Giallo Genre (Italian Thrillers)

That’s my thoughts exactly

You of course got the Red Queen action figure… or just figure:

Ha ha … tacky.
Is this the one that has The Night Evelyn Came Out Of The Grave with it?
Confusing these could be, as The Red Queen… is also about the possibility that Evelyn has returned from the dead as well.

Apparently I missed a couple of bottles in Black Belly….

I found this site about J&B in the movies with a big section on giallos…
(I don’t know whether it’s been previously mentioned?) Somebody has had a lot of fun putting in the research on this. The pic of Marisa Mell’s thigh-gap and a bottle from Perversion Story is genius :yum:

http://atrocitynights.com/JnB/JnB.htm

That’s the one! Arrow is going to release that in a blu-ray edition at some point in the near future and, fingers crossed, hopefully also The Red Queen Kills Seven Times. Still, the box set with the figure is nice to have. And it’s tasty not tacky :slight_smile:

Alan Jones has tweeted that he and Kim Newman recorded new audio commentaries for THE BLOODSTAINED BUTTERFLY & THE RED QUEEN KILLS 7 TIMES for Arrow, or were going to on January 12. They did the commentary for What Have You Done to Solange? and several Argentos like BWtCP, Suspiria, and Tenebre. Great commentaries also, much better than the equivalent spaghetti commentaries that happen for Blue Underground.

https://twitter.com/alanfrightfest/status/687162562975260673

… and Arrow Video announced their Killer Dames box set today, which mirrors the old Noshame-box:

Details for the new German Hatchet BluRays are out

http://www.grindhousedatabase.com/index.php/Hatchet_For_The_Honeymoon/BluRay

Naked Girl Killed in the Park (Brescia, 1972)
I’m not a big fan of Patrizia Adiutori but it must be recognised that the sex scene is by far the best thing about this confused and unconvincing movie.

1,5 out of 5

Cold Eyes of Fear - Very moody feeling watching the blu-ray… Enzo’s direction is great, would probably be much harder to sit through otherwise, as the story isn’t very interesting, imo

I saw those two recently as well and sort of enjoyed both but NGKITP was a shitty pan and scan print from Desert Island Classics which was annoying. Cold Eyes… was the better film of the two and although not particularly giallo-esque did have Garko and Wolff, and a stunningly be-wigged Giovanni Ralli!

Anyway, to add to my enjoyment of all things Gialli… this arrived today…

And regarding “not particularly giallo-esque” - this volume mentions 4 spags that have been discussed on their own threads regarding this issue…
The ‘Four of the Giallapocalypse’ mentioned are…

Ringo, It’s Massacre Time (Phil n’ Bill have contradicting viewpoints about its giallo-ness); The Masked Thief (In The Name of the Father, The Son and the Colt); Kill The Poker Player; and Price of Death.

I haven’t see the second one and can barely remember anything of the others except a bit of POD, so I can’t comment further.
Still, nice they get a mention… :wink:

Nice to see a glimpse of Saltaire’s one and only Tiki bar too, Rev.

Cheers Phil. :grinning: I thought my tiki-bar ladies would complement that cover.

Vol.2 arrived today. I’m watching A Dragonfly for Each Corpse at the mo. and this looks a goodie with some fantastic outfits - particularly for Erika Blanc, and is set in Milan. :sunglasses:

I’m just composing my photo of it for this thread in my head, and will surely go and snap it soon. I reckon this should feature another of my 70s stylee psychedelic shirts, and my charity buy (£1) DelSey attache case - as seen in every blackmail film from this era.

To be continued…

Is that a tiger-print thong?

Ding, dong!

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Loving the atmosphere of all the props Reverend :smile:

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So Deadly, So Perverse.
A good title for a book but an even better description of those bloody shirts. :sunglasses:

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The movie begins not far from my house: Corso Buenos Aires, with on the left Cin Cin Bar & Restaurant and the red sign of Astor movie theater, who became an X-rated movie house in 1991 and was closed in 2009.

I’ve just re-watched that bit to check out the Cin Cin Bar and porno-cinema. :smiley:

I only recognised Milan from the cathedral of course. I remember the only time the c-m and myself visited there. We got the tube to Duomo without really knowing what we were doing, and arrived just in time to hear “and now for your pleasure this evening… Stevie Winwood”. A free concert no less, so we grabbed a beer and chilled out to Stevie-boy and his samba band on a balmy evening. Must’ve been 15 years ago or so. Very :sunglasses:!

Btw - I thoroughly enjoyed the movie… ADFEC I mean, not one of those smutty sordid ones at the Astor. :wink:

Tessari: Death Occured Last Night
-A bit different kind of giallo about prostitution. Frank Wolff is in the main role as a policeman investigating a case of missing retarded girl whom they believe has been kidnapped for prostitution. Reminded me of Di Leo’s Naked Violence as they both have focus on police work. Good film but I prefer my gialli with mystery elements and serial killers.