Blu-ray Review – Trauma

"Trauma" has been classified by the experts as a giallo, but it's a stretch to keep it in the subgenre. Sure, there's something of a mystery going on during the feature, and hellraising is committed by a black-gloved killer wielding a straight razor. Elements are there, but the screenplay is more influenced by Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," going the slasher route with its tale of a remote inn and the strange person who runs it. Perhaps this distance from strict giallo-ing is good for director Leon Klimovsky, who gets far enough with strange interactions and sexploitation interests here. "Trauma" isn't a nail-biter, but it holds together as an odd knock-off. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com