Feinschmecker giallo films!

It's really hard not to like giallo when you like horror movies. If you ask me. It has the seventies feel to it, it has slashing, practical effects, razors and negligees, black gloves and mansions.

...and the names of these movie, my goodness.

"Aunt Martha does dreadful things", for example. 😍

One of our rookies is a regular cornucopia of knowledge of giallo, and he dug into his mind looking for the more obscure giallo movies.

Enjoy! ✌

Murder Obsession

(Riccardo Freda, 1980; Italian: Follia omicida) aka Fear, aka The Wailing, aka The Murder Syndrome

The Secret of Seagull Island

(Nestore Ungaro, 1981; Italian: L'isola del gabbiano)

Madhouse

(Ovidio Assonitis, 1981) aka There Was a Little Girl

Tenebrae

(Dario Argento, 1982) aka Unsane

The Scorpion with Two Tails

(Sergio Martino, 1982; Italian: Assassinio al cimitero etrusco / Murder in the Etruscan Cemetery)

A Blade in the Dark

(Lamberto Bava, 1982; Italian: La casa con la scala nel buio / The House with the Dark Staircase)

The New York Ripper

(Lucio Fulci, 1982; Italian: Lo squartatore di New York)

Delitto Carnale

(Cesare Canaveri, 1982; English: Carnal Crime)

Extrasensorial

(Alberto de Martino, 1983) aka Blood Link

Mystere

(Carlo Vanzina, 1983) aka Murder Near Perfect

The House of the Yellow Carpet

(Carlo Lizzani, 1983; Italian: La casa del tappeto giallo)

Murder Rock

(Lucio Fulci, 1984; Italian: Murderock - uccide a passo di danza) aka The Demon Is Loose!

Sweets for a Stranger

(Franco Ferrini, 1985; Italian: Caramelle da uno sconosciuto)

Formula For a Murder

(Alberto de Martino, 1985) aka 7 Hyden Park - La casa maledetta

La casa del buon retorno

(Beppe Cino, 1986; English: The House of Good Returns) aka The House with the Blue Shutters

The Killer Has Returned

(Camillo Teti, 1986; Italian: L'assassino e' ancora tra noi)

Delitti

(Giovanna Lenzi, 1986; English: Crimes)

You'll Die at Midnight

(Lamberto Bava, 1986; Italian: Morirai a mezzanotte) aka The Midnight Killer, aka Midnight Horror

The Monster of Florence

(Cesare Ferrario, 1986; Italian: Il mostro di firenze)

Phantom of Death

(Ruggero Deodato, 1987; Italian: Un delitto poco comune / An Uncommon Crime) aka Off Balance

Stage Fright

(Michele Soavi, 1987; Italian: Deliria) aka Aquarius, aka Bloody Bird

Delirium

(Lamberto Bava, 1987; Italian: Le foto di Gioia / Photos of Gioia)

Body Count

(Ruggero Deodato, 1987) aka Camping del terrore

Too Beautiful to Die

(Dario di Piana, 1988; Italian: Sotto il vestito niente 2 / Nothing Underneath 2)

Dial: Help

(Ruggero Deodato, 1988; Italian: Minaccia d'amore / Love Threat)

Obsession: A Taste for Fear

(Piccio Raffanini, 1988; Italian: Pathos - Un sapore di paura)

Opera

(Dario Argento, 1988) aka Terror at the Opera

The Murder Secret

(Mario Bianchi, Lucio Fulci, 1988; Italian: Non aver paura della zia Marta / Don't Be Afraid of Aunt Martha) aka Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things

Massacre

(Andrea Bianchi, 1989)

Nightmare Beach (Umberto Lenzi, 1989) aka Welcome To Spring Break

Arabella, the Black Angel

(Stelvio, 1989) aka Black Angel

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