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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Someone is sexually assaulting and (usually) killing the students of a girls' school. There are entirely too many suspects to make the job of the Scotland Yard detective (Frank Finlay) an easy one. The girls' persistent use of the shortcut through the woods in which the crimes occur has only compounded the problem. Although one of the victims has survived the attack, shock has erased her memory of the event, and the detective's investigations are perforce guided by the vague impressions of the school's art mistress (Suzy Kendall), who witnessed something. ...Assault ( In the Devil's Garden ) ( Satan's Playthings )
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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A tasty, salacious and stylish little whodunnit produced by Peter Rogers, the man behind the Carry On films.
Along with 'Eyewitness', this is the closest thing I've seen to an English giallo, and the plot revolves around schoolgirls being assaulted and murdered in the woods outside their school. The giallo feel is increased by plenty of stylish camera work, sleazy characters, and giallo queen Suzy Kendall as the main female lead. Well worth a watch if you like gialli, and other odd sleazy films from the early seventies, which I do!
Along with 'Eyewitness', this is the closest thing I've seen to an English giallo, and the plot revolves around schoolgirls being assaulted and murdered in the woods outside their school. The giallo feel is increased by plenty of stylish camera work, sleazy characters, and giallo queen Suzy Kendall as the main female lead. Well worth a watch if you like gialli, and other odd sleazy films from the early seventies, which I do!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Some (well one actually) of the reviews are hysterical and seem to rate this film much higher than it deserves. OK it's not overly salacious, and the subject matter and rape scenes are, for the time , fairly tame I suppose, but the way it's directed is poor in places - by making the camera the rapist it has given him magical powers to float around, behind, in front of, his victim instead of just chasing them. Small point but it annoyed me. Freddie Jones is just bloody awful (and I am normally a fan)- his character is so ridiculously OTT you just laugh with disbelief. Everyone else are/is? a bit boring. However... and it's important- the film is saved, for me, by having a) an excellent print (tho sound a bit muffled in it's dubbing) and b) the glorious wonderful Suzy Kendall! Only Susan George could match her in a mini skirt, and she can act! And Lesley Anne Down shows a hell of a lot of promise. Between them they make the film watchable and worthy of 3 stars, but it ain't a classic.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Yes, indeed ! "Assault" may be qualified as a British giallo. Of course, it's not so bloody like Italian movies, but there are some good scenes. It's worth watching as a real curiosity. The print is rather good and Suzy Kendall is wonderful to look at ! I recommand this film.
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Published 8 months ago by Jimmie Fields Sr.
ASSAULT 1971 AN ALL TIME UK CLASSIC GIALLO
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