Tag Archives: Giallo

In the Folds of the Flesh is advertised as “the 1970 sickie that would make Freud himself scream in horror.” Apparently a sickie is a movie that is really sick, like how a talkie is a movie in which people ...

“The first concern, the concern of naïve realists, involves what might be called a perversion of cinema—that is, a simple misuse of the natural (to Bazin, noble) realism of the medium. The second concern is more complex: it addresses cinema ...

Download MP3 In episode fourteen, Kat and Samm begin a three-part look at the art giallo film, the more unconventional cousin to everyone’s favorite Italian horror genre, popularized by directors like Mario Bava and Dario Argento. This episode begins with ...

Though he might lack the cinematic attention given to British Gothic writers like Bram Stoker or Mary Shelley, Boston’s beloved son, Edgar Allan Poe (though Richmond, Philadelphia, and Baltimore also consider him theirs), has had a profound influence on both ...

British company Arrow Films has really been on a tear in recent months with a number of exceptional and maybe a bit unusual themed cult film box sets bursting with extras: noteworthy examples include their American Horror Project, Volume 1, ...

For fans of European horror, the year 1971 was a prime vintage. The Italian giallo boom was at its peak, while a slew of films that married high (art) and low (exploitation) values reached its most prolific and hedonistic. A ...

Sometime between the 1960s and 1990s the so-called “death of vinyl” was supposed to have occurred. With the 8-track, Compact-Cassette, and the CD all being introduced as cheaper and more accessible alternatives to the large and expensive vinyl record, sales ...

The Film **Review mostly originated for the Arrow release, sections have been update to account for the differences between versions. All screen grabs have been provided via Scream Factory’s new edition.** White of the Eye (1987) is an interesting film for ...

With the passing of another Toronto International Film Festival, it has now been a year since Astron-6’s latest feature, The Editor, had its world premiere. In that time, it has been generating a massive following. Astron-6 fanatics praised it and ...

By and large, Lucio Fulci is one of horror cinema’s most notable and beloved directors. However, that love is often applied loosely to his catalog. Sure, everyone knows his gory, zombie films, but these are only a small fraction of the ...