Very fine italian Eurocrime mystery thriller from the
great Elio Petro, and with the brilliant Gian María
Volonté as the sleuthing loner Paolo Laurana.
A masterful companion piece to Francesco Rosi's
1976 "Cadaveri Eccellenti" and beautyfully shot
in a sun-drenched archaic and evil Sicily

A ciascuno il suo (We Still Kill the Old Way)

Direction and co-script: Elio Petro, production: Italy 1967

Cast: Gian María Volonté, Gabriele Ferzetti, Irena Papas, Luigi Pistilli
Blu-ray in italian audio with english subtitles, region B
German MGM Explosive Media - Plaion 2023 bluray edition

Mario Bava's last film ! La Venere d 'ille from RAI
TV 1981 anthology horror "I giochi del diavolo"
(The Devil's Game) co-directed with son Lamberto.
Also with the great "L'uomo della sabba" (The
Sandman) by always entertaining Giulio Questi

La Venere d 'Ille (The Venus of Ille) Episode 2 - The Devil's Game

Direction, co-script: Mario and Lamberto Bava, prod : Italy 1979 - 81

Cast: Daria Nicolodi, Marc Porel episode 2; ep.1 Donato Placido
Blu-ray in italian audio with english subtitles, region all
US Severin 2 disc bluray 2022 edition

The master of horror gives us a Slasher Giallo and
gladly enough the first 20 minutes are very good.
Then, not so good but boring and the ending ripoff
of Suspiria was ... OK, i love Dario so no comments.
I really liked Ilenia Pastorelli and a "normal" Asia

Dark Glasses (Occhiali neri)

Direction, co-script: Dario Argento, production: Italy-France 2022

Cast: Ilenia Pastorelli, Asia Argento, Xinyu Zhang, Andrea Cherpelli
Blu-ray in italian audio with english subtitles, region A
US RLJE Films - Shudder bluray edition

Dario's most unique, personal and quirky film with a
haunting atmosphere and lots of visual fireworks,
and with the otherworldly presence of beautiful
Jennifer Connelly. Now in a 4K UHD release.
Minus: Arrow let a hater do the audio commentary

Phenomena (4K Ultra HD)

Direction, co-script and production: Dario Argento Italy 1984

Cast: Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Daria Nicolodi, Tanga
4K UHD Blu-ray in english or italian audio with english subs, region all
UK Arrow Video 4K UHD bluray 2 disc 2022 edition

Horror Masterpiece about a witch coven residing
at a German ballet academy in Bavaria. It premiered
in Sweden July 24 1978 and this film changed my
cinematic life and Suzy Bannion became the most
important woman for me. Now in 4K UHD edition

Suspiria (4K Ultra HD)

Direction and co-script: Dario Argento, production: Italy 1977

Cast: Jessica Harper, Alida Valli, Udo Kier, Eva Axen
4K UHD Blu-ray in english audio with english subtitles, region all
US Synapse 2 4K UHD + bluray 2 disc edition

Argento's giallo masterpiece in a 4K UHD edition,
yeah, great stuff. With a fine David Hemmings and
the great Clara Calamai as the mother of Carlo in an
underrated intense performance.
127 minutes original version and on disc 2 the 105
minutes export version

Deep Red (Profondo Rosso) (4K Ultra HD)

Direction and co-script: Dario Argento, production: 1975

Cast: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabrielle Lavia, Clara Calamai
4K UHD Blu-ray in italian or english audio with english subs, region all
Arrow Video 4K UHD blu-ray 2 disc edition

Fine Eurocrime mobster thriller with always great
Alain Delon as a mafia hitman, and with some of
the action taking place in Copenhagen, also nice.
When Tony wants out, to quit, he's told that he
knows too much and soon there's revenge war

Tony Arzenta (Big Guns / No Way Out)

Direction: Duccio Tessari, production: Italy-France 1973

Cast: Alain Delon, Richard Conte, Carla Gravina, Erika Blanc
Blu-ray in italian or english audio with english subtitles, region B
German Koch - Explosive Media Media Book 2 disc bluray edition

Nice action scenes when Franco Nero as a regular
citizen goes vigilante on a bunch of criminals.
Eurocrime from B-movie action master Castellari
shot in Genua and where Nero did his own stunts

Street Law (Il Cittadino si Ribella)

Direction: Enzo G. Castellari, production: Italy 1974

Cast: Franco Nero, GianCarlo Preta, Barbara Bouchet
Blu-ray in english audio, region A
US Code Red bluray edition

Poliziotteschi where the US mafia orders a Hit
on a Naples Camorra boss and Martin Balsam's
inspector seeks both to stop Yul Brunner's hitman
and to stop the local gangster boss. Martin Balsam
is great and Barbara Bouchet is a nightclub dancer

Con la rabbia agli occhi (Death Rage / Höllenhunde bellen zum gebet)

Direction: Antonio Margheriti, production: Italy 1996

Cast: Yul Brunner, Martin Balsam, Barbara Bouchet, Massimo Ranieri
Blu-ray in english audio with some german with english subs, region all
German Film Art bluray edition

Spanish drama thriller and a somewhat arty giallo
from the indie auteur De La Iglesia. A woman living
in a Madrid building under construction watches
her neighbour when he dumps the body of his wife
down an elevator shaft. He forces her to help him

No One Heard the Scream (Nadie oyo gritar)

Direction and co-script: Eloy De La Iglesia, production: Spain 1973

Cast: Carmen Sevilla, Vicente ParraAntonio Casas
Blu-ray in spanish audio with english subtitles, region all
US Severin 2021 bluray edition

Obscure but very fine giallo crime mystery and a
marriage drama with the luscious Senta Berger
and Luc Merenda as the man who has lost his
memory. 4K restoration from an archival print, but
with slightly faded colors. Audio commentary

Puzzle (L'uomo senza memoria)

Direction and co-script: Duccio Tessari, production: Italy 1974

Cast: Luc Merenda, Senta Berger, Umberto Orsini, Bruno Corazzaro
Blu-ray in english audio with english subtitles, region all
US VCI Entertainment 2021 bluray and DVD 2 disc combo edition

Giallo crime-thriller and a re-make of Hitchcock's
1951"Strangers on a Train" based on the Patricia
Highsmith novel. Tomas Milian meets a rich and
nihilistic Venice Count who will kill his wife Luisa
if Milian's Stefano then kills his brother.
Tomas Milian sings the soundtrack theme

The Designated Victim (La Vittima Designata)

Direction: Maurizio Lucidi, production: Italy 1971

Cast: Tomas Milian, Pierre Clementi, Katia Christine
Blu-ray in english or italian audio with english subtitles, region all
US Mondo Macabro 2021 bluray edition

Stylish russian Neo-Giallo crime thriller made by a
young director and a fan of the genre, and with it's
pluses and minuses. The husband of a pharma re-
searcher has gone missing and a series of brutal
murders shake the city. Great soundtrack and with
slick cinematography and beautiful Dapkunaite

Stereoblood (Odino Chestvo krovi)

Direction: Roman Prygunov, production: Russia 2002

Cast: Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Yuriy Gosha Kutsenko
DVD in russian audio with english subtitles, region 1 & 5
Russian DVD edition

Decent Eurocrime with Franco Nero as a PD hired
to leave San Fransisco and return to his native
Genua in the hunt for an old enemy and the keys
to a swiss bankvault. The theme song "I don't
give a damn, i'm the Cobra" was groovy, i liked it

Day of the Cobra (Il Giorno del Cobra / Polisman Cobra)

Direction and co-script: Enzo G. Castellari, production: Italy 1980

Cast: Franco Nero, Sybil Danning, Licinia Lentini
Blu-ray in english audio, region B
German Film Art 2019 bluray edition

Obscure B giallo outside of the Gialli Pantheon
but yet again from "Macchie solari" Crispino an
unusual fascinating giallo without the usual genre
tropes. A Murder Mystery from the Etruscan City
of the Dead in Viterbo, Tuscany and with some
suspenseful scenes of fright. I liked it a lot

L'etrusco uccide ancora (The Etruscan Kills Again/The Dead are Alive)

Direction, script: Armando Crispino, prod. Italy-Yugoslavia-Germany 1972

Cast: Alex Cord, Samantha Eggar, John Marley, Nadja Tiller
Blu-ray in english audio, region B
German Pidax 2020 blu-ray edition

A Bizarre wave of nasty suicides shock
Rome, an unstable forensic doctor is hallu-
cinating badly and there's soundtrack music
from Morricone. Great opening of the film
and a very interesting Giallo. Nice work

Autopsy (Macchie Solari /Sun Spots/The Victim)

Direction and co-script: Armando Crispino, production: Italy 1974

Cast: Mimsy Farmer, Barry Primus, Ray Lovelock, Massimo Serato
DVD in english audio, region all
US Blue Underground DVD edition

Fine giallo crime mystery with no gore but with
a great Klaus Kinski and some gorgeous topless
Euro actresses and a beautiful soundtrack by
composer Nora Orlandi. Freda directed this film
under alias Robert Hampton

Double Face (A Doppia Faccia)

Direction: Riccardo Freda, Production: Italy - West Germany 1969

Cast: Klaus Kinski, Kristiane Kruger, Margaret Lee
Blu-ray in english or italian audio with english subtitles, region B
UK Arrow Video bluray edition

Andrea or Mario as director guarantees a B
and so also here, this is a bad late giallo.
After a long slow start the killing starts and
Jessica Moore plays the big boobed daughter.
OK gore though and produced by Lucio Fulci

Non aver paura della zia Marta (The Broken Mirror)

Direction and script: Mario Bianchi, production: Italy 1988

Cast: Gabriele Tinti, Adriana Russo, Jessica Moore
DVD in english (or italian) audio with spanish subs, region all
Spanish DVD edition

Unusual Neo-Giallo with fascinating audio-visuals.
Delightfully confusing about a magician and murders
connected to his act, and with arty blood-red colors.
The style of the Onetti Brothers has reached another
level with this strange unique entry to the genre

Abrakadabra

Direction, script etc. Luciano and Nicolas Onetti, prod. Argentina-NZ

Cast: German Baudino, Maria Eugenia Rigon, Gustavo D'Allesandro
Blu-ray in dubbed italian audio with english subtitles, region all
Italian Otok Video 2019 blu-ray edition

Strange experimental art giallo from Argentinian
Onetti with an assault of images. Dolls, gloves and
knives and filmed almost in it's entirety in POV.
I'm not sure what happened in this film but at least
it was interesting and with dreamlike qualities to it

Sonno Profondo (Deep Sleep)

Direction, script, photo, music: Luciano Onetti, production:
Nicolas Onetti Argentina 2013
Cast: Daiana Garcia, Luciano Onetti, Silvia Duhalde
DVD in italian audio with english subtitles, region all
US Brink Vision 2014 DVD edition

A very good and violent giallo with a Driller
Killer scene and a Bava-esque bathtub murder.
Based on a pulp fiction Master Cornell Woolrich
revenge novel, and this could be Lenzi's best movie.
Here in a fine German 3 disc edition BR, DVD, extras

Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso (Seven Blood Stained Orchids)

Direction, co-script: Umberto Lenzi, prod: Italy-West Germany 1972

Cast: Uschi Glas, Antonio Sabato, Marina Malfatti, Marisa Mell
Blu-ray in english or italian audio with english subtitles, region B
German Koch Films blu-ray, DVD, extras 3 disc combo edition

Stylish and violent when the Wildenbrook will
causes a smurder spree. Barbara Bouchet's Kitty
lives in a German castle and the local legend says
The Red Queen will rise from her grave to take
revenge. Great ST by Bruno Nicolai

The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (La Dama rossa uccide sette volte)

Direction and co-script: Emilio P. Miraglia, production: Italy-Germany 1972

Cast: Barbara Bouchet, Marina Malfatti, Ugo Paglai, Sybil Danning
Blu-ray in italian or english audio with english subtitles, region B
UK Arrow Video blu-ray edition

Cool Gothic giallo where a crazed lord kill
red-haired women in his castle dungeon, and
with the most unusual death in a giallo ever.
Surely ... being eaten by foxes. ST by Bruno
Nicolai. What about fake cripple Agatha ?

The Night Evelyn Came Out of her Grave (La Notte che Evelyn usci'
dalla tomba)

Direction and co-script: Emilio P. Miraglia, production: Italy 1971
Cast: Anthony Steffen, Marina Malfatti, Erika Blanc
Blu-ray in italian or english audio with english subtitles, region B
UK Arrow Video blu-ray edition

2 really cool gialli in a glorious limited Box edition
with a beautiful action figurine (The Lady in Red)
which i still proudly display on my filmshelf.
My box was numbered 5262 in a 7000 edition.
No Shame - You were truly great, thanks

The Emilio Miraglia Killer Queen Box Set (2 disc + figurine)
La Notte che Evelyn usci' dalla tomba/La Dama rossa uccide sette volta)

Direction and co-script: Emilio P. Miraglia, production: Italy 1971/1972
Cast: Marina Malfatti, Erika Blanc/Barbara Bouchet, Sybil Danning
DVD in italian or english audio with english subtitles, region all
US No Shame 2006 2 disc DVD edition

The Lovely Nieves Navarro in a fine Who-dun-it
crime mystery where a Parisian stripper is hunted
by a razor wielding blu-eyed killer out for some
stolen diamonds. No J&B whiskey in this one.
Stelvio Cipriani provides a fine soundtrack

Death Walks on High Heels (La Morte cammina con i tachi alti)

Direction and co-production: Luciano Ercoli, prod. Italy-Spain 1971

Cast: Nieves Navarro/Susan Scott, Simon Andreau, Frank Wolff
Blu-ray in italian or english audio with english subtitles, region B
UK Arrow Video blu-ray edition

A Luxurious Death Box Set with 2 classic Ercoli
gialli and a CD with the soundtrack by Stelvio
Cipriani. A booklet and cards
Aaaaah, No Shame is no more, but what a fine
company it was with such glorious editions

Death Walks on High Heels (La Morte cammina con i tachi alti)
Death Walks at Midnight (La Morte accarezza a mezza notte)

Direction: Luciano Ercoli, production: Italy-Spain 1971-1972
Cast: Nieves Navarro/Susan Scott, Simon Andreau, Claudie Lange
DVD in italian audio with english subtitles, region all
US No Shame 3 disc DVD edition + ST CD

Atypical but well made giallo with a lot of police
procedure and court-room scenes. Young
women are stabbed to death in a Bergamo park
and a middle-aged TV personality is suspected.
Fine soundtrack by Gianni Ferrio

The Bloodstained Butterfly (Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate)

Direction and co-script: Duccio Tessari, production: Italy 1971

Cast: Helmut Berger, Ida Galli, Giancarlo Sbragia, Wendi D'Olive
Blu-ray in english or italian audio with english subtitles, region B
UK Arrow Films blu-ray and DVD combo edition

Trashy, Bad ? NO! Deliriously demented with a
hallucinatory quality to it. A bizarre B giallo
with a demented feverish frenzy. I just love
strange films like this. Almost arty with a nice
progressive ST and with some visual flavour

Delirio Caldo (Delirium)

Direction and script: Renato Polselli, production: Italy 1972

Cast: Mickey Hargitay, Rita Calderon, Tano Cimarosa
DVD in italian audio with english subtitles, region all
Spanish DVD edition

An early giallo, a crime-mystery based on the
real Alleghe killings case. Atmospherically shot
in black & white and directed by Luigi "The Fifth
Cord" and "Footprints on the Moon" Bazzoni

La Donna del Lago (The Possessed/The Lady of the Lake)

Direction and co-script: Luigi Bazzoni, production: Italy 1965

Cast: Peter Baldwin, Valentina Cortese, Salvo Randone
Blu-ray in italian or english audio with english subtitles, b&w, region B
UK Arrow Films 2018 blu-ray edition

A very obscure Turkish italian home invasion
desperado on the run crime thriller with a really
intense David Hess type of performance from
Piero Fabiani. Atmospheric Istanbul scenery
Great stuff in an alternative market release

Cani - Polizia Selvaggia (Gizli Kuvvet/Faccia da ladro)

Direction, script: Guido Zurli, production: Turkey-Italy 1977

Cast: Piero Fabiani, Tarik Akan, Karin Well, Yonca Yucel
DVD in turkish audio with english subtitles, some italian, region all
US DVD edition

A pretty good if somewhat slow B genre effort,
psychological thriller and who dunit with the
graceful Rosemary Dexter as our protagonist.
The soundtrack is jazzy and cool from Roberto
Nicolosi and the opening scene is the best

L'occhio Nel Labirinto (Eye in the Labyrint)

Direction and co-script: Mario Caiano, production: Italy 1972

Cast: Rosemary Dexter, Adole Celi, Alida Valli, Sybill Danning
DVD in english audio, region all
US DVD edition

Fine Spanish Eurocrime with some gialli elements
when Anthony Steffen's Interpol cop hunts a
gang of drug smugglers in Lisbon.
A film with great pace and Steffen is pretty good

Los Mil ojos del Asesino (The Killer with a Thousand Eyes/
Quel ficcanaso dell' inspettore Lawrence)

Direction, co-script: Juan Bosch, production: Spain-Italy 1973
Cast: Anthony Steffen, Eduardo Fajardo, Maria Kosti
DVD in english audio, region all
US DVD edition

Stylish and brutal B giallo in the Argento vein
and with a cool soundtrack, when someone kills
and cuts up pregnant women. A pre-Cicciolina
Ilona Staller can be seen as one of the victims.
Alt. market release in VHS quality

5 Donne per l'assassino (Five Women for the Killer)

Direction: Stelvio Massi, production: Italy-France 1974

Cast: Francis Matthews, Pascal Rivault, Howard Ross
DVD in italian audio with english subtitles, region all
US DVD edition

A cool cover and Barbara Bouchet can't hide the
fact that this murder mystery crime-thriller was a
bit boring. Sabato plays a journalist trying to save
a condemned man from death in the gas chamber.
The film takes place in New Mexico, USA

L'Uomo dagli occhi di Ghiaccio (The Man with icy Eyes)

Direction, co-script: Alberto de Martino, production: Italy-USA 1971

Cast: Antonio Sabato, Barbara Bouchet, Victor Buono
DVD in english audio, region all
US DVD edition

Minimalistic but interesting obscure eurocrime
triangle drama with a fine Curd Jürgens and a
great Rosalba Neri, the sexy and genuinely
talented italian actress. Nice release and of a film
without any known english audio.
Rosalba Neri nudity is always welcome

Bitterer Whisky (Due maschi per Alexa/Fieras sin jaula)

Direction: Juan Logar, production: Italy-Spain 1971

Cast: Rosalba Neri, Curd Jürgens, Jean Luis Galiardo
Blu-ray in italian audio with english subtitles, region all
German X-Rated blu-ray and DVD 2017 2 disc combo edition

Violent and somewhat stylish neo-giallo with a
typical giallo-clad killer bumping off the sex-
partners of business woman Lisa.
Lots of well-made gore and boring softcore sex

Tulpa - Perdizioni mortali (Tulpa - Demon of desire)

Direction & co-script: Federico Campaglione, production: italy 2012

Cast: Claudia Gerini, Nuot Arquint, Michele Placido
DVD in english & italian audio with subs, region 2
UK High Fliers Films 2016 DVD edition

Not a giallo maybe as it's a british psychological
thriller, but the film starts in Italy and has David
"Deep Red" Hemmings in it, so ...
He plays an author who sleuths around trying to
solve the murder of an old woman

Fragment of Fear

Direction: Richard C. Sarafian, production: UK 1970

Cast: David Hemmings, Gayle Hunnicutt, Adolfe Celi
Blu-ray in english audio, region all
UK Powerhouse Films Columbia Pictures blu-ray edition

Murder mystery from the sun-drenched Cote d'Azur
when a rich middle-aged woman takes a young lover
who thinks murdering her husband could be a good
idea. Nice camera-work and a cool soundtrack

The Fox with a Velvet Tail (La Volpe dalla coda di velluto/El Ojo
del huracan/In the Eye of the Hurricane)

Direction: José María Forqué, production: Spain-Italy 1971
Cast: Jean Sorel, Analía Gadé, Rosanna Gianni
Blu-ray in english or italian audio with english subs, region A
US Mondo Macabro blu-ray edition

Yes, i see this as an Eurocrime effort with the setting
in Sicilia and San Francisco among Sicilian mobsters
with an italian director and many italian actors in it.
But, this is a Bottom of the Barrel film in the genre and
even though Keach is OK, Roger though ...

Gli Esecutori (The Sicilian Cross/The Executors/Opium Road/Street
People/Abrechnung in San Franzisko)

Direction and co-script: Maurizio Lucidi, production: Italy-USA 1976
Cast: Roger Moore, Stacy Keach, Ivo Garrani, Fausto Tozzi
Blu-ray in english audio, region B
German Koch Media 2017 blu-ray edition

A late giallo better than it's reputation. Stringently
made, atmospheric psychological crime-drama
about the real-life unsolved 1968-1984 serial killings
around Florence. Media named the perp "Monster
of Florence". Limited edition of 1000 copies with 2
versions, a 101 min and a 94 minute one

Il Mostro di Firenze (Night Ripper)

Direction and co-script: Cesare Ferrario, production: 1986

Cast: Leonard Mann, Bettina Giovanni Gabriele Tinto
Blu-ray and DVD Combo edition in italian audio with english subs
German Film Art blu-ray region free or B, DVD region ?

Il Maestro Aristide Massaccesi's (Joe D'Amato)
direction debut is a Great Gothic horror Giallo
with a really, really intricate story, very complicated
indeed. Klaus as a doctor, beautiful photography as
always from Aristide and also the sweet Ewa Aulin

Death Smiles at Murder (La Morte ha sorriso all'assassino)

Direction, photo, co-script: Aristide Massaccesi, production: 1973

Cast: Ewa Aulin, Klaus Kinski, Luciano Rossi, Angela Bo

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OK, not exactly a giallo, but still a psycho-drama-thriller
done the Euro way with a ST by Stelvio Cipriano.
The Lovely Britt Ekland is Great and this was also the
feature film directing debut of Euro Trash Master
Andrea Bianchi (he co-directed it says IMDB)

What The Peeper Saw (La Tua presenza nuda! / Night Child)

Direction: James Kelley and Andrea Bianchi, production: UK-Spain 1972

Cast: Britt Ekland, Mark Lester, Hardy Kruger, Lilli Palmer
DVD in english audio, region all
US VCI Entertainment DVD edition

A slightly psychedelic arty giallo where a bunch of
people gathers in a big mansion in the countryside.
They enjoy an orgy before the killing starts.
Scavolini is better known for his trashy and delirious
Nightmares in a Damaged Brain, the Video Nasty

Un Bianco Vestito per Marialé (A White Dress for Marialé)

Direction and photo: Romano Scavolini, production: 1971

Cast: Evelyn Stewart, Luigi Pistilli, Ivan Rassimov

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German Krimi - atmospherical, macabre and often
very entertaining crime movies with that perfect
and suitably right B movie feeling. These films
may've inspired the coming italian Gialli films

Edgar Wallace Collection 3 (The Terrible People-Die Bande
des Schreckens/Inn on the River-Das Gasthaus der Themse)

Direction: Harald Reinl/Alfred Vohrer, production: West Germany 1960/1962
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dior/ Klaus Kinski, Fuchsberger
DVD in english audio, black & white, region all
US Retro Media DVD edition

A series of murders of elder men are investigated
to be a part of insurance frauds, in this slick looking
delightfully macabre Krimi also with an inventive
elevator murder. Plus a gothic horror from Riccardo
Freda (more about this film on my Horror Film page)

Die Toten Augen Von London (Dead Eyes of London)/The Ghost

Direction: Alfred Vohrer, production: West Germany 1961 (The Ghost, see Horror)

Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Baal, Klaus Kinski
DVD in english audio, black & white, region all
US Retro Media DVD edition

A Lenzi giallo with a bad reputation that i quite liked.
Yes, it's somewhat sloppily made but still a reasonably
entertaining murder mystery in the Who-dun-it style
and with a Spanish setting. Not Good at all but OK

Labyrinth des Schreckens (Gatti rossi in un labirinto di vetro/Eyeball/
The Secret Killer/Wide eyed in the dark)

Direction: Umberto Lenzi, production: 1975
Cast: Martine Brochard, John Richardsson, Ines Pellegrino
DVD in english audio, region all
German Marketing Film DVD edition

Dallamano delivers again with this enjoyable drug-
thriller. We got some very colorful bad guys, a slick
Ivan Rassimov and a voluptuos Beacham.
Great Trash and with a cool soundtrack

Super Bitch (Si puo' essere piu' bastardi dell' ispettore Cliff ? / Mafia
Junction)

Direction and script: Massimo Dallamano, production: 1973
Cast: Ivan Rassimov, Stephanie Beacham, Patricia Hayes
DVD in italian or english audio with english subtitles, region all
UK Arrow Video DVD edition

A so so but strange giallo where murders with a
fairytale twist to them can be traced to a big villa
with Zoo animals. Gorgeous Corinne Clery plays
a model that leads Michele Placido's cop there

Plot of Fear (E Tanta paura/Bloody Peanuts)

Direction: Paolo Cavara, production: 1976

Cast: Michele Placido, Corinne Clery, Eli Wallach
DVD in italian or english audio with english subtitles, region all ?
US Raro Video DVD edition

Beautifully shot giallo pastiche that really is an
artmovie. But i didn't like it, sorry all fans.
Too cold, stiff and boring Zzzzzz.... snore. It felt
pretentious to me and not as a giallo

Amer

Direction: Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, production: Belgium 2009

Cast: Charlotte Eugene Guibbaud, Marie Bos, Cassandra Forét
DVD in french audio with english subtitles, region all
UK Anchor Bay DVD edition

Really obscure psychological crime drama, and
maybe more of a Film Noir and Feel Bad than a
giallo. But Marisa Mell is good as the woman
with a social class complex in an unusual B crime
movie. Interesting But an awful looking transfer

Death Will Have Your Eyes (La Moglie giovane/The Young Wife/Infamia)

Direction: Giovanni D ' Eramo, production: Spain - Italy 1974

Cast: Marisa Mell, Farley Granger, Francisco Rabal, Helga Liné
DVD in italian audio with english subtitles, region all

Entertaining, violent and snappy police action in
the Poliotteschi sub-genre of Eurocrime.
2 young special branch cops executes criminals
and hunts a mob boss. Deodate delivers again

Uomini si nasce poliziotti si muore (Live Like a Cop Die Like a Man)

Direction: Ruggero Deodato, script: Fernando Di Leo, production: 1976

Cast: Ray Lovelock, Marc Porel, Adolfo Celi, Silvia Dionisio
DVD in italian or english audio with english subtitles, region all ?
US Raro Video 2011 DVD edition

Superior crime thriller and Neo-Noir from italian
genre master Fernando Di Leo, where a man just
out of prison is believed to have stolen money
belonging to the Milano mob.
From The Di Leo Crime Collection box (see below)

Caliber 9 (Milano Calibro 9)

Direction: Fernando Di Leo, production: 1972

Cast: Gastone Moschin, Barbara Bouchet, Mario Adorf
DVD in english or italian audio with english subtitles, region all ?
US Raro Video 2011 DVD edition

Super DVD collection release from Raro with the
explosive and powerful crime films of Di Leo.
Caliber 9, The Boss, The Italian Connection + 1.
DVD release of the year for me this is. Great work
US Raro Video staff. An amazing collection

Fernando Di Leo Crime Collection

Direction: Fernando Di Leo, production: 1972-1976

Cast: Henry Silva, Mario Adorf, Barbara Bouchet m. fl.
DVD in english or italian audio with english subtitles, region all ?
US Raro Video 2011 4 disc DVD edition

An Obscure, slow, B-ish but atmospherical
english giallo from ex-spaniard José Larraz with
lots of nudity and the über Gorgeous Allan
But, an abominable DVD edition of VHS quality

Scream and Die! (L'ombra dell'assassino/The House That Vanished)

Direction: José Ramón Larraz, production: 1973

Cast: Andrea Allan, Karl Lanchbury, Maggie Walker
DVD in english audio, region all
US Substance DVD edition

Great Sicilian crime movie, well, not a giallo but
maybe within the Eurocrime genre, even though
arty? A judge has been murdered in Palermo and
the question is if the murder is political or not ?

How To Kill A Judge (Perché si uccide un magistrato)

Direction: Damiano Damiani, production: 1974

Cast: Franco Nero, Francoise Fabian
DVD in italian or english audio with english subtitles, region all
US Blue Underground DVD edition

Great groundbreaking violent giallo with corpses
piling up and the hunt is on for 1 million USD.
Slick, nasty and very stylish. Great stuff it is.
Interview with Martino and Hilton, trailer etc.

The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (La Coda dello scorpione)

Direction: Sergio Martino, production: 1971

Cast: Anita Strindberg, George Hilton, Ida Galli, Janine Reynaud
DVD in italian audio with english subtitles, region 1
US No Shame DVD edition

Crime thriller where a couple is taken as hostage
by some men out for revenge. A VERY BAD film
from Castellari, a fish out of water in this genre, but
a soundtrack from Morricone at least

Cold Eyes of Fear (Gli occhi freddi della paura/desperate moments)

Direction and script: Enzi G. Castellari, production: 1971

Cast: Gianni Garko, Giovanna Ralli, Julián Mateos
DVD in english audio, region all
US Ryko Distribution DVD edition

Fun Mexican thriller-drama-giallo with moments of
fetishism leading the thoughts to Luis Buñuel.
Dark humour when an irritated machismo afflicted
man let his fury loose on the women in a apartment
building. Nice Bavaesque title

Terror y encajes negros (Terror and Black Silk)

Direction: Luis Alcoriza, production: 1985

Cast: Maribel Guardia, Gonzalo Vega, Claudio Obregón
DVD in spanish audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Desert Mountain media DVD edition

Wildly cool Turkish giallo with Sex, psychedelic
dream sequences and a razor wielding murderer.
Also a weird gothic horror. With extras and a
Cultural Feat of the highest order by Bill Barounis,
the man behind Onar Films, sadly died in 2011

Aska Susayanlar Seks ve Cinayet (Thirsty for Love Sex and
Murder)/Ölüler Konusmazki (The Dead Don't Talk)

Direction: Mehmet Aslan, prod.: 1972/Yavuz Yalinkilic, prod.: 1970
Cast: Meral Zeren, Eva Bender, Kadir Inanir/Ayetin Akkaya, S. Yaprak
DVD in turkish audio with english subtitles, region all
Greece Onar Films DVD edition

A Great looking and very popular giallo about murder
in a catholic girlschool in London. Lots of atmosphere
and a great soundtrack from Ennio Morricone, and
with genre cult actress Camille Keaton.
Had a weaker follow-up in 1974 La Polizia chiede aiuto

What Have You Done To Solange? (Cosa avete fatto a Solange)

Direction: Massimo Dallamano, production: Italy-West Germany 1972

Cast: Fabio Testi, Christina Galbo, Camille Keaton, Karin Baal
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Shriek Show DVD edition

A group of hippies seek shelter in a big house
and are drawn into a satanic cult with a massacre
coming. Extra an interview with Camille Keaton, trailer

Tragic Ceremony (Estratto dagli archivi segrati delle Polizia di una
capitale Europea/Tragica Ceremonia)

Direction: Riccardo Freda, production: 1972
Cast: Camille Keaton, Luciana Paluzzi, Luigi Pastilli
DVD in italian audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Dark Sky DVD edition

An obscure and unseen crime-horror from Japan,
maybe a Neo-Giallo Noir with tons of visual style.
Gloriously unhinged about models, murders and
the amost apparition like killer Black Kiss.
Disturbing and fascinating. Recommended

Black Kiss (Synchronicity)

Direction: Macoto Tezka, production: Japan 2004 (2006 release)

Cast: Kaori Kawamura, Reika Hashimoto, Masanobu Ando
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Tokyo Shock 2007 DVD edition

Violent Eurocrime revenge B movie where Ricco
is looking for a gangster to hurt. With the Z-grade
actor son of the great Robert Mitchum in an
obscure trash movie (which i haven't seen yet)

Ricco The Mean Machine (Cauldron of Death/The Dirty Mob)

Direction: Tulio Demicheli, production: 1973

Cast: Christopher Mitchum, Barbara Bouchet, Malisa Longo
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Dark Sky unrated DVD edition

Full Throttle On in a very entertaining and gloriously
violent crime-action with a superb Testi.
A Commentary track with low budget genius action
film maker Enzo G. Castellari

The Big Racket

Direction: Enzo G. Castellari, production: 1976

Cast: Fabio Testi, Vincent Gardenia, Renzo Palmer
DVD in english audio, region all
US Blue Underground DVD edition

Enjoyable mix of gothic horror and giallo with
the Lovely Jane "Je Taime Moi Non Plus" Birkin
in an ancient castle with a cat and her then buddy
Serge Gainsbourg as a policeman

Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye (La Morte negli occhi del gatto)

Direction: Antonio Margheriti (Anthony M. Dawson), production: 1973

Cast: Jane Birkin, Hiram Keller, Anton Diffring, Serge Gainsbourg
DVD in english audio, region all
US Blue Underground DVD edition

Demented psycho thriller and a late giallo offering
(or maybe an early Neo-giallo) where a maniac cuts
out body parts from his victims and then place them
in the home of a recently widowed woman

Body Puzzle

Direction and co-script: Lamberto Bava, production: 1992

Cast: Joanna Pacula, Tomas Arana, Francois Montagut
DVD in english audio, region all ?
US Raro Video DVD edition

Crime horror where a couple of restaurateurs who
has committed murder makes a journey into a dark
world of paranoia and bad conscience. Made for TV.
A sometimes interesting film, but only mildly

Until Death (Per Sempre/Fino alla morte)

Direction: Lamberto Bava, production: 1987

Cast: Gioia Scola, David Brandon, Urbano Barberini
DVD in english audio, region all
US Mya Communication DVD edition

A very late entry to the gialli genre and with a
so-so reputation, but i like it due to the boobage
factor with both Serenea Grandi and Sabrina in it.
A bit trashy and sleazy but Lamberto entertains
us as usual when magazine models are in danger

Le Foto di Gioia (Delirium/Photo of Gioia)

Direction: Lamberto Bava, production: Italy 1987

Cast: Serena Grandi, Daria Nicolodi, Sabrina Salerno, David Brandon
DVD in english audio, region all
Spanish DVD edition

An OK B-giallo from Bava Jr. with a little flat
direction as usual, but also always entertaining
as usual from Lamberto when he rips off classics
of the genre. A psycho killer is loose even though
he should be very dead, how is it possible ?

Morirai a mezzanotte (Midnight Killer)

Direction and co-script: Lamberto Bava, production: Italy 1986

Cast: Valeria D'obici, Paolo Malco, Leonardo Treviglio, Lara Wendel
DVD in italian audio without english subtitles, region 2
Italian Cine Kult DVD edition

A Blade in the Dark and Macabro are my two
favourite films of always enjoyable Lamberto
the son of Mario. A suspenseful and slick giallo
inspired by Dario Argento where women die
around a baffled composer in a big rented villa

A Blade in the Dark (La Casa con la Scala nel Buio)

Direction and edit: Lamberto Bava, production: 1983

Cast: Andrea Occhipinti, Anny Papa, Fabiola Toledo
Blu-ray in english or italian audio, region all
Spanish blu-ray edition

Slow but stylish psycho-horror-drama when a blind
guy rent out some rooms to a woman obsessed with
her dead lover. Also a "beautiful" mother-daughter
relationship and an amazing Zinny as the evil child.
Maybe not a typical giallo but very impressive

Macabro (Macabre/Frozen Terror)

Direction and co-script: Lamberto Bava, production: 1980

Cast: Bernice Stegers, Stanko Molnar, Veronica Zinny
Blu-ray in english or italian audio, region all
German LFG blu-ray edition

A Surprisingly Great minimalistic, to the point of
being almost experimental, car crime drama. Daring
from a man of his age, but the film was sadly lost
and seen by none. Here in 2 versions, a great film
with an audio commentary and a Making Of

Rabid Dogs (Cani arrabbiati) + Kidnapped

Direction: Mario Bava, production: 1975

Cast: Riccardo Cucciolla, Lea Lander, Luigi Montefiore
DVD in italian audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Anchor Bay DVD edition - Mario Bava Collection Vol. 2

Maybe my favourite Bava film, misunderstood, under-
rated and seldom seen in it's original uncut version.
Visually masterful dreamlike about a german tourist
lost in Toledo and her meetings with the Devil.
Intensely atmospherical and saturated with melan-
cholia. Very ambitious and Savalas is great

Lisa and the Devil (Lisa e il diavolo)

Direction: Mario Bava, prod: Italy, Spain, West Germany 1972

Cast: Elke Sommer, Telly Savalas, Sylva Koscina, Alida Valli
DVD in english audio, region all
US Image Entertainment DVD edition

Bava's famous proto-slasher with 11 gruesome
murders when a group of people fights about some
valuable property at the bay. Great gore from Carlo
Rambaldi and a nice ST from Stelvio Cipriani.
I remember buying this on a french secam VHS in
the 1980's to be able to see it uncut

A macabre psycho-horror where a fashion designer
goes havoc due to a nasty wedding- combined
mother fetish. Not one of Bavas better films sadly
but this obscure offering do look great visually,
and it has genre cult actress Dagmar Lassander in it

A Hatchet For the Honeymoon (Una Hacha para la luna de miel/
Blood Brides/ The Red Sign of Madness/Il Rosso segno della follia)

Direction: Mario Bava, production: 1969
Cast: Stephen Forsyth, Dagmar Lassander, Laura Betti
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Image Entertainment DVD edition

A Collection Box with 8 films on 6 discs from the
Master of Horror's 1970's with commentary
tracks etc. as extras

Mario Bava Collection Volume 2 (5 Dolls For an August Moon /
Roy Colt Winchester Jack/A Bay of Blood/Baron Blood/Lisa&the Devil etc)

Direction: Mario Bava, production: 1970-1974
Cast: Elke Sommer, Claudine Auger, Brett Halsey m fl
DVD in english or italian audio, region 1
US Anchor Bay 6 disc DVD edition box

A Visual masterpiece of the Gialli genre and
a blueprint for the films that followed. Presented
here in a great bluray restored together with the
Mario Bava expert Tim Lucas, who also presents
a brand new commentary track. Essential stuff

Blood and Black Lace (Sei donne per l'assassino)

Direction: Mario Bava, production: 1964

Cast: Eva Bartok, Cameron Mitchell, Thomas Rainer
Blu-ray and DVD in english audio, region A - B / region all
UK Arrow Video blu-ray and DVD 3 disc edition

The Mother of all Gialli with a murder on the loose
in an italian Fashion House. A Visually sensational
masterpiece in gorgeous colors. Lots of extras incl.
a commentary by the Bava expert Tim Lucas.

Blood and Black Lace (Sei donne per l'assassino)

Direction: Mario Bava, production: 1964

Cast: Eva Bartok, Cameron Mitchell, Thomas Rainer
DVD in english or italian audio, region all
US VCI Entertainment 2 disc DVD edition

The Mother of all Gialli with a murder on the loose
in an italian Fashion House. A Visually sensational
masterpiece in gorgeous colors. letterbox, mono,
commentary by the Bava expert Tim Lucas.
The better VCI 2 disc edition of this film - see above

Blood and Black Lace (Sei donne per l'assassino)

Direction: Mario Bava, production: 1964

Cast: Eva Bartok, Cameron Mitchell, Thomas Rainer
DVD in english or italian audio, region all
US VCI Entertainment DVD edition

WOW! A great release with maybe the ultimate
Masterpiece of Lucio Fulci and one of Bavas best.
A pich-black historical crime drama plus a very
atmospherical gothic giallo. Highly recommended

Beatrice Cenci (Conspiracy of Torture)
The Whip and the Body (La Frusta e il corpo)

Direction: Lucio Fulci, production: 1969/Mario Bava: 1963
Cast: Tomas Milian, Adrienne La Russa/Daliah Lavi, Christopher Reeve
DVD in english audio, region all
US Midnight Choir DVD edition

Superb anthology horror from the Master Bava.
3 short stories: The Wurdalak with russian vampires,
The Telephone and the genuinely scary and disturbing
Drop of Water

Black Sabbath (I Tre volte della paura)

Direction: Mario Bava, production: 1963

Cast: Michele Mercier, Lydia Alfonso, Boris Karloff
DVD in italian audio with english subtitles, region all
US Image Entertainment DVD edition

A Collection of 5 films from Horror Master Mario
Bava and his 1960's output, even though some are
missing. Commentary tracks etc. as extras

Mario Bava Collection Volume 1 (Black Sunday/Knives of the
Avenger/The Girl Who Knew Too Much/Black Sabbath/Kill, Baby... Kill!)

Direction: Mario Bava, production: 1960-1966
Cast: Barbara Steele/Cameron Mitchell/Leticia Roman/Erica Blanc
DVD in english or italian audio, region 1
US Anchor Bay edition 5 disc DVD edition box

A Visually gorgeous crime flick where a Gringa is
drawn into a Murder Mystery in Rome.
Is this the first Giallo film ever made ?
With a commentary by Bava expert Tim Lucas and
an interview with actor John Saxon

La Ragazza Che Sapeva Troppo (The Girl Who Knew Too Much)

Direction: Mario Bava, production: 1962

Cast: Leticia Roman, John Saxon, Valentina Cortese
DVD in italian audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Anchor Bay DVD edition - Mario Bava Collection Vol. 1

Mario Bava's classic direction debut. Visually
beautiful, pensive and with tons of atmosphere.
With a commentary from Bava expert Tim Lucas.

Black Sunday (La Maschera del demonio)

Direction: Mario Bava, production: 1960

Cast: Barbara Steele, Ivo Garrani, Andrea Checchi
DVD in english audio, black & white, region all
US Image Entertainment DVD edition

Not really a Giallo in spite of it's title, but more of
a serial killer crime horror. Not good at all, but OK
to come from the "New" rotten filmmaker Argento
Shot in Turin and the Byron Deidra gag was fun

Giallo

Direction: Dario Argento, production: 2009

Cast: Adrien Brody, Emmanuelle Seigner, Elsa Pataky, Byron Deidra
DVD in english audio with english subtitles, region 3
Thai Rose Media & Entertainment DVD edition

Mother of Tears (La Terza Madre)

Direction: Dario Argento, production: 2007

Cast: Asia Argento, Valeria Cavalli, Moran Atias
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Dimension Extreme DVD edition

A possessed raccoon fur causes a lot of death
and fun gore in Dario's second offering to the TV
MOH series. With commentary, making of etc.
Nowadays Argento's much better in the smaller
TV format as his feature films suck desperately

Pelts (From Masters of Horror series)

Direction: Dario Argento, production: 2006

Cast: Meatloaf, John Saxon
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Anchor Bay DVD edition

Argento having a lot of Fun in a delightfully
bizarre horror-comedy about an animal or some
sort of creature girl. With lots of extras as the
penis biting scene, commentary etc.

Jenifer (From Masters of Horror series - Season 1)

Direction: Dario Argento, production: 2005

Cast: Carrie Ann Fleming, Ben Weber
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Anchor Bay DVD edition

A really nice film made for Italian TV and a
pastisch and tribute to the great Alfred Hitchcock
about a student peeping on his beautiful neighbour.
Nowadays Argento's much better in the smaller
TV format as his feature films suck desperately

Do You Like Hitchcock ? (Ti Piace Hitchcock ?)

Direction: Dario Argento, production: Italy 2005

Cast: Elio Germano, Elisabetta Rocchetti, Chiara Conti
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Anchor Bay DVD edition

Not really a giallo or even a horror in the usual
sense but more as a CSI TV series episode, and
one of my 2-3 least liked Argento movies

The Card Player (Il Cartaio)

Direction: Dario Argento, production: 2004

Cast: Stefania Rocca, Fiore Argento
DVD in english audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Anchor Bay DVD edition

I re-watched this giallo after 20 years and I liked
it a lot better this time. A mixed bag, but much is
very good, as the opening Set Piece train murder,
the music by Goblin and the performance of the
great Max von Sydow - R.I.P.

Sleepless (Non Ho Sonno)

Direction, co-story, co-script: Dario Argento, production: Italy 2001

Cast: Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Rossella Falk, Barbara Lerici
Blu-ray in english or italian dub audio with english subtitles, region A
US Scorpion Releasing 2020 bluray edition

The Phantom of the Opera (El Fantasma de la Opera)

Direction: Dario Argento, production: Claudio Argento 1998

Cast: Asia Argento, Julian Sands, Nadia Rinaldi, Andrea Di Stefano
DVD in english audio, region all
US A-Pix DVD (a very early DVD edition)

A Visually very inspired but uneven Neo-Giallo
where the Syndrome afflicted cop Asia hunts a
serial killer. Great start at the Uffizi Gallery in
Firenze, wow, but a long boring ending.
With a fine soundtrack by Ennio Morricone

The Stendhal Syndrome

Direction and script: Dario Argento, production: 1996

Cast: Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann
DVD in italian audio with english subtitles, region all
US Blue Underground 2 disc DVD edition

Asia is a Roumanian girl on the run in Minneapolis
and a killer murders people with a nasty electric
noose. A so-so giallo compared to Dario's best
ones but Good stuff comp. with his later efforts

Trauma

Direction: Dario Argento, production: Italy-USA 1992

Cast: Asia Argento, Piper Laurie, Christopher Rydell
DVD in english audio, region 2
UK Lion's Gate DVD edition

Violent and visually mindblowing with ravens, needles
and a bullet through the eye of Daria Nicolodi with
music from Verdi. About the ill-fated production of
Verdi's opera MacBeth and the last really great film
from Dario Argento (30 years now ..... )

Opera

Direction: Dario Argento, production: 1987

Cast: Christina Marsillach, Ian Charleson, Daria Nicolodi
DVD in italian audio with english subtitles, region all
US Blue Underground DVD edition

Dario's most original, personal and quirky film
with lots of visual fireworks and the other-
worldly beautiful Jennifer as the Lady of the
Flies. Must be seen and preferably on a bluray

Phenomena (Creepers) - my Argento favourite

Direction, co-script and production Dario Argento: 1984

Cast: Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Daria Nicolodi
Blu-ray and DVD in english audio with english subs, region all
UK Arrow Video blu-ray and DVD 2 disc edition

Dario's most original, personal and quirky film
with lots of visual fireworks and the other-
worldly beautiful Jennifer as the Lady of the
Flies. If i remember correct Dario actually badtalks
Connelly in the early audio commentary, but then in
later commentaries praise her

Phenomena (Creepers)

Direction, co-script and production Dario Argento: 1984

Cast: Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Daria Nicolodi
DVD in english audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Anchor Bay DVD edition

A masterful, brutal and icily cold giallo where a
crime writer on a visit to Rome sees an admirerer
commit copy-cat killings from his books.
With Veronica Lario's famous arm-stump spray
painting and the great camera crane shot

Tenebre (Sotto gli Occhi dell'Assassino)

Direction: Dario Argento, production: 1982

Cast: Anthony Franciosa, John Saxon, Veronica Lario
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Anchor Bay DVD edition

Number 2 in the Mothers series. Visual fireworks with
a gorgeous start but a disappointing ending. I love the
Cat Lady in Rome and the Irene Miracle scene with
the waterfilled room in NY. Warning for cat throwing.
Mario Bava did his last work on this film, some
optical effects. Keith Emerson did the fine score

Inferno

Direction: Dario Argento, production: 1980

Cast: Leigh McCloskey, Eleonora Giorgio, Daria Nicolodi
Blu-ray in italian or english audio with english subs, region B
UK Arrow Video blu-ray edition

Number 2 in the Mothers series. Visual fireworks with
a lovely start but a disappointing ending. I love the
Cat Lady in Rome and the Irene Miracle scene with
the waterfilled room in NY. Warning for cat throwing

Inferno

Direction: Dario Argento, production: 1980

Cast: Leigh McCloskey, Eleonora Giorgio, Daria Nicolodi
DVD in english audio, region all
US Blue Underground DVD edition

The Horror masterpiece about a clan/coven of
witches in a German ballet academy in Bavaria,
Germany. The film that forever changed my life
and made me into a scared rabbit, Thanks Dario.
Beyond Great. Should NEVER be re-made, but ...

Suspiria

Direction: Dario Argento, produktion: 1977

Cast: Jessica Harper, Alida Valli, Udo Kier, Stefania Casini
DVD in english audio, region all
US Blue Underground 2 disc DVD edition

Suspiria

Direction: Dario Argento, production: 1977

Cast: Jessica Harper, Alida Valli, Udo Kier, Eva Axen
DVD in english audio, region all
US Anchor Bay Limited 2 disc DVD + ST CD edition

The Giallo masterpiece in a nice blu-ray edition.
Unjustly overlooked is the great Clara Calamai as the
mother of Carlo, what an intense performance.
I can't remember seing her or her being discussed in
any extras. The commentary calls her a Fascist (era)
actress and Nicolodi attacks Dario, again, in the extras

Deep Red (Profondo Rosso)

Direction: Dario Argento, production: 1975

Cast: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabrielle Lavia, Clara Calamai
Blu-ray in italian or english audio with english subs, region B
UK Arrow Video blu-ray edition

Another absolute giallo classic from Dario, and
that scene were he let us see the killer for a very
short moment without the viewers knowing it.
A Masterpiece. The window scene he borrowed
from Sette scialli di seta gialla

Deep Red (Profondo Rosso)

Direction: Dario Argento, production: 1975

Cast: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabrielle Lavia
DVD in italian or english audio, region all
US Blue Underground DVD edition

4 gialli films made for Italian TV and hosted by
by Dario Argento, on 2 discs. One story is
directed by Dario - The Tram
4:3 original ratio

Door into Darkness (La Porta sul buio) 2 disc edition

Direction: Dario Argento, Mario Fugliettol, production: 1973

Cast: diverse
DVD in italian audio with english subtitles, region all
US Mya Communication 2 disc DVD edition

Dario's great 3rd giallo in a fine Koch Media release
with lost scenes added from other sources.
Murder, Madness, Mimsy and Morricone Music.
For decades never officially released on a VHS or
DVD. This blu-ray in a cool german digibook edition

Four Flies on Grey Velvet (Quattro mosche di vellutio grigio)

Direction & co-script: Dario Argento, production: 1972

Cast: Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Bud Spencer
Blu-ray in english or italian audio, german subs, region B
German Koch Media Digibook blu-ray + 2 DVD edition

Finally! Argento's third brilliant giallo in the
animal series (Bird, Cat and Fly) in a re-mastered
copy. Murder, Madness, Mimsy and Music
from Morricone. Once shown on Swedish TV, it's
hard to believe but true, Ronny Svensson did it

Four Flies on Grey Velvet (Quattro mosche di vellutio grigio)

Direction: Dario Argento, production: 1971

Cast: Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Bud Spencer
DVD in english audio, region all
US Mya Communication DVD edition

Argento's second part of the Animal series
(Bird, Cat, Fly) with genetic mumbo jumbo,
burial tombs and a nasty elevator wire.
Big nose Karl as a blind man is always a joy
to see on film. Stylish follow up to his Bird

The Cat O'Nine Tails (Il Gatto a nove code)

Direction: Dario Argento, production: 1970

Cast: Karl Malden, James Franciscus, Catherine Spaak
DVD in english audio, region all
US Blue Underground DVD edition

The Most famous giallo ever made and one of
Argento's best on Fredric Brown's The Screaming
Mimi 1949 pulp novel. Glorious cinematography
and ST from Vittorio Storaro and Ennio Morricone.
Beautiful German Koch Media Digibook edition

Dario Argento's absolute genre classic and
and milestone in a super fine edition

Argentos brilliant giallo debut is based on the
pulp fiction crime thriller The Screaming Mimi
written by Fredric March in 1949

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

Direction & script: Dario Argento, production: Italy-West Germany 1970

Cast: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Eva Renzi, Umberto Raho
DVD in english audio, region all
US VCI Home Video DVD edition

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