The first thing you should know right off the bat is that the organ the title refers to is that of the musical instrument variety. So, if you thought this was going to be about a giant killer schlong or something, you can forget about it.
A guy in a creepy mask controls women by doping them up with heroin then using eerie music to make them do his bidding. When people start turning up dead with giant hypodermic needles plunged into their chests, a suave detective is called in to investigate. The killer then narrows down the suspect list when he starts bumping off the people the detective has questioned.
It’s not every day you get to see an Argentinian sexploitation horror flick, and as far as these things go, The Deadly Organ is a good one. The killer’s mask looks cool, and the music is great too as it features lots of go-go and surf rock stuff. The film is very atmospheric as well as some scenes resemble film noir, others look like something out of a Universal horror movie (especially Phantom of the Opera), while whole stretches are seemingly inspired by German expressionism. There’s also a surprising amount of skin, even if most of it comes in the form of fleeting glimpses. (The sexy striptease scene is particularly steamy.)
The downside to all this is the second act definitely lacks the punch of the first. Once the detective shows up, the whole movie downshifts. There are also way too many side characters that act as red herrings. At least they eventually get killed off, which adds to the overall body count. Luckily, once the killer reappears in the last twenty minutes, the film starts cooking again. Sure, it’s not perfect, but whenever the killer is front and center and stabbing people with hypodermic needles, The Deadly Organ is perfectly in tune.
AKA: Feast of Flesh.
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