

Four Flies on Grey Velvet
When the flies start to crawl, so will your flesh...
Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He runs away, but he understands his troubles have just begun when the following day he receives an envelope with photos of him killing the man. Someone is killing all his friends and trying to frame him for the murders.
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- Released
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- Language
- Italian
- photographer
- blackmail
- claustrophobia
- decapitation
- male homosexuality
- serial killer
- whodunit
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPGNew York City, New York4 Aug 1972
- TheatricalPG25 Aug 1972
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-164K restoration4 Aug 2023
FranceFR
- Theatrical21 Jun 1973
- PhysicalDVD & Blu-Ray5 Dec 2012
- Physical124K UHD2 May 2023
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1619 May 1972
ItalyIT
- TheatricalRome17 Dec 1971
- TheatricalNovara21 Dec 1971
- TheatricalMilan23 Dec 1971
JapanJP
- Theatrical21 Apr 1973
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet was released on 17 December 1971.
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CinemaSerf
8/10/2023
This could have worked better for me had Dario Argento not cast the pretty hapless Michael Brandon in the lead. He is "Roberto", a drummer in a mediocre rock band who gets it into his head that he is being followed! One night, he lies in wait for and apprehends this man in a derelict opera house - but in the ensuing struggle he manages to stab his phantom and kill him. If that wasn't bad enough, the next day he recei…
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