
Case Of The Bloody Iris is a textbook giallo by numbers with a gloved, fedorra wearing masked killer. Starring the giallo dream team of Edwige Fenech and George Hilton this Ernesto Gastaldi penned effort is reminiscent of his Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh from the previous year with some stylistic nods to Bava, Argento and Martino.

Case of the Bloody Iris is an extremely enjoyable if generic giallo with some comic relief provided in the dialogue written for the stamp collecting Commissioner Enci (Giampiero Albertini) and Paola Quattrini as wisecracking model Marilyn.

While this giallo did not have the highest of body counts the stylised murders that are expected of the genre are present. A well executed killing in a crowded street is particularly memorable.