The plot of Dario Argento's second film involves a blind crossword writer (!) teaming up with a reporter to investigate a series of murders connected to a medical facility specialising in eugenics-based research. After the audacious debut by Argento with the superb Bird With The Crystal Plumage the year before (this film will be reviewed …
Continue reading Giallo in June- Day 2- Cat O’Nine Tails (1971)
Giallo in June is coming! Starting tomorrow I'll be reviewing a different Giallo movie each day for the month of June. Some films I've seen before but haven't watched in a long time and others will be films I've never seen before. There will be films that are Giallo but others that aren't but have …
This prime slice of Giallo starts with us witnessing the murder of a pharmacist. A woman sees the murderer leave the premises which places a target on her own head. Her boyfriend undertakes some amateur sleuthing to try to find out who could be her would-be assassin. Many twists and turns ensue with a few …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 18- Watch Me When I Kill (1977)
I love any film that is so notorious it generates it's own urban legend regarding it's controversial release, whether this account is true or not. One such film is Lucio Fulci's 1982 sleazy slasher gorefest, The New York Ripper. Rumour has it that when the UK distributor submitted it to the British Board of Film …
Continue reading Meathook Cinema Hall of Fame- The New York Ripper (1982)
Hooray for Facebook. I was browsing pages devoted to cult cinema as I'm prone to do during my downtime and I saw a post about the Giallo gem, The Red Queen Kills Seven Times and realised that I had never seen it. And lo and behold it was on YouTube in both Italian or badly …
Continue reading Review- La Dama Rossa Uccide Sette Volte (The Red Queen Kills Seven Times) (1972)
A young man who can restore frescos (ancient works of art) arrives to restore one such artwork but finds events within the remote town to be far from normal. Indeed, they are downright bizarre. Does the fresco hold any clues? Does it depict what people have been led to believe it shows? Will the events …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween 2020- Day 21- The House With Laughing Windows (1976)
A young man travels from Rome to New York to investigate his sister's disappearance after she was living in the same apartment building where an ancient witch resided. This was Argento's second instalment of his much lauded 'Three Mothers' trilogy. All of the Giallo elements are here as are Argento's striking visuals as a backdrop …
Continue reading Day 14- 31 Days of Halloween- Inferno (1980)
When you recognise a murder weapon which could implicate a hacksaw wielding murderer who's already killed two other people, what do you do? You go to stay in a remote secluded clifftop villa with your friends, that's what! Nothing could go wrong... This is a fantastic slice of giallo directed by Sergio Martino in 1973. …
A children's game goes horribly wrong and a child falls backwards from the first floor window of an abandoned building and dies. The remaining kids vow to never tell anyone about what happened. It's now 7 years on and the children in the gang are preparing for their prom night. They one by one start …
Continue reading Day 29- 31 Days of Halloween- Prom Night (1980)
A boat sails into New York but the only person onboard happens to be a morbidly obese zombie who seems to be pissed off and hungry. The daughter of the boat’s owner decides to venture to where her father had been, a Caribbean island called Matul. She takes along with her a journalist who smells …
Continue reading Day 18- 31 Days of Halloween- Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
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