Head Down, Feet Up is about a killer who has picked teachers as his target. An artist named Andrea (Corrado Pani) gets involved when he tries to save one of them and catches a look at the killer’s face. Like the typical giallo hero, he decides to become the investigator of the case. And seeing as how the police won’t listen to him and he’s become the primary suspect, he has even more reason to solve the crimes.

Director and writer Ugo Novello only directed this one film, but was a second unit director on La muerte incierta and a production manager on several movies. This is a rare comedy giallo — the title refers to the protagonist’s affinity for yoga — that also has a subplot where Andrea gets his girlfriend (Marina Malfatti, All the Colors of the Dark) pregnant and she has an abortion without telling him. It also has a scene has a dream where the professors are all being murdered. When he tries to warn one, the gay teacher believes that Andre wants a date.

This also has an ending where nothing is solved other than Andrea finally being able to nail one of the yoga poses that has been too difficult for him. What an odd movie.