Gianfranco Clerici’s Typical Vibe
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Gianfranco Clerici has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1980s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Don't Torture a Duckling.
Recurring themes

A reporter and a promiscuous young woman try to solve a series of child killings in a remote southern Italian town rife with superstition and a distrust of outsiders.
Dir. Lucio Fulci · With Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian

A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.
Dir. Lucio Fulci · With Jack Hedley, Almanta Suska, Howard Ross
A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.
Dir. Ruggero Deodato · With Robert Kerman, Francesca Ciardi, Perry Pirkanen
Two missionaries come into conflict with the authorities when they turn their missionary into a parrot farm. The Bishop of Maracaibo calls them his 'black sheep' and the Monsignore has been called to check on their behavior. Like usual, our heroes help the poor to defend themselves and provoke some funny fist fights in the process.
Dir. Franco Rossi · With Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Jean-Pierre Aumont
A posh couple experience car trouble on their way to a villa party and stop into a local mechanic's shop for assistance, unaware of his shady background. After he and his mentally challenged assistant fix the car, the couple invite them to the party to return the favor, leading to an evening of mayhem.
Dir. Ruggero Deodato · With David Hess, Annie Belle, Giovanni Lombardo Radice
An oil prospector escapes from capture by a primitive cannibal tribe in the Philippine rain forest and heads out to locate his missing companion and their plane to return home.
Dir. Ruggero Deodato · With Massimo Foschi, Me Me Lai, Ivan Rassimov
An Italian nobleman seeks help after his paralyzed daughter becomes possessed by the spirit of a malevolent ancestress.
Dir. Alberto De Martino · With Carla Gravina, Mel Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy
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