Giallo – We Have Issues

The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972) – Review

April 24, 2025 greigzilla

I’ve always admired the differences that exist between those two closely linked subgenres known as the Giallo and the Slasher film. Of course, the latter

The Night Evelyn Came Out Of The Grave (1971) – Review

March 6, 2025 greigzilla

Giallo is a weird genre, isn’t it? Like, it’s not enough to be part slasher, part whodunit, but it has to heap layers of psychosexual

Perfect Blue (1997) – Review

January 14, 2025 greigzilla

Those who don’t tend to dip their toes frequently in the pool of endless possibilities that is Anime tend to write the majority of it

Trauma (1993) – Review

September 2, 2024 greigzilla

It’s something of a common fact about the career of Dario Argento that Italy’s master of horror saw something of a drop off in quality

The New York Ripper (1982) – Review

May 5, 2024 greigzilla

Even though I’m probably going to catch hell (or even a knife in the privates) for this, I have to admit I never really cared

The Psychic (1977) – Review

April 8, 2024 greigzilla

Anyone familiar with the more outrageous moments of Lucio Fulci’s output will no doubt be aware that once the maniacal sod entered the gorier era

Torso (1973) – Review

February 27, 2024 greigzilla

Say what you will about the Giallo genre, they certainly don’t hold back when naming a movie. Renamed to a shorter and more succinct “Torso”

Blood And Black Lace (1964) – Review

August 16, 2023 greigzilla

While Dario Argento is rightfully credited as the uncontested ruler of the slash-tastic murder mystery genre known as Giallo, one of the vital creators of

The Cat o’ Nine Tails (1971) – Review

July 3, 2023 greigzilla

After setting Italian Giallo cinema ablaze with his stunningly stylish debut, The Bird With The Crystal Plumage, Dario Argento had something of an impossible task

A Bay Of Blood (1971) – Review

June 27, 2023 greigzilla

When people throw around well deserving names like Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci when describing the pinnacles of Italian horror, another name that isn’t hurled

Four Flies On Grey Velvet (1971) – Review

March 25, 2023 greigzilla

Dario Argento has been dubbed the master of horror more times than I’ve had hot dinners – and I’m not usually known for skipping too

Pieces (1982) – Review

July 9, 2022 greigzilla

Advertised in some corners of the world with the brazenly unsubtle tagline “You don’t have to go to Texas for a chainsaw massacre”, Pieces is

Dark Glasses (2022) – Review

June 21, 2022 greigzilla

You know that feeling you have when a beloved artist you’ve followed since your youth keeps putting out albums that are nowhere near as good

The Bird With The Crystal Plumage (1970) – Review

June 16, 2022 greigzilla

It’s not easy to popularise an entirely new subgenre almost single handedly, but it’s even tougher to do it with your debut movie – however,

Opera (aka. Terror At The Opera) (1987) – Review

April 28, 2022 greigzilla

If there’s anything that Giallo pioneer and black murder-glove enthusiast, Dario Argento is famous for is overwhelmingly vicious violence and stunningly beautiful visuals, so could

Phenomena (1985) – Review

March 30, 2022 greigzilla

Dario Argento has shown us some undeniably gnarly shit throughout his long and fascinating career of horror films but the jaw dropping visuals he employs

Deep Red (1975) – Review

October 27, 2021 greigzilla

Known in its native Italy by the equally impressive sounding Profondo Rosso, Dario Argento’s Deep Red is arguably the pinnacle of the sub-genre known collectively

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