Finally got a chance to see the uncut version of this spaghetti-western classic. One of the big differences is an ultra-bloody scalping scene that I don't recall in the English version. This has always been one of my favorites in this genre just because of the weird elements they throw into it. You get an openly homosexual gang of black-clad, stylishly-dressed villains led by a guy named Zorro who kidnap a young boy and make goo-goo eyes at him. Our hero, played by Tomas Milian(who's not actually called Django) uses solid gold bullets, so we get a scene where a guy is ripped apart after being shot up to get to the gold(this is also more graphic in the longer cut). If that's not weird enough you also get an alcoholic parrot and a bit where Milian is tortured by iguanas and vampire bats, which is a pretty odd idea. Also there's Indian characters which you don't see in a lot of spaghetti-westerns. Director Giulio Questi would go on to make the equally strange giallo DEATH LAID AN EGG.
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