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Thanks. It's something to ponder.
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I was hoping to justify Messiah of Evil as an American attempt at a giallo, but I can't quite - although it certainly has some giallo aspects to it - murder setpieces, a weirdly decorated house, etc. There's a great scene of Anitra Ford in a seemingly abandoned grocery store, and then she is suddenly on the run from, not a black-gloved killer, but a, uh, mob of...well, I won't say any more for fear of spoilers.
You have to see this sequence in motion to get the full surreal effect of the chic Ford, with her stylish outfit and magnificent hair, in this fluorescent-heavy supermarket.
Anyway, call this post an example of giallo imagery in other kinds of movies. Beside, no harm in pics of Anitra Ford. She looks more like a giallo woman than some of the actual giallo actresses.
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Mar 10, 2024 - 8:04 AM
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I was hoping to justify Messiah of Evil as an American attempt at a giallo, but I can't quite - although it certainly has some giallo aspects to it - murder setpieces, a weirdly decorated house, etc. There's a great scene of Anitra Ford in a seemingly abandoned grocery store, and then she is suddenly on the run from, not a black-gloved killer, but a, uh, mob of...well, I won't say any more for fear of spoilers.
You have to see this sequence in motion to get the full surreal effect of the chic Ford, with her stylish outfit and magnificent hair, in this fluorescent-heavy supermarket.
Anyway, call this post an example of giallo imagery in other kinds of movies. Beside, no harm in pics of Anitra Ford. She looks more like a giallo woman than some of the actual giallo actresses.
Will have to try to help hunt that down
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Mar 10, 2024 - 9:59 AM
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Amuck (Silvio Amadio, 1972)
Aka “Alla Ricerca del Piacere” - “In Persuit of Pleasure “
An expensive purchase from CEX in Leicester on a visit to the in-laws but worth every penny. A wonderful opening with the always stupendous Barbara Bouchet crossing the Venetian lagoon in a water taxi and alighting at the gates of a mansion accompanied by her luggage. Just SO giallo.
She’s taken a job as secretary to a famous author to investigate the disappearance of her waterfall-sharing best friend who previously held that office.
Farley Granger is the author and Rosalba Neri his liberal wife. Very little, deliciously, is what it seems. Gorgeously shot, with moments of tension and with only a few somewhat tasteless moments to stop it being a first rate example of the genre.
Funky music - ehhhm, no
Twist ending - yes
Witness of murder - not by a character
Striptease - yes, sort of, for another woman
Killer’s POV - naw
Man slaps woman - yes
Overloud or inappropriate music - not really
Outrageous title - I wouldn’t say so, in either language
J&B bottle - yes, a mere glimpse but enough
Naked woman - yes
Death by stabbing - yes
Red herring - certainly
Black-gloved killer - nope
Goofy police inspector - no, in fact surprisingly helpful
Important picture - no
Woman takes bath or shower - yes, two of them under a waterfall
Blackmail - yes
Gay/lesbian character - yes, two of them under a waterfall
Important memory - yes, two of them under a … sorry, that’s an important memory that I’VE got. So no.
Random scene in Italian - as usual, watched it in Italian
Ooh ooh music - yes, I’m looking at you, Teo Usuelli
Death by razor - not in this fillum
Childhood trauma - no
Killer’s footsteps - no
Eleven GB points, would have liked an audio commentary but you can’t have everything.
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Mar 15, 2024 - 12:09 AM
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The Girl in Room 2A (William Rose, 1974)
Room 2A is a right doss-hole. The window shutters won’t stay shut in the lightest breeze, a mere zephyr starts them slamming at inappropriate times; there’s a bloodstain that reappears no matter how many times you scrub it; and worst of all, oh my dear the wallpaper!
But it’s where our heroine finds herself, recommended by her social worker on release from prison. Why do girls disappear from the boarding house and how does this tie in with the gothic credit sequence? A good cast (Rosalba Neri, Brad Harris, Daniela Giordano, Raf Vallone) are involved in this bizarre but pleasing giallo/inquisatorial hybrid.
Funky music - yes, during a late chase sequence, jarring with a ramped up and unconvincing fight scene
Twist ending - I suppose so
Witness of murder - yes
Striptease - no
Killer’s POV - no
Man slaps woman - yes
Overloud or inappropriate music - yes, some Barry Gray flourishes, and a few phrases similar to Live and Let Die, surprisingly
Outrageous title - no, not really, nor the Italian title of House of Fear
J&B bottle - not that I noticed
Naked woman - yes
Death by stabbing - yes
Red herring - not to speak of
Black-gloved killer - red, so doesn’t count
Goofy police inspector - total lack of coppers
Important picture - yes, kinda
Woman takes bath or shower - no
Blackmail - no
Gay/lesbian character - no
Important memory - going to say no
Random scene in Italian - yes, and delightfully some scenes in English in the Italian version!
Ooh ooh music - yes, in the end titles and disc menu. Good old Berto Pisano!
Death by razor - not that kind of giallo
Childhood trauma - no
Killer’s footsteps - no
Ten giallo points for this interesting film from Vinegar Syndrome’s Forgotten Gialli volume two.
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'Wooly Things'. Were they oven mits and you were actually watching a cookery programme?
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Mar 15, 2024 - 10:15 AM
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The French Sex Murders (Ferdinando Merighi, 1972)
Opening well, with a chase scene in Paris and the groovy Bruno Nicolai accompaniment, it immediately tails off with an unconvincing drop from the Eiffel Tower. And it barely recovers from that, becoming a little boring in the middle part. Ridiculous-looking gore is equalled only by the ridiculous subtitles - “I will kill you with these very hands”, said nobody, ever.
Of the films in Forgotten Gialli vol 2, I’m sorry this particular one got an audio commentary, as I’ll have to sit through it again. Overall it disappointed. Playing with visual effects (the rage of a prisoner in the dock is represented by the use of film negatives, and murders are shown repeatedly with different colour casts) doesn’t give the film any sense of originality, just cheapish exploitation of genuine groundbreakers.
Funky music - yes, starting with the Eiffel Tower chase
Twist ending - yes, you finally get to see who takes the big fall but the real question is whether you care by then
Witness of murder - no, or the plot about a dead guy supposedly killing people would fall apart
Striptease - no
Killer’s POV - yes
Man slaps woman - yes
Overloud or inappropriate music - with Bruno, how very dare you!
Outrageous title - definitely lurid but not as much fun as it sounds and despite a lot of the action taking place in a brothel
J&B bottle - no - Dick Randall can’t have been offered enough moolah
Naked woman - yes
Death by stabbing - yes (slicing counts)
Red herring - yes, you’re led down a couple of garden paths before the killer’s identity is revealed
Black-gloved killer - yes
Goofy police inspector - no, a very smart Bogart-alike character
Important picture - no
Woman takes bath or shower - no
Blackmail - yes, tangentially explained
Gay/lesbian character - no
Important memory - no
Random scene in Italian - yes, to get the longest possible version of the film
Ooh ooh music - yep, the main title
Death by razor - nope
Childhood trauma - no
Killer’s footsteps - niet, although he or she or they obviously take them…
Eleven giallo points for a film that doesn’t really add anything to the genre. Nice cars though.
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Mar 23, 2024 - 1:43 AM
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The Two Faces of Fear(1972)
With George Hilton, Fernando Rey, Edouardo Fajado, Luciana Paluzzi , Anita Sterindberg and Luis Davila
A rather animic giallo. While it was on it was watchable but just not memorable( for good or bad). It wasn't graphic and only two people died. I would have given it a couple of Brucie bonuses - Rey and Fajardo playing against type, for a change ( ie they weren't killers, murders or a gang boss) and Micalizzi's music was quite listenable. Bingo points f**k all.
Damian, Damian, Damian…
I caught up with this on Prime this morning. Great cast and a bit of humour, spiced up with real life open heart surgery as a novel addition. I enjoyed it, and I’m afraid I’m having to overrule your null pwa score.
Ooh ooh music is subjective but I’d say it’s absolutely part of the very serviceable score, together with red herrings, a twist ending, an important picture (the earring cine film) AND the killer’s point of view.
So I’m upgrading this to five GB points. Because I can 
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My rating was helped with plenty of apathy, pfftt! Despite the cast I was disappointed. It's now in the bottom drawer of my memory. Correct me if I'm wrong ( on this point at least ) wasn't it a bit on the short/ cut side. And not a lot ( compared to others) happened.
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“two pairs of eyes” .
Is that the one with a score by Pino?
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Is “Two Pairs of Eyes” the sequel to “Eyeball”?
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