FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Pluskylang Great Film overall

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Uriah43 This film begins with a professor of archaeology by the name of "Jason Porter" (Alex Cord) discovering an underground chamber which turns out to be an ancient Etruscan tomb of sorts. Naturally, this delights him and his team but one local person named "Nikos Samarakis" (John Marley) is not at all pleased with the fact that Jason plans to stay in the area for an extended time to continue his research as his current wife "Myra Shelton" (Samantha Egger) used to be married to Jason and still seems to harbor feelings for him. Things become even more complicated when two lovers are killed in the tomb and their bodies are aligned to make it appear to be sacrifices to the evil Etruscan demon upon which the tomb was initially built. In any case, in my opinion this picture turned out to be more of a mystery film than a horror movie and in that regard it definitely kept my attention for the most part. I must say, however, that the plot was sometimes difficult to follow with several unappealing characters not really helping matters. Even so this wasn't a bad movie overall and I have rated it accordingly. Average.

Leofwine_draca An effectively murky and labyrinthine giallo yarn in which those crazy Italians get up to all sorts of tricks. First and foremost is the leading character of Jason Porter, a fairly unlikable anti-hero with a shady background, who gets blamed by the police for the murders and must discover the identity of the killer to prove his own innocence - if you think this set-up is familiar, you may have seen Jon Finch starring in Hitchcock's FRENZY or witnessed one of the many other "wronged man" thrillers made over the years. Director Armando Crispino's direction is efficient and sometimes stylish, and THE ETRUSCAN KILLS AGAIN offers up all the red herrings, twists, turns, suspects, and brutal moments that you could wish for in a giallo yarn.However, this is not all this film offers. In an almost slapdash series of plot elements, we are given a screeching car chase (in which you can almost smell the burning rubber) to rival those of the Italian polizia movies; supernatural elements at the beginning of the film, which with the use of heavy, guttural breathing, and a shady presence hint at a zombie returning from the grave to wreak vengeance; a fantastic and surprising car crash stunt; gory scenes of people being beaten to bloody pulps; and finally, the ferocious fight which marks the film's close and is one of the best hero-vs-villain battles I've seen in an Italian flick - short, violent and extremely realistic. All of the above takes place whilst Verdi's Requiem plays intermittently over the soundtrack, deafeningly loud and stylish to boot.In the end, THE ETRUSCAN KILLS AGAIN works due to some larger-than-life characters and a stronger cast than usual. Alex Cord's archaeologist may not be the most likable of screen leads but he gives his character a commanding presence which makes you unable to take your eyes off him. Samantha Eggar (THE BROOD) is still sufficiently attractive in her youth to provide a worthwhile woman-in-peril, whilst Horst Frank and Carlo De Mejo flesh out the minor characters of the story. However, the familiar-looking John Marley steals all of their thunder as a sadistic orchestra conductor (!) who frequently flies off the handle to good effect. Although it's sometimes muddled and too murky for its own good, THE ETRUSCAN KILLS AGAIN is a watchable giallo movie, and if it's no classic then at least it whiles away a quiet evening with its heady combination of essential plot ingredients.

Witchfinder General 666 Amando Crispino's L'ETRUSCO UCCIDE ANCORA aka. THE ETRUSCAN KILLS AGAIN is an interesting and somewhat unusual Giallo from the greatest Giallo-year 1972. 1972 was the year of several of the greatest genre masterpieces including Sergio Martino's YOUR VICE IS A LOCKED ROOM AND ONLY I HAVE THE KEY, Fulci's DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING, Massimo Dallamano's WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO SOLANGE and Emilio Miraglia's THE RED QUEEN KILLS SEVEN TIMES. While L'ETRUSCO UCCIDE ANCORA is not as essential as these aforementioned titles it is highly interesting and creepy as the sight of this Giallo's mandatory murder series is an ancient Etruscan burial ground, which gives this particular Giallo a supernatural atmosphere.The American archaeologist Jason Porter (Alex Cord) is head of a team that has discovered an ancient Etruscan burial ground including fascinating and mysterious pieces of mural art. Shortly after the discovery, a young couple is murdered in the same manner as depicted in the Etruscan tomb, which had not been opened for 2,500 years. It seems as if someone is trying to point out Jason, a womanizer with a drinking problem, as the murderer. Is the culprit one of the eccentric people in Jason's surrounding, or has an Etruscan fiend risen from tomb to perform his bloody deeds? As in most good Gialli, almost every character in the movie is a suspect.L'ETRUSCO UCCIDE ANCORA is elegantly filmed in nice Northern Italian locations and accompanied by a very good and intense score from the great Riz Ortolani. The murders are quite bloody and well-made, most of them being Giallo-typically filmed from the murderer's perspective. The female cast members are all lovely to look at, especially Samantha Eggar and Christina Von Blanc, who is known for her mostly exhibitionist roles in some of the Spanish Exploitation-icon Jess Franco's movies. Besides Alex Cord, the cast includes several other well-known actors including John Marley (THE GODFATHER) as a sadistic elderly orchestra conductor and the always-sinister Horst Frank who plays a flamboyantly homosexual designer here.Overall, L'ETRUSCO UCCIDE ANCORA may not be an outstanding Giallo-masterpiece, but it is definitely an elegant and creepy specimen of the genre that should not be missed by my fellow Giallo- and Eurohorror fans. My rating: 7.5/10

tigerw-860-395483 let's start to say that this movie is not available in Italy (neither DVD or even VHS). It's incredible if you think that this is an Italian movie and in Italy you can find all the sort of American z movies! (even the Americans realize z movies).By the way this is a nice giallo, well directed and well acted, I like very much Alex Cord (he looks like the young Chuck Norris, but Cord seems much more athletic and stunning then Chuck). I think this one has a lot in common with Friday the 13th (the plot, some murders, motivation of the killer...) but it came out almost 10 years before Jason.If you like slashers and gialli , you will like this one