28° minuto is the story of the Monster of Florence, which has also been the plot of The Killer Is Still Among Us and Il mostro di Firenze. It's directed and written by Paolo Frajoli and Gianni Siragusa.
As the city of Florence deals with the serial killer, Fabrizio (Christian Borromeo) and Patrizia (Antonella Sperati) have just been engaged and are ignoring the danger. There's also a police officer, Mauro Poggi (Marzio Honorato), who is in charge of catching the killer. He's also dealing with a love story, yet his is much longer and sadder with Paolo (Corinne Cléry), who is still in love with him despite being married. He works with a criminologist (Paul Muller, Nightmare Castle) and they discover that the Monster once watched him mother cheat on his father, which made him want to kill any couples that he finds steaming up the windows of cars on lover's lanes.
This was originally shot back in 1986, as Siragusa started the film and was blocked by the legal actions of the relatives of the serial killer's victims. For some reason, five years later, this was no longer a problem. Frajoli finished the film and if numerous web sites are to be believed, he used scenes from Bakterion - the couple watches it when they go to the theater, which has posters for Phenomena, Inferno and Body Count - and some moments from The Killer Is Still Among Us along with his footage.
Also released as Tramonti fiorentini (Florentine Sunsets) and Quel violento desiderio (That Violent Desire), this even has the killer dress in a motorcycle outfit, as if somehow it wants to remind us that it's trying to be as shocking as Strip Nude for Your Killer. Sadly, by 1991, it seemed as if so many gialli - even those based on actual killings - were sadly bloodless.
As the city of Florence deals with the serial killer, Fabrizio (Christian Borromeo) and Patrizia (Antonella Sperati) have just been engaged and are ignoring the danger. There's also a police officer, Mauro Poggi (Marzio Honorato), who is in charge of catching the killer. He's also dealing with a love story, yet his is much longer and sadder with Paolo (Corinne Cléry), who is still in love with him despite being married. He works with a criminologist (Paul Muller, Nightmare Castle) and they discover that the Monster once watched him mother cheat on his father, which made him want to kill any couples that he finds steaming up the windows of cars on lover's lanes.
This was originally shot back in 1986, as Siragusa started the film and was blocked by the legal actions of the relatives of the serial killer's victims. For some reason, five years later, this was no longer a problem. Frajoli finished the film and if numerous web sites are to be believed, he used scenes from Bakterion - the couple watches it when they go to the theater, which has posters for Phenomena, Inferno and Body Count - and some moments from The Killer Is Still Among Us along with his footage.
Also released as Tramonti fiorentini (Florentine Sunsets) and Quel violento desiderio (That Violent Desire), this even has the killer dress in a motorcycle outfit, as if somehow it wants to remind us that it's trying to be as shocking as Strip Nude for Your Killer. Sadly, by 1991, it seemed as if so many gialli - even those based on actual killings - were sadly bloodless.
