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- Still, giallo films remain incredibly popular among horror aficionados today due to their innovative approach to the murder mystery movie, weaving various other genres with intricately crafted stylistic elements.
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Oct 18, 2021 · The more recent wave of giallo-influenced movies come pre-sorted for fans, taking the aesthetically impressive parts of the genre, and leaving out the exploitative dreck.
- Deep Red
- What Have You Done to Solange?
- The Girl Who Knew Too Much/Evil Eye
- Blood and Black Lace
- Your Vice Is A Locked Room and only I Have The Key
- A Bay of Blood
- Don't Torture A Duckling
Directed and co-written by Dario Argento, Deep Red is one of the finest examples of the genre. Released at the peak of Italy's giallo popularity, the film is arguably Argento's most celebrated work and has inspired countless thriller and horror directors. Centered around the murders of the now-iconic black-gloved killer, a musician (David Hemmings)...
An Italian and German co-production released in 1972, What Have You Done to Solange? was based on Edgar Wallace's The Clue of the New Pin. Having the distinction of being the first giallo film to be shown in Rome's renowned Adriano Theater, What Have You Done to Solange? features some truly eerie and disturbing imagery with well-choreographed kill ...
Considered by many to be the first true giallo film, and with a title nod to Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1963's The Girl Who Knew Too Much (also known as Evil Eye in the west) is a keynote film for the genre directed by Mario Bava, the anointed "Master of Italian Horror." Featuring the acting talents of the late and great John Sax...
One year after The Girl Who Knew Too Much premiered, Bava would take another swing at a giallo film, even if the term didn't quite exist in the film industry the way it does today. Attempting to craft a more believable narrative, Bava and writers Marcello Fondato and Giuseppe Barilla formed the screenplay for 1964's Blood and Black Lace. The film r...
Director Sergio Martino's take on Edgar Allen Poe's The Black Cat, Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972) is lurid in visuals, music, and performance. It's over the top, but this only plays into the film's hand as an adaptation of Poe, who had a penchant for melodrama himself. The film revels in keeping watchers guessing and psyc...
Also known as Twitch of the Death Nerve, A Bay of Blood (1971) benefits both from Mario Bava's well-honed direction and special effects by Academy Award-winning FX artist Carlo Rimbaldi. Although Bava's giallo films are well-known for the violent and gory set pieces, A Bay of Blood may take the cake when it comes to murder and viscera. The violence...
Unapologetically extreme and packed with excellent music, cinematography, and gore, Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) is an all-time great giallo film from genre icon Lucio Fulci. Playing heavily on the concepts of superstition and paranoia, the film centers on a series of child murders that take place in a reclusive Italian village called Accendura....
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- Deep Red. The best giallo on this list is also a Christmas horror movie. Yes, you read that correctly. "Deep Red" begins with a murder sequence in front of a Christmas tree, while the credit sequence unfolds around children's toys.
- A Bay of Blood. Also known as "Twitch of the Death Nerve" (an absolutely incredible title), Mario Bava's 1971 film "A Bay of Blood" is not only a giallo, but feels like a direct precursor to the then-upcoming slasher genre in the United States and Canada.
- Tenebrae. We already know that Dario Argento doesn't miss, at least with his giallo films, and his 1982 effort "Tenebrae" is no exception. In fact, it's one of his best.
- Knife+Heart. Yann Gonzalez's 2018 film, "Knife+Heart" is the only contemporary choice on this list. It deserves a place among the biggest giallo hits of the 1960s and 1970s not only for its colorful aesthetic choices, but also for focusing its narrative on queer communities and sex workers.
Jan 15, 2024 · Still, giallo films remain incredibly popular among horror aficionados today due to their innovative approach to the murder mystery movie, weaving various other genres with intricately crafted stylistic elements.
Oct 5, 2021 · Named after the lurid yellow (“giallo”) covers of Italian crime fiction pulp paperbacks — many of them translations of the work of Edgar Wallace, Edgar Allan Poe and Ed McBain — the Italian...
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Mar 29, 2012 · Looking Back at Giallo: A Primer. In 1963, Italian horror director Mario Bava made his last black and white film. The Girl Who Knew Too Much heralded the arrival of a film genre that would have a prominent place in cinema until the mid-1970s and is still popular today – giallo. A sub-genre of the mystery/thriller/crime story and a cross-over ...
Jun 26, 2024 · “Giallo” translates to “yellow” in Italian, but it means far more in the context of cinema. Inspired by the pulpy crime novels with yellow covers of the late 1920s, giallo films merge the...
