Giallo Cinema, 1963-present
by Leofwine_draca | Public
Bava's hugely influential early giallo has style in spades.
A classic character study of madness with an against-type Franco Nero.
An exemplary '60s giallo featuring one of my favourite John Mills performances.
Dario Argento hits the giallo scene with this promising prototype.
A sluggish Mario Bava outing with more style than substance.
Extremely slow giallo/crime hybrid that takes low key to the next level.
Erotically-charged giallo is twisty-turny throughout.
Hilariously oddball with a British setting and some truly wacky characterisations.
Nero as a boozy reporter on the trail of a murder; plenty of atmosphere in this one.
Lenzi takes a trip to a country villa for some sleazy and disturbing antics.
An experimental giallo from Sergio Martino, improved upon in YOUR VICE... and ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK the following year. Eroticism and straight-razor murders are the order of the day here.
As textbook an example of the genre as it gets, this one sees a killer paralysing his victims before striking.
Argento's first great giallo, although eclipsed by his later work. A convoluted yet compelling plot keeps on giving.
Argento again in a more familiar and traditional form, although not without merit.
A film focusing on one of the grisliest of all murder methods - decapitation!
Visual director Riccardo Freda delivers a tale of a particularly sadistic murderer with a penchant for acid attacks.
Although slightly-plotted, Mario Bava's island-set storyline proved a template for the later American slasher genre.
More crime than giallo, this slow-moving remake of Hitch's STRANGERS ON A TRAIN is a real patience-tester.
A middling Spanish effort enlivened by a typically engaging Paul Naschy performance.
One of Italy's most strikingly stylish directors handles an unsurprisingly superior effort.
Fulci tackles hypocrisy and religious suppression in a film best remembered for its vivid climax.
Sick, slick and stylish, with no less than George Lazenby as lead.
Oodles of sleaze in this typical Edwige Fenech movie.
A contender for best giallo of all time...an astonishing film that grips from beginning to end.
Stalking mayhem with the lovely Edwige Fenech in a conspiracy-style plot.
A wonderful historical backdrop for this horror-themed giallo.
An extremely well shot giallo with a one-of-a-kind plot.
Lenzi's back for another giallo dripping with '70s style.
Moggie mayhem in a familiar-but-fun story.
A top title on this one, but the film itself is rather ho-hum.
A well-directed, hugely suspenseful forerunner to the American slasher boom.
A fun setting for an old dark house-style mystery, the director adding quirky elements.