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A top-of-the-line giallo and a standout of the genre. Arguably the best film Fulci ever made, with a highlight score by the great Riz Ortolani. Taking place in a small Italian village and revolving around the disappearance and death of several of the town's children, the film exudes an eerie, uncomfortable feeling.
Fulci moved into directing giallo thrillers with Una sull'altra (1969), A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971) and Sette note in nero (The Psychic, 1977), as well as Spaghetti Westerns such as Four of the Apocalypse (1975) and Silver Saddle (1978), all of which were commercially successful and controversial in their depictions of graphic violence.
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- Louis Fuller
- 13 March 1996 (aged 68), Rome, Italy
- Cimitero Laurentino, Rome, Italy
4. The Psychic. 1977 1h 30m R. 6.8 (6.4K) Rate. A clairvoyant woman discovers a skeleton in a wall in her husband's house, and seeks to find the truth about what happened to the victim. Director Lucio Fulci Stars Jennifer O'Neill Gabriele Ferzetti Marc Porel. 5.
Apr 2, 2020 · With James Wan's upcoming giallo film, Malignant, and Luca Guadagnino's remake of Dario Argento's classic, Suspiria, modern horror fans have been discussing the history of Italian horror much more prominently in recent years.
- Your Vice Is A Locked Room and only I Have The Key |1972
- Don’T Torture A Duckling |1972
- Blood and Black Lace |1964
- Bay of Blood / Twitch of The Death Nerve |1971
- Hatchet For The Honeymoon | 1970
- The Bird with The Crystal Plumage | 1970
- The Girl Who Knew Too Much (The Evil Eye) | 1963
- Terror at The Opera (Opera) | 1987
- Suspiria | 1977
The title of the film, Your Vice Is a Locked Room andOnly I Have the Key (Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho lachiave) is actually a reference to Sergio Martino’s earlier Giallo film Lostrano vizio della Signora Wardh (The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh),in which the same phrase appears in a mysterious note apparently sent by akiller. Bet...
The best Giallos boast two main components – horror and mystery. Lucio Fulci’s Don’t Torture a Duckling (Non si sevizia un paperino) doesn’t quite have a mystery, nor does it actually succeed as a horror film, but this stylish modern-day murder mystery which follows a serial child killer on a rampage in a remote southern Italian village is consider...
Blood and Black Lace (Sei donne per l’assassino) is light on story but rich in style. One of Mario Bava’s most accomplished works, Blood and Black Lace is a beautiful piece of workmanship executed with dazzling, unparalleled use of bright colours and deep shadows. Choreographed with cruel precision, with an always mobile camera (mounted on a child’...
In 1971, Mario Bava unleashed Bay of Blood (Reazione a catena), a film that pushed beyond the levels of gore that had yet been seen in a murder mystery thriller. Bay of Blood has a body count of 13, spread across multiple killers – that is more dead bodies than the total of victims in the first Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday The 13th...
The general consensus on Hatchet for the Honeymoon (Il rosso segno della follia) is that it’s a departure from the traditional Giallo formula and not one of Bava’s best, but I wholeheartedly disagree. Hatchet for the Honeymoon is further evidence of the legendary director’s brilliance and in fact, the film held a special place in Bava’s heart since...
One of the most self-assured directorial debuts of the ‘70s, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (L’uccello dalle piume di cristallo) was a box office hit and breakthrough film for the master of Giallo. Here, Argento is more interested in building suspense in tense but clever plot twists and focused less on gore. The acting is excellent across the bo...
Mario Bava’s final black and white production is regarded as the seminal work in what would become known as the Giallo genre. Much Like Brian De Palma, Bava was very influenced by the master of suspense and borrowed heavily from Alfred Hitchcock throughout his career— the title itself spoofs The Man Who Knew Too Much, a story Hitchcock adapted twic...
Opera collides with horror in this gory Giallo from director Dario Argento, fitting neatly with Argento’s lavish stylistics and dark trademarks as a filmmaker. Opera was Argento’s most expensive production and it shows in his colour schemes, use of music, grand set design, and camera work – all of which are wildly inventive and appropriate. The fil...
The king of Italian horror, Dario Argento, directs what many consider to be his masterpiece. Suspiria is one of the most important and influential genre movies ever made and essential viewing for all horror fans. Argento’s first major non-Giallo directing job doesn’t stray too far from the style he established in his previous film Deep Red, but Sus...
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Jul 17, 2020 · Essentially a giallo, this feature is most notable for containing Fulci’s first use of bloody make-up effects, which would of course continue to become a staple within his future projects....
Lucio Fulci’s film career spread over more than forty years. He started as an assistant director and scriptwriter in the ‘50s, before becoming a director. As a filmmaker, he touched almost every genre, from comedy to horror to giallo to western.
