Y’all should know by now how much I love Dario Argento, right? Suspiria and Deep Red are two of my favorite horror films of all time, and pretty much all of his early work is brilliant. But as I’ve also mentioned a time or two (or fifty), his output after the 1980s is a mixed … More Movies: Sleepless (aka Non ho sonno) (2001)
Yeah, yeah, I know I’d been on a “new international films” kick with my past few reviews, but for this one, I decided to get back to a genre I’ve been sadly neglecting for quite a while: good old 1970s giallo goodness. Shudder has a decent selection of some more obscure titles, so I chose … More Movies: My Dear Killer (aka Mio Caro Assassino) (1972)
I’ve finally reached the first milestone on this long-ass journey through the horror movies of my lifetime; yep, 1982 marks a decade out from my auspicious birth, and also serves as a spot about a fifth of the way through this project. 1982 was another great year, and even though I didn’t have as many … More My Favorite Horror Movies from Every Year Since I Was Born: 1982
Italian director Luciano Ercoli certainly isn’t a household name within the giallo genre in the way that, say, Mario Bava, Dario Argento, or Sergio Martino are, but he did helm at least three fairly well-regarded gialli, including The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion, Death Walks at Midnight, and the film we’re talking about … More Movies: Death Walks on High Heels (1971)
When I announced that I would be reviewing giallo movies all throughout the month of July over on my Flickers of Fear video series, a listener recommended a film I had never heard of called Discopath. Since I couldn’t resist checking out a movie with a title like that, I went over to Tubi and … More Movies: Discopath (2013)
As anyone who’s been around here for any length of time knows, I love Dario Argento. Just recently, in fact, I chose 1977’s Suspiria as one of my favorite horror films, not only of 1977, but of all time. I’m also a massive fan of Argento’s early giallo movies, like The Bird with the Crystal … More Movies: Dark Glasses (2022)
I only turned five years old in September of 1977, so I wasn’t really aware until later of all of the horror awesomeness that was unleashed in that watershed year. It was the year of amazingly cheesy, nature-run-amok movies (Day of the Animals, Empire of the Ants, Kingdom of the Spiders, Orca: The Killer Whale, … More My Favorite Horror Movies from Every Year Since I Was Born: 1977
This 1971 film appears on several lists around the internet as one of the classic giallo movies, though I feel like it doesn’t get as much attention as some of the other, more beloved works of the subgenre. That’s really a shame, because this is a brilliant giallo, and even though I loved it the … More Movies: Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)
Sergio Martino, as I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, is a name that anyone with a passing interest in giallo films should know. He made movies in many different genres, but in the two years between 1971 and 1973, he directed five iconic examples of the genre, all of which are fantastic: The Strange Vice of … More Movies: The Case of the Scorpion’s Tail (1971)
Seven Blood Stained Orchids (Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso) was released in 1972 and was the last of a series of four Italian/German co-productions (fun fact: in Germany, the equivalent of gialli is “Krimi”) based upon the works of prolific British crime writer Edgar Wallace. It was directed by Umberto Lenzi, probably most infamous (at least … More Movies: Seven Blood Stained Orchids (1972)
The Scare Salon 