Giallo Tribute: Tomorrow, 5-7SLT

The giallo films, referring to the unmistakable kind of Italian thrillers from the 60s and the 70s, are most notably marked by vivid, even feverish graphic imagery, maniacally stylish settings, strong sense of suspense, bordering on creeping insanity and paranoia, persistent eroticism, as well as surreal and horror, Poe-esque elements. Even if we simply think of the titles like Blood and Black Lace, The House with Laughing Windows, Seven Bloodstained Orchids, Knife of Ice, the giallo ventures already feel like exercises in strange, savage poetry put on film.

While the creative use of music in the gialli was shaped primarily by Dario Argento’s collaborations with Ennio Morricone, Bruno Nicolai, and the band Goblin, we can also speak of giallo-haunted music in a broader sense, be it disco-infected electro with darkly theatrical imagery or occult, footsteps-filled spaces of witch house and related experimental trends (Dario Argento meets David Lynch, huh?).

My giallo tribute will generally capture the moods of deep unease, the feeling of an eerie and ultimately fatal hide-and-seek, the lush temptations of italo-disco in a cold, midnight world where both murderers and murderees abide by fashion, and gently melancholic moments, doing the necessary work of mourning for what happens in the masterful nightmares known as gialli.

Homage to Giallo Films, Euro Horror & Arthouse


Kanjena: 3-5SLT
Mallory: 5-7SLT

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Finally, a nice little article on the subject: "Playing with genre: An introduction to the Italian giallo"