In 1968, in the countryside around Florence, a man and a woman were murdered in their car by a mysterious killer whom the press would dub “the Monster of Florence”. That homicide would lead to a seemingly endless trail of blood: between 1968 and 1985, at least sixteen people, mostly young couples seeking privacy in the woods, would be killed in ways that were more and more brutal, and from 1974, even mutilations. The book tells the story and the that of the screen version of the case, with interviews and detailed analysis.

Massimo Moscati, an author, journalist, editorial director, and teacher at the Civica scuola di cinema Luchino Visconti, has written numerous books about cinema, including: La fantacoscienza – Il cinema di fantascienza dopo il 1968 (WoW), Western all’italiana (Pan), Dizionario delle videocassette (Rizzoli Bur), Guida al cinema dell’orrore (Il Formichiere), I predatori del sogno (Dedalo), James Bond – Missione successo (Dedalo), Manuale di sceneggiatura (Mondadori), Ammazza che fusto, con Alberto Sordi (Rizzoli), Il Grande Dizionario dei Film (Hobby & Work), Filmania – Enciclopedia multimediale del cinema (Expert System), Breve storia del cinema (Bompiani), Introduzione al cinema (Lattes), Benignaccio, con te la vita è bella (Rizzoli-Bur), Scrivere un romanzo (Bibliotheka), Scrivere una sceneggiatura (Bibliotheka), Totò ’50 (Bibliotheka), John Steinbeck al cinema (BookTime), Alain Delon. L’ultimo divo (Bibliotheka), and Chaneys. La storia straordinaria di due attori di Hollywood (WeirdBook). He has been a script-analyst for Reteitalia, the creator of the series Nero Italiano (Mondadori Originals), and editor of the series Cinema del 900 (Bibliotheka). Moscati made his debut as a novelist in 2021 with 1958 – C’era una volta in Almeria (Golem).