ANOTHER TAKE ON: The New York Ripper (1982)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Herbert P. Caine is the pseudonym of a frustrated academic and genre movie fan in Pennsylvania. You can read his blog at https://imaginaryuniverseshpc.blogspot.com. Back in the early days of the slasher movie era, Siskel and Ebert hosted a special episode of sneak previews in which they attacked the new genre for what they […]
Giallo Week recap 3: Friday and Saturday
This is our final recap for Giallo Week! If you’re looking to watch some giallo for yourself, here are some places to go: Giallo Realm: This YouTube page has a ton of giallo and krimi — many of the movies from this week appeared there — and is always updated. Severin: They’ve released so many […]
Chasing the Rain (2020)
“I don’t know why some people suffer through drought longer than others, but the rain always comes eventually. And when it does, the desperate, barren, thirsty earth quenches itself in a way that the lush, green earth could never imagine or understand. And I have to live in this tension because that is where the […]
Sekkusu hantâ: Sei kariudo (1980)
Toshiharu Ikeda is best known in the U.S. for Evil Dead Trap, but he was making adult films in Japan for years that were horror-influenced before going all the way there wwith films that have giallo in their DNA like XX: Beautiful Beast, XX: Beautiful Prey and The Man Behind the Scissors. He also directed a remake of […]
Mystère (1983)
1983 is pretty late for the giallo, but hey — I’ve been trying to expand into the period before and after the major years for the genre. Also known as Dagger Eyes and Murder Near Perfect, this film was written and directed by the Vanzina brothers, Carlo and Enrico. They loved the 1981 French thriller Diva, a film […]
Der Rächer (1960)
In The Avenger, a killer is slicing the heads off of his or her victims, then sending them right to Scotland Yard, which seems pretty ballsy. This pre-giallo was directed by Karl Anton, who made the 1957 German remake of Viktor and Viktoria and based on the 1926 Edgar Wallace novel of the same name. The Executioner, the […]
Ciak Si Muore (1974)
A giallo that takes place on a movie set, the title of this film (Clap, You’re Dead for those that speak English) refers to the “clapper” that stops a scene from being filmed. It’s directed by Mario Moroni, who also made Mallory Must Not Die! Annabella Incontrera (Black Belly of the Tarantula; The Case of the Bloody Iris; So […]
Profumo (1987)
Man, I don’t know if this is strictly a giallo or just plain sleaze. But hey, I watched it, you’re going to read it and then we’ll all go about our way. Seriously, I always thought The Devil’s Honey had the most ridiculous sex scenes in a quasi-giallo and here we are with Profumo, which has nothing […]
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