Stop me if you've heard this one before: a group of people gather at an isolated location where someone begins to murder them one by one. Who is doing the killing, why are they doing it, and can they be stopped while anyone is left alive? Sound familiar? The same set-up has been used by everyone from Agatha Christie to Sean S. Cunningham. In 5 Dolls for an August Moon, 3 couples and a younger girl gather at George Stark's (Teodoro Corra) island getaway, supposedly for a holiday but really so that Stark, Nick (Maurice Poli, Rabid Dogs), and Jack (Howard Ross) can convince Gerry (William Berger, Hercules) to sell them his latest chemical formula. To that end each brings along a $1 million check from their Swiss bank accounts. When Stark's houseboy Charles (Mauro Bosco) shows up murdered on the beach, the weekend adds terror to the planned mix of business and pleasure....![]()
