You don't have a sense of me by now? 8) Hard to pick a single film to define a genre. My tastes change with the weather, so my favorite today might not be the same tomorrow. Probably the best assessment I could give would be from a post we had some years back where we could choose two movies for a d...

You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talking...you talking to me? Well I'm the only one here. All just because blades TOTALLY FREAK ME OUT! Excuse me now. Have to go pop in PEEPING TOM . I wasn't thinking of you in particular, but if the fedora fit...

Lawdy lawdy, Miss Claudie! So YOU'RE the one that's single-handedly bringing down movie sales by not going out to the Sin-ayyy-mahhhh. Tsk! Tsk! You've got to see at least one big budget blockbuster at your local multiplex. Egads man! What would Mario Bava say? I just got tired of spending good mon...

What the hey...is this "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir"?? Similar and different at the same time. We often repeat the same stories in writing, theatre, and film. It's the twists that are added that make the stories different and Whip certainly has that going for it. Have you seen it yet? Thank y...

Yes! This is my second favorite Bava film ( Kidnapped AKA Rabid Dogs [1974]) is my#1). Beautifully shot and lit, with incredible colors. I have this on DVD, but KINO is putting out a version as well? I don't really consider this a true giallo, although there is a definite mystery aspect about it. Li...

Great actress and two great films. When you see these movies, one of the fun things is finding famous people from other genres, another is seeing the homages to other films and inside jokes that the directors use to point (or poke fun) at other movies. I mentioned My Dear Killer (1971) a couple of p...

As I said before probably the most interesting part of the Fulci movie was the stolen dream sequence from The Red Queen Kills Seven Times AKA The Lady in Red Kills Seven Times (1972). The film was OOP for years, but then issued in a double boxed set (with The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave [1971...

Types and shadows of the genre to come. More proof that these stories all come from a single thread and are variations on a timeless theme.

Does it get cheesier than this? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRudE2KCcG4[/youtube] A much better choice with a similar scenario would be Death Carries a Cane (1973), a pulpy, trash giallo, which still manages to entertain despite (or perhaps because) of its limitations: [youtube]http://ww...

Ever wonder what a giallo version of Flashdance or Fame might look like? That's the premise of Lucio Fulci's Murder Rock (1983). I'd wanted to check this out for awhile, but never had the time to sit down and watch a film about dancing kids getting killed. Unfortunately, it turned out to be an hour ...

New to me Gialli: Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll (1973)--A Spanish Giallo, dealing with an ex-convict taking a handyman job at a villa with three sisters--after which several brutal slayings take place. Nine Guests for the Killer (1974)--Obviously based on Agatha Christie's Ten little Indians , where ...

Revisited My Dear Killer (1971) a couple of nights ago. While not as complex as Lizard in a Woman's Skin , or The Designated Victim (both released in the same year), there are many nice touches and inside jokes, along with another brilliant score by Morricone. Fans of Agatha Christie will definitely...

Honestly could not decide on this one, so I voted for A Man Escaped to try and even up the poll.

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) comes out today, restored by Criterion: http://www.criterion.com/films/27911-investigation-of-a-citizen-above-suspicion This is a very hard to find giallo that has many fascinating political and social aspects. I've got a bootleg, but I know this wi...

The main theme was written by Eastwood (along w/directing & playing the lead). The only other person I can remember scoring a film hat trick off hand is Chaplin, so he's in good company.

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