Advice from the experts

[Beyond72]

I find even the lesser gialli at least have some nice cinematography in there.
But Mario Bava is the best place to start, with his use of lighting, he truly nailed transferring the lurid giallo paperbacks onto the screen. And all that, while doing tracking shots by pushing himself along in a kid's cart!


Here's a few of my fav gialli anyway:

[Daemonia]

Oh yeah, forgot about Solange and subsequently What Have They Done To Your Daughters? and Red Rings of Fear.

I also forgot to mention Paranoia (aka A Quiet Place to Kill) which is quite striking visually as well. And I should really mention Death Laid an Egg, but it's a bit of an oddity that one. Would Death Smiles at Murder from D'Amato qualify as a Giallo? That's also visually interesting. Of course, if you want to tap into the sleazier side of the Giallo, then look no further than New York Ripper and Giallo in Venice, and The Killers are Still Among Us is quite dark and nasty too. Renato Polselli's Delirium is well worth checking out too, it's utterly demented with a raving Mickey Hargitay on top (low?) form.

I'm doing this entirely from memory, so forgive me if I've made any mistakes.

[Beyond72]

Originally Posted by Daemonia

And I should really mention Death Laid an Egg, but it's a bit of an oddity that one.

I was thinking about naming that one too Daemonia, although due to it's limited availability I thought otherwise. But yea it does have some interesting cinematography/editing.

[filmgrabber]

Thanks so much for all the advice guys! I've put a wish list together so just need to save up some $$$ and start chipping away.

I'd love to do a giallo month on the site soon, It all depends on how fast I can get hold of the discs!