As a young girl, Virginia has a psychic vision of her mother ending her own life. Years later, Virginia is married to a successful socialite, Francesco. He leaves on a business trip and leaves Virginia in the property they are due to start renovating. She starts to feel uneasy, however, as she recognises the building …
Freaky events at a convent prompt a priest to investigate further. I knew The Other Hell would be a great film from an early scene that involved a demented nun telling an accomplice that a certain part of a woman's anatomy is the 'door to evil...the labyrinth that leads to Hell. The Devil's tools!' whilst …
Continue reading Giallo in June- Day 21- The Other Hell (1981)
A young man, Peter, visiting Austria for the first time, learns that his great-grandfather was a sadistic killer who killed over 100 locals. He asks to visit the castle where his relative lived, and then he and a friend decide to read an incantation that, when read at midnight, could resurrect him from the dead. …
Another horror film set in the world of fashion, as a killer is trying to retrieve the diary of a murdered model. Mario Bava's 1964 has a massive reputation among those who know a thing or two about the horror genre. And it fully deserves it. Why can't more horror movies look and feel as …
Continue reading Giallo in June- Day 19- Blood and Black Lace (1964)
A woman who is mute after a train crash that killed her parents, is stalked in the Spanish hills by a man with demonic eyes. This Umberto Lenzi film is excellent. Carroll Baker is fantastic in the lead. Why is it that everything Ms Baker stars in though has a high quotient of camp?! Not …
Continue reading Giallo in June- Day 18- Knife of Ice (1972)
Nora flies from America to Rome. She happens to get attacked and knocked out and then on regaining consciousness, witness a murder. There are other murders after this and they seem to follow a pattern- the surnames of the victims are alphabetical. The Girl Who Knew Too Much was re-cut and released as The Evil …
Continue reading Giallo in June- Day 17- The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)
The Crimes of the Black Cat takes place in the world of fashion. A killer is bumping off models in a very original way - he gifts them a shawl doused in catnip that attracts a cat placed at the scene of the crime, whose claws have been poisoned with the noxious substance curare. It's …
Continue reading Giallo in June- Day 14- The Crimes of the Black Cat (1972)
Suzy Bannion has travelled from America to a very prestigious dance academy in Germany. Bizarre events happen right from the get-go, and Suzy is sure that there is more than meets the eye at the academy. Where do I even begin with Dario Argento's Suspiria? Maybe by saying that it's perfect. Every aspect of it …
A mysterious death in a Carpathian village prompts a coroner and a medical student to try and investigate what is behind it. Meanwhile, a ghostly little girl haunts the village as some kind of portent of impending doom Firstly, as a film, it's beautiful to behold (it's as if every frame has been individually painted) …
Continue reading Giallo in June- Day 12- Kill, Baby, Kill (1966)
A rock drummer (played by Michael Brandon from the 80s TV show Dempsey and Makepeace) notices that he's being watched by a mysterious stranger. He confronts this person in an abandoned opera house and, after disarming him of a knife, accidentally stabs him. This is all witnessed and photographed by an onlooker who wears a …
Continue reading Giallo in June- Day 11- Four Flies On Grey Velvet (1971)
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