LOOK... and you cannot look away for everywhere you turn it's there... watching... waiting to strike!
The Premise
The Girl Who Knew Too Much (Italian: La ragazza che sapeva troppo) is a 1963 Italian giallo film directed by Mario Bava, starring John Saxon as Dr. Marcello Bassi and Letícia Román as Nora Davis. The plot revolves around a young American woman named Nora, who travels to Rome and witnesses a murder. The police and Dr. Bassi do not believe her, since a corpse has not been found. Several more killings follow, tied to a decade-long string of murder victims chosen in alphabetical order. The Girl Who Knew Too Much is considered to be the first giallo film, a film genre with a mixture of thriller, sexploitation and horror conventions. An alternative cut titled The Evil Eye was released in the United States and the United Kingdom by American International Pictures; this version features a score by Les Baxter, deletes several scenes, and adds others which place a greater emphasis on comedy compared to the Italian release.
Why It Terrifies Us
Categorized under Giallo, The Girl Who Knew Too Much taps into fundamental fears. The 6.8/100 Scare Score is well-earned. The themes of rome, italy, italy, investigation continually haunt viewers long after the credits roll.
Into The Vault
Ready to dig deeper? The ScreamDesk Vault connects you to the architecture of fear.
- If you survived The Girl Who Knew Too Much, you should read about A Lizard in a Woman's Skin.
- If you survived The Girl Who Knew Too Much, you should read about Four Flies on Grey Velvet.
- If you survived The Girl Who Knew Too Much, you should read about The Devil's Kiss.