The Killer Is One of 13

1973 [SPANISH]

Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

2
IMDb Rating 5.1/10 10 654 654

guest house stalker murder whodunit giallo

Director

Javier Aguirre Photo
Javier Aguirre

Top cast

Carmen Maura Photo
Carmen Maura as Laura, mujer de Guillermo
José María Prada Photo
José María Prada as Martin
Rosa de Alba Photo
Rosa de Alba as Elena
Simón Andreu Photo
Simón Andreu as Harry Stephen
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875.32 MB
1280*682
Spanish 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
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1.59 GB
1920*1024
Spanish 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by horrorlover1026 5 / 10

I don't like this movie.

Reviewed by Red-Barracuda 6 / 10

Too much talk, not enough mayhem

A recently widowed woman invites thirteen people to her secluded mansion. At dinner, she reveals that she suspects one of them murdered her husband and she intends to find out who. Before long, in grand giallo tradition, a black leather gloved assassin starts picking people off.This film is part of the sub-bracket of films known as the Spanish giallo. Unfortunately, this one also emphasises a Agatha Christie style whodunit element over giallo mayhem. The result is a movie where there is simply too much talk and not enough action. There is a seemingly endless conversation at the dinner table where the hostess points out the underhand nature of various characters. Its hard keeping up with all of this and you do sort of wonder, even when its happening, if its honestly going to be worth the bother, as its pretty obvious that most of the guests are too obviously shady to actually be the murderer in a film like this. Pleasingly, things do definitely perk up a bit latterly when the murderer pitches up and starts knocking off a few cast members, although it is a little late in the day when this happens. Because two thirds of the runtime is chat-heavy, it does mean the pacing is pretty poor overall. The cast is half decent, with regulars from Spanish genre flicks Jack Taylor and Paul Naschy appearing in small roles and giallo regular Simón Andreu once again appearing as a smarmy playboy character. So, there are some things to enjoy in this one but its really only going to appeal to fans of the genre who are looking for obscure deep cut examples of the giallo.
Reviewed by thalassafischer 6 / 10

Agatha Christie Interpretation

This Spanish giallo from the mid-1970s still harbors many of the delights of early 70s such as fantastic goldenrod curtains and elaborate, ornate dining rooms filled with antiques but every version I have seen on streaming has the worst subtitles, they move so quickly it's distracting - this may be a flaw in the writing of an international thriller to make it so terribly wordy, but come on I think we can do better than this. And I am a fast reader.Like its predecessor, The Killer is One of Thirteen is filled with so many twists and red herrings that it's impossible to even guess who the killer is, in true Christie fashion. However, the grand finale is a huge punch line in and of itself.
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