4 Flies on Grey Velvet / Bird With the Crystal Plumage / Red Rings of Fear

4 FLIES ON GREY VELVET, 1971, Paramount, 104 min. Michael Brandon is a rock drummer who thinks he accidentally killed the strange man who was following him. Mimsy Farmer is his high-strung wife, and Bud Spencer is "God," Brandon’s pal who lives in a shack by the river. Soon a maniac blackmails Brandon with photos of the "killing."

BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE, 1970, 96 min. Dir. Dario Argento. Visiting American writer Tony Musante witnesses an attempted murder when he becomes trapped in an art gallery. He fails to glimpse the assailant’s face, but the black-clad killer starts dogging his trail when not busy dispatching beautiful women. Suzy Kendall is Musante’s girl.

RED RINGS OF FEAR, 1978, 85 min. Dir. Alberto Negrin. More sexually precocious schoolgirls bite the dust. Fabio Testi is the police inspector on the murderer’s trail, and Christine Kaufmann is his girlfriend.