar allan poe, writers, whodunit, murder, sexy girls, psychopath ...
Time: year 2016, 70s
Place: venice, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When a fashion model dies during an abortion, a series of murders begins, starting with her doctor. The next victims are connected to the modeling agency where she worked, Albatross, run by a hard edged and jealous bi-sexual, Gisella, married to a ...
Style: slasher, erotic, suspense, disturbing, sensual ...
Plot: lust, serial killer, lesbian sex, sexual fantasy, erotica, fashion model, female serial killer, voyeur, licking, model, voyeurism, murderer ...
Time: 70s
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Inspector Sylvester is assigned to investigate the violent murder of a fashion house model Isabella, by a masked assailant. As the investigation proceeds all of the house’s various sins, including corruption, abortions, blackmail and drug ...
Style: slasher, scary, atmospheric, grindhouse, psychosexual thriller ...
Plot: serial killer, killer, model, fashion, whodunit, masked killer, fashion model, strangulation, macabre, murderer, female nudity, erotica ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: italy, europe, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
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All the Colors of the Dark (1972)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Jane lives in London with her boyfriend Richard. Her mother was murdered when she was young, she recently lost a baby in a car crash and she's plagued by nightmares of a knife-wielding man. Richard thinks that the cure is vitamins, while ...
Style: gothic, sadistic, scary, disturbing, slasher ...
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Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place: europe, england, united kingdom, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Blade of the Ripper (1971)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Newly married to an older man, Julie returns to Vienna, where a razor wielding slasher is killing women. Jean, her cruel and sadistic former lover, immediately contacts her, certain that only he can satisfy her strange vice. But she rejects him. She ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, erotic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, mystery killer, obsession, murder, love triangle, danger, woman in danger, lovers, power relations, couples, love and romance, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century, year 2016, 70s, year 1971
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Shadow (1982)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An American writer in Rome is stalked by a serial killer bent on harassing him while killing all people associated with his work on his latest book.
Style: slasher, scary, psychological, dark, grindhouse ...
Plot: serial killer, gory, lesbian, dog attack, female nudity, obsession, investigation, blood, writers, plot twist, murderer, misogynist ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: rome italy, europe, italy, new york, rhode island ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Beautiful young model Jennifer Lansbury and her goofy friend Marilyn Ricci move into a swanky high-rise apartment after the previous tenant gets brutally murdered. Pretty soon Jennifer is being stalked by the mysterious killer. Probable suspects ...
Style: slasher, rough, serious, realistic, scary ...
Plot: elevator, serial killer, sexual perversion, architect, lesbianism, female nudity, voyeurism, stalking, murder, investigation, twists and turns, father daughter relationship ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)
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Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Inspector Tellini investigates serial crimes where victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open with a sharp knife.
Style: grindhouse, slasher, psychotronic, erotic, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, tarantula, female nudity, lesbianism, dysfunctional marriage, whodunit, obsession, maniac, killer, murderer, escape, lust ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
Place: europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Opera (1987)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A young opperata is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.
Style: slasher, disturbing, suspense, scary, bloody ...
Plot: serial killer, psycho killer, female nudity, voyeur, obsession, nudity, bare breasts, nude, nude girl, sadistic psychopath, cruelty, masked villain ...
Time: 80s, year 1986
Place: europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In Italy, the American writer Sam Dalmas witnesses an attempt of murder of the owner of an art gallery, a couple of days before his foreseen return to the United States of America. He decides to stay with his girlfriend Julia and help the police in ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, slasher, grindhouse, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, voyeurism, female psychopath, maniac, attempted murder, murder, psychopath, murder mystery, police detective, female killer, danger ...
Time: 70s, year 1970, 60s, 20th century
Place: rome italy, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Fifth Cord (1971)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Luigi Bazzoni (Le Orme) directed this outstanding giallo thriller starring Franco Nero as a hard-drinking newspaperman who gets involved in a string of brutal murders.
Style: slasher, grindhouse, suspense, erotic, scary ...
Plot: reporter, nymphomania, investigation, new year, murder, drug addiction, lgbt, macabre, organized crime, killer, virus, sexual obsession ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: italy, europe, new york, australia, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A reporter and a blind retired journalist try to solve a series of murders. The crimes are connected to experiments by a pharmaceutical company in secret research. The two end up becoming targets of the killer.
Style: slasher, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Plot: serial killer, blind man, murder, macabre, investigation, chase, gory, obsession, voyeurism, stalking, twists and turns, mind game ...
Time: 20th century, year 1971, 70s
Place: italy, europe, turin italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Killer Must Strike Again (1975)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The Killer Must Kill Again (Italian: L'assassino è costretto ad uccidere ancora) is a 1975 giallo film directed by Luigi Cozzi. Allmovie called the film "too erratic for the general horror audience" but "offers just enough ...
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Plot: serial killer, killer, psychopath, maniac, unfaithfulness, bad guy, villain, murderer, adultery, infidelity, murder, dead wife ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
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What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Police investigate apparent suicide of teen girl and uncover details of a teenage prostitution racket. They go on the hunt for a motorcycle riding killer.
Style: suspense, slasher, poliziottesco, sadistic, suspenseful ...
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Time: 70s
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Pieces (1982)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A frustrated Boston detective searches for the maniac responsible for mutilating a number of university coeds.
Style: slasher, suspense, scary, disturbing, grindhouse ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, gory, chainsaw, college, psychopath, danger, exploitation, stalking, sexual repression, male nudity, investigation ...
Time: 80s, 1940s, year 1982, year 1942
Place: boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Deep Red (1975)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A musician witnesses the murder of a famous psychic, and then teams up with a fiesty reporter to find the killer while evading attempts on their lives by the unseen killer bent on keeping a dark secret buried.
Style: psychological, gothic, disturbing, slasher, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, gory, murder mystery, psychopath, visceral, supernatural, danger, female psychopath, mental illness, intrigue, manic, haunted by the past ...
Time: 70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: italy, europe, rome italy, australia, lebanon ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.5
 13K
A Bay of Blood (1971)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story: An elderly heiress is killed by her husband who wants control of her fortunes. What ensues is an all-out murder spree as relatives and friends attempt to reduce the inheritance playing field, complicated by some teenagers who decide to camp out in a ...
Style: slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, gory, inheritance, squid, violence, obsession, fear, psychopath, blood, strangulation, insanity ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Death Walks on High Heels (1971)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, UK, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Exotic dancer Nicole finds herself terrorized by a black-clad assailant determined on procuring her murdered father's stolen gems. Fleeing Paris in hopes of evading her knife-wielding pursuer, Nicole arrives in England only to discover that ...
Style: slasher, suspense, surprise ending, cult classic, erotic ...
Plot: female spy, whodunit, serial killer, erotica, stripper, killer, jewel thief, exploitation, plot twist, death, revenge, murder ...
Place: paris france, london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
A Blade in the Dark (1983)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A killer stalks a composer staying at a posh Tuscany villa while writing the score to a horror film which has an incriminating clue to the killer's identity.
Style: slasher, scary, horror musical, cult classic, metafiction ...
Plot: voyeurism, serial killer, nudity, female nudity, voyeur, stalker, obsession, gory, murder, psychopath, transvestism, blood ...
Time: 80s
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25%
Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A woman, a survivor of a failed murder attempt by a person dubbed "The Half-Moon Killer" by the police, and her husband must find the connecting thread between herself, six other women, and the killer before the killer strikes at her again.
Style: slasher, suspense, realistic, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, dead prostitute, murder of a prostitute, police, psychopath, prostitute, woman in danger, police investigation, amateur detective, law enforcement, danger ...
Time: 70s
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Who Saw Her Die? (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany, Monaco
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A young girl is brutally murdered somewhere in France. Sometime later, the same thing happens to the daughter of a well-known sculptor. This time the parents (the sculptor and his wife) start investigating, and soon find they are in way over their ...
Style: slasher, disturbing, suspenseful, rough, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, amateur detective, investigation, obsession, psychopath, murder, mind game, mysterious character, child molestation, danger, vengeance, dangerous attraction ...
Time: 70s
Place: venice, italy, france, europe, monaco
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He ...
Style: slasher, mind bending, grindhouse, creepy, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, female serial killer, closeted homosexual, murder, obsession, female psychopath, psychotic, macabre, murder mystery, gay, musician, killer ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
Place: europe, rome italy, italy, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: After several coeds are murdered at a college, a professor (Fabio Testi) who is involved with a student becomes a suspect, along with several other male and female teachers.
Style: slasher, detective, grindhouse, suspense, deep ...
Plot: serial killer, voyeurism, murder, obsession, sexual obsession, psycho killer, murder of a nude woman, infidelity, misogynist, lust, voyeur, brutality ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: italy, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Too Scared to Scream (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A killer of young women is loose in an exclusive apartment complex and a detective is out to stop him. The chief suspect is a Shakespeare-spouting doorman who lives with his invalid mother. Meanwhile, an undercover cop moves into the apartment ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, scary, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, police detective, murder, danger, brutality, psychopath, manipulation, law enforcement, female nudity, disability, dishonesty, criminal ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A reporter and a promiscuous young woman try to solve a series of child killings in a remote southern Italian town that's rife with superstition and distrust of outsiders.
Style: psychological, slasher, scary, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: murder, psychopath, serial killer, police investigation, journalism, obsession, amateur detective, small town, mind game, mysterious character, uncover truth, death ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: italy, southern italy, europe, milan italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll (1974)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An ex-convict, troubled by dreams that he strangles women, is hired as the caretaker on an estate owned by three very strange sisters. Soon after his arrival, a serial killer begins slaughtering blonde, blue-eyed women - and leaving their eyeballs ...
Style: controversial, grindhouse, suspense, scary, mind bending ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychotic, macabre, nightmare, female psychopath, sadism, ex convict, psycho killer, rapist, psychopath, danger ...
Time: 70s
Place: spain, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.8
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The Psychic (1977)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A woman with psychic powers has a vision of a murder that took place in a house owned by her husband.
Style: grindhouse, slasher, creepy, gothic, suspense thriller ...
Plot: psychic, exploitation, murder, investigation, supernatural, macabre, whodunit, murder mystery, psychic power, killer, telekinesis, plot twist ...
Time: 70s
Place: italy, europe, virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Lady in Red Kills Seven Times (1972)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany, Monaco
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The film starts out incredibly in a beautiful Gothic castle in Germany. As little girls, Kitty Wildenbrück and her sister Evelyn have been fighting when their grandfather tells them the story behind an incredibly uncanny painting: Legend has it ...
Style: slasher, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, whodunit, death, female psychopath, rage, anger, cruelty, evil, insanity, mercilessness, violence ...
Time: 70s, year 1972
Place: germany, europe, italy, west germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Bloodstained Shadow (1978)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A murder mystery set on an island near Venice. A schoolgirl was murdered seven years ago, and the case was never solved; now, the murderer seems to be back.
Style: slasher, erotic, surprise ending, suspense, cult classic ...
Plot: serial killer, folk horror, macabre, whodunit, murder, danger, nobility, voyeur, peasant, couples, psychopath, sexual relations ...
Time: 70s, 60s, victorian era
Place: italy, venice, europe, turin italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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