A rash of murders have been occurring with seemingly no connection other than the victims were all women and a half moon talisman was left behind at the scene. These killings catch up to fashion designer Mario (Antonio Sabato, Hate for Hate, Bronx Warriors, War of the Robots) and his newlywed bride, Julia, after she is attacked on their honeymoon. The murderer was interrupted and Julia survives, but the police decide to let the killer believe Julia was killed. While the police hone their attention on a single unlikely suspect, Mario and Julia begin investigating on their own to see if she has some connection to the other women. What they uncover is a lingering thread between seven women registered at a hotel five years prior and a mysterious American who had a keychain with the same talisman.

Gerne director Umberto Lenzi (Man from Deep River, The Cynic the Rat & the Fist, City of the Walking Dead, Make Them Die Slowly) helmed this stylish and effective giallo. It features the typical conventions of the genre, a black gloved killer, P.O.V. stalking shots, exotic beauties as the victims who are offed in various ways, and a civilian with personal motives at the heart of the investigation after the killer. Lenzi has some clever direction, including some great little touches of misdirection to keep viewers on their toes. It is no Black Cat or Don't Torture a Duckling. It never really veers from the giallo formula, but the murders are inventive, the story moves well, and the protagonists are good, so it is an entertaining enough addition in the genre.