Every review I've read has said the same exact things about how the film is very different and disappointing for the director especially regarding the amazing cast so I'm not going to go into that; but I do want to say that the soundtrack reminded me of Klaus Schulze's for Angst (1983) which is possibly my favourite movie soundtrack of all time so it definitely has that going for it.
Other than that, this film started off as a six for me and it continued and ended in exactly the same way. No highs and no lows. Just a solid, standard American style 80's slasher, despite having been made in Italy. Don't think this will have anything about it that's reminiscent of giallo other than the base themes that the general slasher took from the genre because it does not resemble gialli at all.
I own a VHS rip and it still looks pretty awesome to me so that says something. Dated, but awesome.
As others have noted, the location is A plus and Mimsy Farmer is absolutely stunning.
Review of Body Count
