An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer whom has resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year hiatus.Read More »
Giallo
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Dario Argento – Non ho sonno AKA Sleepless [+ Commentary] (2001)
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Giuliano Carnimeo – Perché quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer? AKA The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)
1971-1980GialloGiuliano CarnimeoItalyHaving recently escaped the clutches of a hippie sex cult, a beautiful model is pursued by a serial killer whose previous victims include former occupants of her new apartment.Read More »
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Carlos Aured – Los ojos azules de la muñeca rota AKA Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll AKA House of Psychotic Women (1974)
1971-1980Carlos AuredGialloSpainSpanish cinema under FrancoThrillerSometimes its okay to judge a book by its cover and a film by its title. This blood-soaked cheapo Spanish horror film is a good example. Starring popular creepshow star Paul Naschy, it is the grim tale of three twisted sisters, a one-handed brunette, a wheel-chair bound blonde and a nymphomaniacal redhead who bedevil a handsome but hapless handyman whom they hire to fix up their decaying old house. Doffing his shirt to flash his muscular, hairy chest at every opportunity, Naschy soon finds himself encountering a bevy of beautiful, dead, eyeless (they were torn out by the killer) women laying about. When not sleeping with the redhead, Naschy attempts to solve the mystery and save his life. Actually, the literal translation of the Spanish title Los Ojos Azules de la Muñeca Rota, “The Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll” is far more intriguing.
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Silvio Amadio – Alla ricerca del piacere AKA Amuck! (1972)
1971-1980ExploitationGialloItalyQueer Cinema(s)Silvio AmadioGreta, a beautiful young American woman, travels to Italy and is hired as a secretary by Richard Stuart, a wealthy author. Her secret motive for taking on the job is to look for Sally, her missing lover. Richard’s very attractive wife becomes sexually interested in the beautiful Greta and lets her know it. One evening while viewing of a porn movie, Greta is stunned to see the film stars her missing love, Sally. Greta also discovers a deadly secret about Richard and his wife and they learn Greta’s real motive and decide to have some fun with her! Starring two of Italy’s most beautiful starlets; Barbara Bouchet and Rosalba Neri. It’s a classic and worthy giallo with great killings and lots of nudity.Read More »
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Fernando Di Leo – La bestia uccide a sangue freddo AKA Slaughter Hotel AKA Cold Blooded Beast (1971)
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A rehabilitation hospital in the Italian countryside, which offers treatment for women suffering from various psychological disorders, is stalked by a mysterious cloaked killer.Read More » -
Umberto Lenzi – Un Posto ideale per uccidere AKA Dirty Pictures AKA Oasis of Fear (1971)
1971-1980CrimeGialloItalyUmberto LenziTwo hippies find themselves on the run from the law and soon end up going undercover in a villa owned by a mysterious woman.Read More »
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Aldo Lado – Chi l’ha vista morire? AKA Who Saw Her Die? (1972)
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A young girl is brutally murdered somewhere in France. Sometime later, the same thing happens to the daughter of a well-known sculptor. This time the parents (the sculptor and his wife) start investigating, and soon find they are in way over their head. Meanwhile, the body-count keeps rising as the killer now starts butchering all those who find out too much…Read More » -
Eriprando Visconti – Una spirale di nebbia AKA A Spiral of Mist (1977)
1971-1980Eriprando ViscontiGialloItalyThrillerThe lovely Maria Teresa is unhappily married with the impotent lawyer Marcello. Maria Teresa’s marriage is contrasted by the passionate Valeria, who is killed during a chase. Is Valeria’s husband the murderer? Maria Teresa helps him…Read More »
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Giorgio Ferroni – La Notte dei diavoli AKA Night of the Devils (1972)
1971-1980GialloGiorgio FerroniHorrorItalyItalian genre film legend Gianni Garko stars in this terrifying masterpiece of the macabre, based on Tolstoy’s story The Wurdulak, itself previously adapted in Mario Bava’s Black Sabbath. A nameless mentally ill man (Garko) is found wandering in the woods, his mind lost in fever dreams of gruesome, sexual imagery. After admitted into a psychiatric hospital, the man flashes back to his nightmarish encounter with a backwoods family whose dynasty holds a centuries old curse. Read More »