The Rape Killer (1974) • Discape

He forced his victims to submit to abnormal sexual behavior!

This Greek entry feels very much like one of the “sexy gialli” of the late 1960s and early 1970s. … The emphasis is much more on sleaze than on violence. There’s plenty of nudity and a generally leering attitude toward depicting sexualized violence. … The violence is pretty muted and there really aren’t a lot of murder set pieces on display. Of course, many early gialli also skimped on the violence in favor of the sleaze, and there’s nothing inherently wrong with that—but they tended to offer some eye-catching visuals and a pleasing decadent vibe, as well. All of this is lacking in Death Kiss, which feels like a completely run-of-the-mill made-for-TV thriller, which has been spiced up with a little nudity.

Troy Howarth, So Deadly, So Perverse: Giallo-Style Films from Around the World, Volume Three (Midnight Marquee Press, 2019)

Extras	Mondo Macabro DVD-0/US 2015
Sunshine and Shadows: A (Very) Quick Look at Greek Cinema - With Akis Kapranos (24:34)	has extra
Alternate English Opening Title Sequence as “Death Kiss” (1:08)	has extra
“A Crime in Cavouri” (6 Screens)	has extra
About the Film (11 Screens)	has extra
Biography: Actor Lakis Komninos (3 Screens)	has extra
Biography: Actor Vagelis Seilinos (2 Screens)	has extra
Biography: Composer Yannis Spanos (4 Screens)	has extra
Biography: Director Kostas Karagiannis (5 Screens)	has extra
Theatrical Trailer as “The Rape Killer” (2:49)	has extra
Video Trailer as “Death Kiss” (1:29)	has extra
Easter Egg: Scene from Betrayed Love (1962, 1:41)	has extra

DVD comparison available on

Presentation	Mondo Macabro DVD 2015 Video File 1 Codec: MPEG-2 Resolution: 480p Overall bit rate: 6.49 Mbps Aspect ratio: 1.33:1 Length:1:26:50.271 File size: 4.17 GiB Audio File 1 Language: English Dolby Digital 1.0 Sampling rate: 48 kHz Bit rate: 192 kbps Bit depth: 16-bit File 2 Language: Greek Dolby Digital 1.0 Sampling rate: 48 kHz Bit rate: 192 kbps Bit depth: 16-bit Subtitles English
Extras	Sunshine and Shadows: A (Very) Quick Look at Greek Cinema - With Akis Kapranos (24:34, 480p) Mondo Macabro DVD
	Alternate English Opening Title Sequence as “Death Kiss” (1:08, 480i) Mondo Macabro DVD
	“A Crime in Cavouri” (6 Screens) Mondo Macabro DVD
	About the Film (11 Screens) Mondo Macabro DVD
	Biography: Actor Lakis Komninos (3 Screens) Mondo Macabro DVD
	Biography: Actor Vagelis Seilinos (2 Screens) Mondo Macabro DVD
	Biography: Composer Yannis Spanos (4 Screens) Mondo Macabro DVD
	Biography: Director Kostas Karagiannis (5 Screens) Mondo Macabro DVD
	Theatrical Trailer as “The Rape Killer” (2:49, 480p) Mondo Macabro DVD
	Video Trailer as “Death Kiss” (1:29, 480p) Mondo Macabro DVD
	Easter Egg: Scene from Betrayed Love (1962, 1:41, 480p) Mondo Macabro DVD

“Sunshine and Shadows”, “About the Film” and relevant biographies are also available on Mondo Macabro’s DVD of Tango of Perversion (1973).
A TV spot is available on Garagehouse’s Blu-ray of Trailer Trauma Part 4: Television Trauma (2017).