1994’s “Madness” (a.k.a. “Eyes Without a Face”) has a premise of some potential, tracking the growing horror around a comic strip writer and the copycat killer using inspiration from the creator to torment the woman as lives are taken around town. Screenwriter Lorenzo De Luca is challenged to create a viable mystery out of a horrific situation, generating a traditional thriller structure with a defined giallo approach. Director Bruno Mattei is tasked with creating an exciting chiller filled with red herrings and surges of brutality involving victim suffering, including the killer’s love of eye removal. Both men fail “Massacre,” which isn’t too energized to do much of anything with its idea, remaining a mostly snoozy viewing experience that struggles to build suspense, and a lack of style doesn’t help the cause. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com
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