Black Cats and Incest. Last week we used our discussion of Mark Pellington’s The Mothman Prophecies to recover from our month-long theme on toxic masculinity, which included episodes on Funny Games, Deadgirl, Murder by Numbers and Hard Candy. This week we’re diving back into the world of Giallo with prolific Italian director Sergio Martino‘s Your Vice […]
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Heritage Italian sport brand Diadora and iconic NYC sneaker retailer Extra Butter take an avant-garde approach to footwear with the collaborative sneaker drop S8000 “Giallo 2.0,” which pays tribute to the Italian horror subgenre known as the “Giallo” film – notable classics include Blood and Black Lace, Deep Red, The Bird With the Crystal Plumage, […]
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Hoot Hoot, Bitch. After discussing the positive queer representation in John Carpenter’s Someone’s Watching Me! and the queer safe space of Midian at the center of Clive Barker’s Nightbreed, we’re heading over to Italy to wax poetic over Michele Soavi‘s 1987 giallo-cum-slasher Stage Fright! In the film, a narcissistic director (David Brandon) locks a group of stage […]
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Announced by Arrow Video this morning, Giallo Essentials: Black Edition is coming soon, Arrow’s third Blu-ray collection of classic Italian Giallo movies from the early 1970s. The new collection arrives on July 26, 2022. “While the release of Dario Argento’s The Bird with the Crystal Plumage gave rise to a glut of imitators, there was […]
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Before there was the American slasher movie there was the Italian Giallo movie, with recent movies including James Wan’s Malignant and Edgar Wright’s upcoming Last Night in Soho helping to renew interest in the stalk ‘n slash subgenre. This December, Arrow Video celebrates Italian slashers with Giallo Essentials Volume 2, including three Giallo classics. Announced […]