Your Favourite Gialli.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

If anyone's interested Death Laid An Egg is available on dvd through Desert Island Films. According to an Amazon reviewer it's the same print as used for the soon deleted Deadly Fiends collection, which i can vouch for as a decent widescreen print and not a vhs rip.

[nosferatu42]

'Death laid an egg' is a pretty interesting. Arthouse type giallo, remember enjoying the first half an hour at least. Can't remember much about the rest.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Death Carries a Cane. (1973)

I hate to say it but Bizarre_Eye summed this up to a tee on another thread. Death Carries a Cane is an enjoyable giallo which throws us many of the genre's great trademarks - the black gloved killer, the killer who has a special calling card during his kills - wooden cane and cut throat razor, bloody kills and ample nudity and sleaze.

However after a really enjoyable opening hour it seems to lose it's way and meanders towards it's final showdown. When the excitement should be gripping you by the throat you end up clock watching. However come the ending the film regains it's mojo with a finale that is both suspenseful and disorientating. A shame really as Death Carries a Cane had real potential but stumbled at getting to that final hurdle.

[Make Them Die Slowly]

I am not really a fan of this genre and most of the ones I like have already been discussed but I thought I'd mention THE IGUANA WITH THE TONGUE OF FIRE as it has an unusual location being set in Dublin and a truly sleazy ending. Other than that it is pretty standard stuff for the genre.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

What are members favourite gialli at the moment?

It's been a while since i watched one.

I think Crimes of the Black Cat is a really enjoyable film. It was one of the last ones i gave a rewatch to. It sports a truly nasty razor murder in a shower that Hitchcock would have squirmed at.

Such a shame the dvd from Dagored isn't great quality.

[sjconstable]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

What are members favourite gialli at the moment?

It's been a while since i watched one.

I think Crimes of the Black Cat is a really enjoyable film. It was one of the last ones i gave a rewatch to. It sports a truly nasty razor murder in a shower that Hitchcock would have squirmed at.

That is possibly the most vicious murder I've seen in a giallo, it actually took me by surprise when I watched the film.

A giallo that has gone up in my estimations recently is Solamente Nero aka The Bloodstained Shadow. I like its atmosphere and the Goblin-performed score. Spasmo by Umberto Lenzi has also grown on me due to its insanity, style, and again, the score.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by sjconstable

That is possibly the most vicious murder I've seen in a giallo, it actually took me by surprise when I watched the film.

A giallo that has gone up in my estimations recently is Solamente Nero aka The Bloodstained Shadow. I like its atmosphere and the Goblin-performed score. Spasmo by Umberto Lenzi has also grown on me due to its insanity, style, and again, the score.

The Bloodstained Shadow was one of the first gialli i ever saw. The Pyjama Girl Case was my very first on Redemption vhs. The Bloodstained Shadow was in Anchor Bay's Giallo Collection box set which i'm sure you probably owned at some point.

I was completely underwhelmed by Spasmo. I've had the Shriek Show dvd for years but only watched it once. I take it you recommend a re-watch.

[nosferatu42]

I think the Redemption release of Deep Red was the first Giallo i ever saw, that or a bootleg of Torso.

[sjconstable]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I was completely underwhelmed by Spasmo. I've had the Shriek Show dvd for years but only watched it once. I take it you recommend a re-watch.

It's mainly due to now being able to watch them in Italian, I never thought much of them before in their English dubbed versions.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by sjconstable

It's mainly due to now being able to watch them in Italian, I never thought much of them before in their English dubbed versions.

I can appreciate that actually.