Pieces is awesome and is gialloish enough to appeal to giallo fans, in spite of the argument that it can't be a giallo because it's not Italian or set in Italy.

Hi thanks for your help when i make a giallo rental list , ill post it here and see what you guys think.

Maybe i need to give bava another chance now i am more mature. I just found a bay of blood a little too slow maybe i wasnt in the mood

Really? I thought Bay of Blood was amazing when I first watched it.

MAybe i need to give it another watch i am not sure

Bay of Blood can be kind of a difficult movie. For one thing, it has one hell of a warped sense of causality and plot. You're basically looking at a movie that shrugs its shoulders ar you and says "shit happens" kind of like Gus Van Sant's Elephant but actually exalting in the gore. I can see how for some people it would be slow, nihilisitc and hard to wrap one's head around in spite of the brilliance of its storytelling methods and the harshness of it all.

Ditto & to some extent I liked Bay of Blood more than Blood & Black Lace. But both the films are fantastic showcases of murders that starts with one and ends with one and always kept the suspense pretty tightly.

I haven't seen Bava's Hatchet for the Honeymoon, Lamberto's Blade in the Dark & Fulci's Duckling yet, hope to see them soon I guess. And haven't seen some of the other Giallo films that V pointed out nicely in bold.

But lately I have seen all the Martino films (or should I say Fabulous Fenech Giallos;)) and to me Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key is the best from them.

Very much interested to see The Case of the Bloody Iris...another "Fabulous Fenech Giallo" as I know. But before that The House with Laughing Windows & Seven Blood-Stained Orchids are in my ques next.

Anyway, here's a list of Top 25 GIALLOS that I made & ranked according to my preferences...from 'Best' to 'wort a watch':


1. Bay of Blood
2. Blood and Black Lace
3. Opera
4. Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
5. The House That Screamed
6. Tenebre
7. Deep Red
8. What Have They Done To Your Daughters?
9. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
10. The Girl Who knew too much
11. Kill Baby...Kill!
12. What Have They Done To Solange?
13. Lizard in a Woman's Skin
14. Pieces
15. The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh
16. The Black Belly of the Tarantula
17. The Psychic
18. All the Colors of the Dark
19. The Stendhal Syndrome
20. 5 Dolls for an August Moon
21. Eyes of Laura Mars
22. Strip Nude for your Killer
23. Case of the Scorpion's Tail
24. Torso
25. The New York Ripper

Some of the films I really need to see again...don't know the reason but can't recall many of the scenes or the storyline properly!:o

I liked "My Dear Killer" aka Mio Caro Assassino directed by Tonino Valerii, no matter how many times I watch this movie I can never remember who the killer is.:confused: Another good movie is Alice sweet Alice aka Communion directed by Alfred Sole

Alice Sweet Alice is a great movie, but not gaillo.

of course there are the American wanna-be gialli like
DRESSED TO KILL and the Carpenter scripted EYES OF LAURA MARS

Dressed To Kill is so solid. It'd be great if De Palma started doing flicks like that again.

Hi have managed to put these giallo movies on my rental list.

cat o nine tails
house with laughing windows
deep red
the bird with the crystal plummage
torso
who saw her die

Is this is a good start

Cheers

good start

TORSO starts off weak and slow, but the last fifteen minutes are stunningly directed... the ending saves the film for me.

Lately saw Laughing windows and it's a pretty good 70's creepy horror-thriller which I don't like to call a Giallo.

Some of my favorite non-Argento giallo films:

Spirits of Death (Un bianco vestito per Mariale) (1972) - one of the early films by Romano Scavolini, who later directed the famous slasher ''Nightmares in Damaged Brain''. ''Spirits of Death'' offers creepy atmosphere of the medieval castle, decadence and very surprising final scene, completely different from the standards of giallo thrillers.

The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh) (1971) - definitly one of the best giallos by Sergio Martino, even better then later ''The Case of the Scorpions Tale''. Great role of beautiful Edwige Fenech, demonic Ivan Rassimov as her ex-lover, and - what's most important - very clever plot with many surprising twists which can leave you speechless even a giallo fan.

All the Colors of the Dark (Tutti i colori nel buio) (1972) - another great thriller by Sergio Martino, this time with lot of psychodelic scenes and pretty onyric atmosphere. We can see another great appearences of Edwige Fenech and Ivan Rassimov, as well as George Hilton. Finally, the fantastic music score of Bruno Nicolai needs to be mentioned.

Don't Torture a Duckling (Non si sevizia un paperino) (1972) - one of the early films of Lucio Fulci is one of his best at the same time. Beautiful locations, portraying the typical small village society and great gore scenes are it's strongest sides, together with music of Riz Ortolani.

Eyes of Crystal (Occhi di cristalo) (2004) - one of very few post-2000 attempts to reanimate giallo, and I have to say it's a good one. Great plot, good roles of Luigi Lo Cascio and Lucia Jimenez, and many references to the classic giallos, including ''Four Flies on Grey Velvet'', ''Torso'' and ''Don't Torture a Duckling''.

Hi cement are you in the uk are these movies available to rent on dvd ?

Slasher ?
 

Hi i have watched the best slashers and enjoyed them but i was wondering if there was any from the list below which could be considered a good slasher for me to enjoy.

Terror Train
Happy birthday to me
Sleepaway camp
The initiation
April fools day
Silent night deadly night
Hell night
The house on Sorority row
When a stranger calls

Thanks

yes









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The Sleepaway Camp films were a lot of fun.

Happy birthday to me is a cool movie.:cool:

I find it so weird that J Lee Thompson who made Happy Birthday to Me also made the origina Cape Fear and Ice-Cold in Alex...

He seemed to end up doing a lot of but fun Chuck Bronson films..

He directed some of Bronson's best work IMO: The Evil That Men Do, 10 to Midnight, Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects.

Also he directed the best of the Planet of the Apes series. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.

Night warning
 

Any news for the release of this movie ?

Hi folks.
Can anybody help me. Trying to find Four Flies on Grey Velvet-either region free or region 2. Amazon only have it as region 1 and i have yet to invest in a multi region dvd player. This and Le cinque Giornate are the only two of Argento's films that i have been unable to get a hold on.

Thank you Peeps xxx

You should type the brand and model of your DVD player into google and find a crack for it. I did it to my players a few months back and it worked a treat.

thanks for that, but don't actually know the make/model-its archaic and the kids pulled the front cover off it a long time ago!
Really must invest in a new one! But cheers babe xx

A very nice kind knight on a white charger has ridden to my rescue. He is a star and knows who he is. Thank you babe.
What a waste x;)

alice sweet alice ?
 

Hi i just watched this movie and wanted to know your take on it etc etc i.e who was the murderer

I had the impression that the housekeeper was the killer and Alice would likely take her place.

ha

I'm guessing that you are over 40 ;)

Not quite, why?

I liked this movie, a very good who done it mystery with all the hallmarks of
a galio. The killer was Mrs Tredoni the church house keeper. I am curious of
Newb's remarks to TheWickerFan, I am under the age of 40, in fact I had to
lie about my age before I could join this forum.:rolleyes: Did I ever mention
that all the mods on this forum are all awesome people.:rolleyes:

lol

sorry..my bad

I saw the word "housekeeper" and "Alice" and the first thing I thought of was "The Brady Bunch"


that what happens when you get over 40 :o

Has anyone heard of the term...

"HUGE SPOILER ALERT"?!

Congratulations. You just spoiled the film for an entire group of people who haven't seen the film yet.

As the first thing that was written in the thread was the question "Who was the murderer?", I thought that was probably enough of a warning to anyone who hadn't seen the film. I apologize wholeheartedly nonetheless.

wait....are you saying...it was....SAM THE BUTCHER!

HUGE SPOILER ALERT

There was another film called Alice the housekeeper directed by Just Jaeckin
and it starred Sylvia Kristel, its not a horror movie:rolleyes: but it would put you guys
in the over 40 age group. Sylvia Kristel is my favorite scream queen.:rolleyes:

yeah,i also enjoyed happy birthday to me.was rated 18 when i watched it,but then dissapeared over here in the u.k!think it is now available but now rated 15?

Happy Birthday to Me and Sleepaway Camp are good one. Also check out the original Black Christmas. It's considered to be the first slasher film ever made, and I will happily vouch for it's awesomeness.

1. My Bloody Valentine
2. When a stranger calls
3. Happy birthday to me
4. The house on Sorority row
5. The initiation
6. Sleepaway camp
7. Hell night
8. Terror Train

Haven't seen April Fool's Day & Silent Night Deadly Night.