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Rank your favourite gialli

posted 12 years ago by Red-Barracuda
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Please list the gialli you have seen in preferential order. Once everybody taking part has submitted their lists, I will use them to create a definitive list (1 point for the film on the bottom of the list and incremented by 1 point upwards). Don't worry if you have only seen a couple of movies that qualify, or if you aren't even much of a fan - still list what you have seen in preferential order!

To prevent any debate about what does and what does not qualify as a giallo I have made a decision that it is a film that is (a) tagged with the 'giallo' keyword and (b) has Italy as one of its countries of origins. As such, this is the list to choose from:
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?count=100&countries=it&keywor ds=giallo&sort=alpha,asc
nb: 'Nightmare' is in that list but I don't think that one counts.

If you like, feel free to list a gialloesque list too, that covers those that don't fall into this category. These can be purely on your own discretion.

Thanks.

...Frazer
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[–] westing000 12 years ago

What a project. Much I haven't seen. Will edit them in as I watch them.

Blood and Black Lace
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
Deep Red
Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Phenomena
Slaughter Hotel/The Coldblooded Beast
Tenebre
Bay of Blood/Twitch of the Death Nerve
The Case of the Bloody Iris
Seven Bloodstained Orchids
Death Walks on High Heels
All the Colors of the Dark
The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh
A Blade in the Dark
Strip Nude for Your Killer
The Red Queen Kills Seven Times
The Fifth Cord
5 Dolls for an August Moon
Torso
Who Saw Her Die?
A Lizard in Woman's Skin
What Have You Done to Solange?
Don't Torture a Duckling
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
The Bloodstained Shadow
One on Top of the Other/Perversion Story
The Killer Must Kill Again
Stagefright
Delirium
Opera
Death Walks at Midnight
Knife of Ice
In the Folds of Flesh
The Pajama Girl Case
The Black-belly of the Tarantula
Naked... You Die/The Young, the Evil, and the Savage/The Schoolgirl Killer
The House with Laughing Windows (for some reason i can't get into this movie)
The Black Cat
Spasmo
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
The Cat O'Nine Tails
Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion
The Cold Eyes of Fear
Puzzle
Sleepless
The Crimes of the Black Cat
The Red-Headed Corpse
Death Lays an Egg
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
Eyeball
Short Night of Glass Dolls
The Psychic
The New York Ripper
Trauma
Giallo

if Suspiria and Inferno were giallo, they wold be 1+2

not italian giallo-ish stuff (all are must see):

Don't Look Now
Blowup
Perfect Blue
Alice Sweet Alice
The Eyes of Laura Mars
Evil Dead Trap
Terror (1978 Norman J Warren film)
Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll
Dressed to Kill
Nightmares (1980 Aussie film)
Basic Instinct

"Stink, stink, stink, Mr Murdock!"

[–] Red-Barracuda 12 years ago

Awesome.

...Frazer
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[–] westing000 11 years ago

i'm re-posting with a new order, after much watching and re-watching. i'm worth listening to twice...

Italian giallo:

Blood and Black Lace
The Beast Kills in Cold Blood (aka Slaughter Hotel)
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
Deep Red
Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Phenomena
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
The Case of the Bloody Iris
Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
Bay of Blood (aka Twitch of the Death Nerve)
Tenebrae
Death Walks on High Heels
The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh
All the Colors of the Dark
Who Saw Her Die?
5 Dolls for an August Moon
Strip Nude for Your Killer
The Red Queen Kills Seven Times
The Fifth Cord
What Have You Done to Solange?
Torso
A Blade in the Dark
Don't Torture a Duckling
A Lizard in Woman's Skin
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Amuck!
The Bloodstained Shadow
Stage Fright (aka Deleria)
One on Top of the Other (aka Perversion Story)
Knife of Ice
The House with the Laughing Windows
The Killer Must Kill Again
A White Dress for Mariale (aka Spirits of Death)
In the Folds of the Flesh
Opera
The Sister of Ursula
Death Walks at Midnight
Short Night of Glass Dolls
Delirium
The Black Cat
The Pyjama Case Girl
Black Belly of the Tarantula
The Cat O'Nine Tails
Naked.. You Die (aka The Young, the Evil, and the Savage/The Schoolgirl Killer)
The Cold Eyes of Fear
Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
The Psychic
Spasmo
Cat in the Brain
Evil Eye
Sleepless
Puzzle
The Crimes of the Black Cat
The Red Headed Corpse
Death Laid an Egg
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
Eyeball
The New York Ripper
Trauma
Delirium: Photos of Gioia
The Stendahl Syndrome
Giallo

not Italian:

Don't Look Now
Pefect Blue
Alice Sweet Alice
Terror
The Eyes of Laura Mars
Evil Dead Trap
Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll
Dressed to Kill
I Know Who Killed Me
Nightmares

"Stink, stink, stink, Mr Murdock!"

[–] hiddenagenda1 10 years ago

10/10
1. Suspria (1977)
6/10
2. Terror at the Opera (1987)

Volker Flenske: (While torturing David) I don't know why you're doing this to yourself!

[–] I_Love_Hutch 9 years ago

Golly, westing000, you have seen a staggering number of gialli. Also kind of cool is that apparently we both share our number pick.

Here's my relatively paltry list, but only the ones that I really enjoy.

1. Blood and Black Lace (in my top ten favorite movies of all time)
2. Phenomena
3. Black Sabbath
4. Suspiria
5. Black Sunday
6. Tenebre
7. Deep Red
8. Kill, Baby, Kill
9. Don't Torture a Duckling
10. Four Flies on Grey Velvet
11. Opera