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DVDBeavers LOVE GIALLO. We've made a listing of English-friendly Gialli on Blu-ray, with purchase links and to our reviews and comparisons, as well as the TOP 15, Recommended Reading, Upcoming, Misidentified Gialli and Giallo-related films.

(special thanks to Gregory!)

 

The word "giallo" is Italian - literally meaning "yellow". The colloquial term derived from a series of inexpensive paperback mystery novels, popular in post-fascist Italy (prior to which the Mussolini government had banned the import of many American and British pulpy crime novels.) Generally, having salacious artwork they were published with, easily identifiable, yellow covers. Examples:

 

 

In English-speaking countries, the term "giallo" refers to a particular cinematic form of Italian-produced murder mystery films that can blur the line between art and exploitation. These can represent auteur-driven style, which include fictional themes of horror/thriller narratives (utilizing sharp weapons, leather, kidnapping, the supernatural, gruesome personal violence, seduction etc.) frequently containing explicit, graphic and/or erotic elements with beautiful women. There is a heavy emphasis on lush, over-the-top, visuals sometimes coupled with disorienting or intense music. The, oft-imitated, approach blossomed in the mid-to-late 1960s and rose in popularity during the 1970s, although continued to flourish, more sporadically, in the 80s and beyond.

 

Latest Additions

 

The Designated Victim (1971)

Deep Red (1975)

The Fourth Victim (1971)

The Cat O' Nine Tails (1971)

The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (1970)

The Crimes of the Black Cat (1972)

The Dead Are Alive! (1972)

Death Laid an Egg

(1968)

The Strange Vice Of Mrs Wardh (1971)

 

Alphabetic with recommended film tiles, appropriately, in yellow!

5 Dolls for an August Moon (1970)

All The Colors Of The Dark (1972)

Amuck (1972)

A Bay of Blood (1971)

The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (1970)

The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (1970)

Black Veil for Lisa (1968)

A Blade in the Dark (1983)

 

 

Blood and Black Lace (1964)

The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971) The Bloodstained Shadow (1978) Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll (1974) Body Puzzle (1992)

The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)

The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)

The Cat O' Nine Tails (1971)

 

The Cat O' Nine Tails (1971)

Cold Eyes of Fear

(1971)

The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973)

The Crimes of the Black Cat (1972)

The Dead Are Alive! (1972)

Death Laid an Egg

(1968)

Death Occurred Last Night

(1970)

Death Smiles on a Murderer (1973)

Death Walks at Midnight aka "Cry Out in Terror"

(1972)

 

Death Walks on High Heels (1971)

Deep Red (1975)

Deep Red

(1975)

Delirium

(1987)

The Designated Victim (1971)

The Doll of Satan (1969)

Double Face (1969)

The House That Screamed (1970)

Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)

 

A Dragonfly for Each Corpse (1975)

Enigma rosso (1978)

Eye in the Labyrinth (1972)

Eyeball (1975)

Eyeball

(1975)

The Fifth Cord  (1971)

Footprints (1975)

Forbidden Photos Of A Lady Above Suspicion (1970)

Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

 

The Fourth Victim (1971)

The Fox With a Velvet Tail (1971)

Giallo in Venice (1979)

The Girl Who Knew Too Much aka "The Evil Eye" (1963)

Gran Bollito aka "Black Journal" (1977)

Hatchet for the Honeymoon aka "Blood Brides" (1970)

An Ideal Place to Kill

(1971)

The Iguana With the Tongue of Fire (1971)

 

Inferno (1980)

The Killer Is One of 13 (1973)

Killer Nun (1978) The Killer Reserved Nine Seats (1974)

A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)

Macabro (1980)

The Murder Clinic (1966)

Murder Obsession (1981)

 

 

The New York Ripper (1982)

The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971)

Night of the Scorpion (1972) Night Ripper (1986)

Nightmare Beach (1989)

No, the Case Is Happily Resolved (1973)

Opera (1987)

 

Paranoia (1969)

The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974)

Perversion Story (1969)

Phenomena (1985) Play Motel (1979)

The Police Are Blundering in the Dark (1975)

The Possessed  (1965)

The Psychic aka "Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes" (1977)

 

 

The Pyjama Girl Case (1977)

The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972)

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids

(1972)

Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye (1973)

Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)

The Slasher (1972)

Slaughter Hotel aka "Cold Blooded Beast"  (1971)

 

Sleepless

(2001)

Spasmo

(1974)

StageFright (1987)

The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)

The Strange Vice Of Mrs Wardh (1971)

Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975)

The Suspicious Death Of A Minor

(1975)

 

Suspira

(1977)

The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968)

Tenebrae (1982)

Torso

(1973)

Trauma (1978)

Tropic of Cancer (1972)

Two Males for Alexa aka "Bitterer Whisky" (1971)

Voices from Beyond (1991)

 

 

Watch Me When I Kill (1977)

Wax Mask (1997)

The Weekend Murders (1970)

What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)

What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)

What Have They Done to Your Daughters (1974)

A White Dress for Marialé aka "Spirits of Death" (1972)

Who Saw Her Die? (1972)

Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key  (1972)

 


Review links and/or Amazon links coming soon....

The Dead Are Alive (1972) Opera (1987) Murder Rock (1984)

 


A few Italian Gothic / horror / fantasy or zombie films that are sometimes mis-identified as 'Giallo'...

Aenigma (1987) The Beyond (1981) Black Sabbath (1963) Black Sunday (1960) Burial Ground (1981) Demons (1985) The House by the Cemetery (1981)

 

Kill Baby, Kill (1966) Kill Baby, Kill (1966)

A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)

Lisa and the Devil (1973)

The Long Hair of Death (1964) Nightmare Castle (1965) Nightmare City (1980) The Whip and the Body (1963)


Excellent films that are Giallo-themed, have Giallo conventions, are an homage to, documentaries about, or were influenced by...

Non-English-language:

Amer (2009) Tesis (1996) Francesca (2015) A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night  (2014) Masks (2011) The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (2013) Symphony in Blood Red (2010)

English-language:

Psychopath  (1966)

Klute (1971)

Sisters (1973)

Dressed to Kill (1980)

White of the Eye

(1987)

Basic Instinct (1992)

Eyes Wide Shut

(1999)

The Black Swan

(2010)

Berberian Sound Studio (2012)

The Neon Demon (2016)

All the Colors of Giallo (2018)


 

TOP 15 Giallo Films of all Time! (that are on Blu-ray)

A Bay of Blood (1971)

Blood and Black Lace (1964)

The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (1970)

The Cat O' Nine Tails (1971)

Deep Red (1975)

 

Don't Torture a Duckling

(1972)

Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

The Girl Who Knew Too Much aka "The Evil Eye" (1963)

A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)

Opera (1987)

 

Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)

Suspira

(1977)

Tenebrae (1982)

What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)

Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key  (1972)


Recommended Reading for Giallo fans (CLICK COVERS or TITLES for more information)

 

 

 

 

Splintered Visions: Lucio Fulci and His Films

by Troy Howarth

Giallo and Thrilling All'Italiana

by Antonio Bruschini

Giallo Argento

by Luigi Cozzi


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