Midnight Lace (1960)
HOLLYWOOD GIALLO (+ ITS OTHERS), the awesome IMDB list by Schwenkstar, described this nascent giallo as “Stalker disguises his voice in a creepy manner to hide his identity, a multitude of red herrings keep you guessing, and a shock reveal.” What it did not tell me was that Midnight Lace starts Doris Day — of all […]
GIALLOPALOOZA PRIMER: The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
EDITOR’S NOTE: We originally covered this giallo cornerstone back on March 26, 2019 and then expanded on it when Arrow Video has released a UHD edition of this film. This is playing on the second night of the Drive-In Super Monster-Rama Giallopalooza on September 17 and 18. You really can’t get into giallo without seeing this film, so […]
GIALLOPALOOZA PRIMER: Blood and Black Lace (1964)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Probably my favorite giallo is the one that’s considered amongst the first in the form. Mario Bava’s 6 donne per l’assassino AKA Blood and Black Lace was originally written about on our site on March 24, 2019. I’m super excited to see it at the Drive-In Super Monster-Rama Giallopalooza on September 17 and 18. Let’s raise a […]
When a Stranger Calls Back (1993)
Fourteen years after When a Stranger Calls, this TV movie brings back Cheryl Wilson, Carol Kane and Charles Durning as Mrs. Schifrin, Jill Johnson and John Clifford, as well as director Fred Walton. The opening of this movie is great. Julia Jenz (Jill Schoelen, an unsung scream queen) is babysitting when she hears a knock on […]
Phobia (1980)
Psychiatrist Dr. Peter Ross (Paul Michael Glaser ) is using radical techniques — maybe even abusive — techniques on his patients to cure them of their fears. But then, they start getting killed off one after the other. The script for this film comes from a story by Dead and Buried team Ronald Shusett* and […]
Rings of Fear (1978)
This is the third entry in a loosely linked series of films that are known by the pretty much pervy title of the Schoolgirls in Peril trilogy. All of these movies have young girls shockingly be interested in sex and being murdered for it. The series starts with Massimo Dallamano’s What Have You Done to […]
Giallo Napoletano (1979)
Look, when one of the titles for your movie is Atrocious Tales of Love and Death, I get a little excited. But as soon as I saw Marcello Mastroianni, I realized that I was going to hate this movie. He plays a mandolin player, which is totally not the giallo I want, but I can be […]
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