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666frames · 2 months

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Tenebrae Japanese trailer (1983)

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abstractionsinyellow · 1 year

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Dario Argento, Opera, 1987

#dario argento #opera 1987 #giallo all'italiana #giallo film #slasher #eurohorror #cristina marsillach #coralina cataldi-tassoni #opera #opera film #terror at the opera #1980s #80s #horror

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theersatzcowboy · 11 months

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The Case of the Scorpion's Tail / La coda dello scorpione (1971)

Director: Sergio Martino

Cinematographer: Emilio Foriscot

Starring: Anita Strindberg, George Hilton, and Ida Galli

#case of the scorpion's tail #giallo #cult cinema #italian horror #70s horror #70s film #italian cinema #horror film #italian film #sergio martino #anita strindberg #george hilton #ida galli #giallo film #slasher movies #slashers #slasher film #tubi tv

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popping-your-culture · 8 months

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🔪🔪Giallo🔪🔪

#giallo #horror movies #italian horror #giallo film #slashers #1970s #1980s #movies #cult movies

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everydaym0nstrosity · 7 months

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German lobby cards for Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso AKA Seven Blood-stained Orchids (1972), Dir. Umberto Lenzi.

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scenephile · 1 year

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Strange men have always followed women... since the Stone Age.

#all the colors of the dark #sergio martino #tutti i colori del buio #giallo #giallo film #edwige fenech #marina malfatti #scenephile #film quotes #movie quotes #film scene #movie scene

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schlock-luster-video · 28 days

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On April 18, 2015, The Cat o' Nine Tails was screened on TCM Underground.

Here's some new Dario Argento art!

#the cat o' nine tails #the cat o nine tails #dario argento #giallo film #italian giallo #director #filmmaker #horror #horror movies #movie art #art #drawing #movie history #tcm underground #giallo

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giallofever2 · 1 year

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QUEENS 👑

Suzy Kendal - Anita Strindberg - Rosalba Neri

The Scream Queens of the Italian GIALLO/HORROR MOVIES

#suzy kendall #anita strindberg #rosalba neri #giallo fever #giallofever #italian giallo #giallo all’italiana #giallo italiano #giallo films #giallo film #gialli #giallo #italian cult #italian actress #italian cinema #attrici italiane #attrice italiana #international actress

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lilaclunablossom · 6 months

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Deep Red Review

I saw Dario Argento’s 1975 movie Deep Red (or Profondo Rosso) for my October horror marathon. The first giallo movie I’ve ever seen. I saw it in Italian, with subtitles.

If you don’t know what giallo movies are, they’re Italian slasher movies famous for being extremely violent. However, what I didn’t know before watching this, is that they’re also very plot-focused mystery stories. In fact there aren’t even many violent scenes in this movie, but when they happen, they’re gruesome.

It’s written by Argento, and Bernardino Zapponi. A jazz musician named Marcus, played by David Hemmings, witnesses a murder in his apartment building from outside, and becomes obsessed with finding the culprit. There’s also a reporter named Gianna, and his best friend Carlo who’s also a musician. Like most mystery stories, the set-up is pretty simple, but the plot builds up in many ways.

I didn’t really take away any themes from my viewing, but after seeing someone else’s analysis, it’s clearly at least somewhat focused on the idea of gender and sex. I kinda don’t like how Carlo is a common archetype of the only gay character being mentally unwell. It’s really my only critique of this amazing movie, but I feel like Carlo’s character is still mostly handled with empathy. And maybe it has some meaning that’s going over my head, I don’t know.

The acting is great, as far as I can tell with the language barrier. I could really feel the passion from Gabriele Lavia, who plays Carlo. The thing is, even aside from the language barrier, most, if not all of the dialogue, is ADR. I guess it was common for giallo movies to ditch the original audio for artistic effect? I dunno, but it doesn’t bother me when I don’t even know the language to begin with. I saw a couple people on Reddit saying it’s “unwatchable,” which is really funny.

I really love the way this movie looks. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen something shot with the lens and film they used. It has such a specific film grain that’s so cozy, but strange. The locations and set design are equally as atmospheric. I love the place Marcus and Carlo go to talk a few times, with the Ancient Greek-looking statue.

The soundtrack, mostly done by Italian prog rock band Goblin, is fucking insane. There’s a lot of variety, but what stands out most is some SUPER groovy and aggressively psychedelic jazz/rock fusion. It does sound scary at times, but the soundtrack overall is just SO much fun to listen to. The movie isn’t afraid to play fun tracks during horrific violence, too, which creates an interesting apathetic feeling toward the characters.

I can’t wait to eventually see how other giallo movies stack up to this one. Deep Red is an audio-visual masterpiece, and a super fun introduction to the genre. 4.5/5