23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)
In IMDB user Schwenkstar’s Hollywood Giallo (+ Its Others) list, they state that this film pulls “the same trick Argento uses frequently in his films: a character sees/hears something but misinterprets it, misleading the character as well as the audience.” Based on Philip MacDonald’s book Warrant for X, this film also takes cues from Rear Window, […]
The Card Player (2004)
Look, I’ll come clean. I’ve outright written off Argento’s post-Opera work without putting the work in, but that’s because the films I have seen have upset me so greatly — and in no way a good way — that it felt like putting in the work to watch another one after Sleepless felt like, well, work. […]
GIALLOPALOOZA PRIMER: Deep Red (1975)
EDITOR’S NOTE: You think you’re telling the truth, but in fact… you’re telling only your version of the truth. It happens to me all the time. That said, we originally watched and talked about this movie on December 7, 2018, but because it’s one of the Drive-In Super Monster-Rama Giallopalooza selections, we’re posting it again. Deep Red […]
Mill of the Stone Women (1960)
Director Giorgio Ferroni’s career ended when he went deaf in 1972. Before that, he worked in many of the genres of the Italian exploitation film world, from peplum like Hercules vs. Moloch to westerns like Fort Yuma Gold and Eurospy like Secret Agent Super Dragon. His last major directing efforts would be The Night of the Devils, which is an […]
Der Frosch mit der Maske (1952)
The Frog with the Mask, aka Face of the Frog, was based on the Edgar Wallace book Fellowship of the Frog. All things both krimi and giallo flow from Mr. Wallace, so this film is rather essential, as the success of this picture led to Rialto making a series of 32 Wallace films over the next twenty […]
Massage Parlor Murders! (1973)
I think more movies should have exclamation marks in their titles. I also believe that more movies should have Brother Theodore in them, so hey — Message Parlor Murders! is two for two. Detective Rizotti and O’Mara are hunting the killer of numerous massage parlor workers — one of them, Rosie, often gave Rizotti the rub […]
Sexy Cat (1972)
A Spanish television crew is making a TV show based on a comic book called Sexy Cat, which is all about the adventures of a sexy Diabolik-style female killer, yet they’re now being murdered one by one by Sexy Cat herself. She’s even killed her creator, who had hired a detective named Mike Cash to figure out […]
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