GREAT OLD MOVIES

Nightmare sequence MURDER OBSESSION  (aka Murder Syndrome / Fullia Omicida /1981). Director: Riccardo Freda. Michael Stanford (Stefan...

Eli Wallach and Michele Placido PLOT OF FEAR  (aka E tanta paura /1976). Director: Paolo Cavara. A series of murders are tied in to a...

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DARIO ARGENTO . James Gracey. Kamera Books; 2010. This interesting book looks at the oeuvre of Italian  giallo   specialist Dario Argent...

Mimsy Farmer and Barry Primus AUTOPSY  (aka Macchie solari /1975). Director/co-writer: Armando Crispino. A doctor named Simona (Mimsy ...

This week Great Old Movies  takes a look at Italian horror films, specifically those bloody "giallo" movies or gialli  (the plur...

Franco Nero and Pamela Tiffin THE FIFTH CORD  (aka  Giornata nera per l'ariete /aka Evil Fingers /1971). Director: Luigi Bazzoni. ...

Giancarlo Giannini BLACK BELLY OF THE TARANTULA  (aka  La tarantola dal ventre nero /1971). Director: Paolo Cavara. Inspector Tellini ...

Barbara Bouchet THE RED QUEEN KILLS SEVEN TIMES  (aka  La dama rossa uccide sette volte /1972). Director: Emilio Miraglia. The inhabit...

Franco Agostini and Giampiero Albertino THE CASE OF THE BLOODY IRIS  (aka Perché quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer? /...

Shirley Corrigan and Anthony Steffen THE   CRIMES OF THE BLACK CAT  (aka  Sette scialli di seta gialla /1972). Director: Sergio Pastore....

SEVEN BLOOD-STAINED ORCHIDS  (aka Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso /1972). Director: Umberto Lenzi. Someone is murdering women in gris...

Craig Hill and Lino Capolicchio THE BLOODSTAINED SHADOW (aka Solamente nero /1978). Director:   Antonio Bido. Stefano ( Lino Capolicch...

Anny Papa and Andrea Occhipinti A BLADE IN THE DARK  aka La casa con la scala nel buoi/ 1983). Director: Lamberto Bava. Bruno (Andrea ...

Dario Argento DARIO ARGENTO . Why do I like many of the films of Italian horrormeister Dario Argento, and dislike others just as much?...

A dramatic moment in Evelyn THE NIGHT EVELYN CAME OUT OF THE GRAVE ( aka La notte che Evelyn uscì dalla tomba /1971). Director: Emilio ...

GIALLO (2009). Director: Dario Argento. Linda (Emmanuelle Seigner) is horrified to learn that her sister, Celine, a model, is the lates...