One of the big names of Italian movie art, or in this case the horror and crime movie genre, Mario Bava (1914-1980) is the subject of this study on European “auteur-cinema” of the 1960s and 1970s. Without Bava, there would be no such genre masterpieces as Danger: Diabolik (1968), Kill Baby … Kill (1966), Baron […]
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Bloodstained Narratives: The Giallo Film in Italy and Abroad by Matthew Edwards and Fernando G. Pagn...
The gialli (“the yellow ones”), introduced in Italy in the mid-1960s, were a film genre that combined all sorts of sensations, such as crimes planned and committed, detectives and amateur sleuths looking for clues, great landscapes, exotic venues, usually connected to airports and train stations, beautiful women, Gothic horror and disturbing soundtracks. In the gialli, […]
Italian Giallo in Film and Television: A Critical History by Roberto Curti (2022)
There is one particular modern genre that is strongly connected with the history of Italian filmmaking: the genre of “the yellow ones,” in Italian: “gialli”. The countless movies, dime novels, detective stories and murder mysteries in Italy are subsumed under that titles, similar to “pulp” novels, and crime fiction that got its name from the […]
The Giallo Canvas: Art, Excess and Horror Cinema by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (2021)
The genre of the “yellow” (in Italian: “giallo”) movie, that roughly surfaced in loud colors since the early 1960s, labels generally Italian productions whose plots as a rule ended badly for the female protagonists, has attracted many fans worldwide. They all appreciate the genre’s blend of tension, thriller elements, usually excellent and highly experimental soundtracks, […]