Spellbound (1945)
In the amazing list “Hollywood Giallo (+ its others),” IMDB user Schwenkstar says of this movie, “The razor blade, the repressed memories, the amnesia, the mistaken identities, the Freudian subtext, the surreal dream sequences, the fixation on eyes and the hooded figure all prefigure giallo films.” Based on The House of Dr. Edwardes by Hilary […]
The Flower in His Mouth (1975)
Elena Bardi (Jennifer O’Neill, The Psychic) has moved to a small Sicilian town to teach, but on her first day she’s harassed by a man and no one helps her. The next day, that man is dead and she’s a suspect. Everyone in town treats her with near contempt except for Bellocampo (James Mason, absolutely incredible in […]
GIALLOPALOOZA PRIMER: The Cat o’Nine Tails (1971)
EDITOR’S NOTE: We originally covered this film on March 27, 2019, but want to bring it back to celebrate the Drive-In Super Monster-Rama Giallopalooza on September 17 and 18. The second in Dario Argento’s “Animal Trilogy” with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage and Four Flies on Grey Velvet, this film isn’t one of the director’s favorites and […]
Todo Modo (1976)
One Way or Another is a film that those of us who grew up in America may struggle to understand. By 1976, Italy felt as much in crisis as our country feels at times, but it went way beyond the issues we’ve been dealing with. During gli anni di piombo (the years of lead), political turmoil […]
Part 2 of interview with producer, writer, director (and so much more) Joel Soisson
Yesterday, we shared part one of Joel Soisson, who has worked on some of our favorite movies such A Nightmare on Elm Street 2, Phantoms, Pulse, Trick or Treat, The Supernaturals, The Prophecy and so many more. With the release of his new film, My Best Worst Adventure, available on Amazon, Comcast, FandangoNow, Vudu, Verizon Cable, Overdrive and Vimeo, we got the […]
5 Dead on the Crimson Canvas (1996)
Man, a Super-8 looking movie made in 1996 that’s supposed to look like a scuzzy 1971 Italian film? Yes, that’s pretty much exactly the kind of movie that I’m looking for. And sure, the music is over the dialogue and nothing really makes sense, but if I worried about films making sense, I would have […]
Formula for a Murder (1985)
Also known as 7. Hyden Park – La casa maledetta (7 Hyde Park – The Cursed House), this movie comes to us from Alberto De Martino, the man who made The Antichrist, Strange Shadows in an Empty Room, Miami Golem and Holocaust 2000. David Warbeck plays Craig, who has recently married Joanna, a woman crippled by mental and […]
Twisted Nerve (1968)
Is Hayley Mills a giallo queen? Let’s examine the evidence: She’s in the Agatha Christie movies Endless Night and Appointment with Death, as well as the Sidney Hayers psychological thriller Deadly Strangers. Heck, That Darn Cat! has a lot of elements of confused identity and mishearing critical evidence. You know, if The Parent Trap was slightly askew, you could see its […]
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