“Nothing Underneath” is a solid crime thriller with beautiful people, great camera work, and a score by Pino Donaggio. An American park ranger travels …continue reading The Daily Dig: Nothing Underneath (1985)
With a title revealing the central conflict, “Immaculate” could also describe star Sydney Sweeney’s flawless and memorable performance. Immaculate is a film that rests …continue reading Movie Night: Immaculate (SXSW 2024)
An underrated giallo gem, “The Psychic” is easily one of Fulci’s best — an innovative, smartly scripted, surprising supernatural mystery. Lucio Fulci has always …continue reading Flashback Friday: The Psychic (1977)
With structure thrown to the wind, Festa uses his music video experience to make the pseudo giallo “Fatal Frames” look as slick as possible. …continue reading The Daily Dig: Fatal Frames (1996)
The new Shudder documentary “Dario Argento Panico” is a brief but illuminating look at the life and work of an Italian horror master. Italian …continue reading Shudder Sunday: Dario Argento Panico (2024)
We dedicate January to giallo and honor a genre master, Mario Bava, an influential innovator whose work defined 1970s Italian horror. I celebrate Giallo …continue reading Donna Tha Dead: B is for Bava
The name Bava comes with an expectation of quality not met in this early 90s throwback filled with much behind-the-scenes tumult. Severed body parts …continue reading The Daily Dig: Body Puzzle (1992)
Over-the-top scenes of nudity threatened to make this laughable, but the plot of “Arabella” attracted me enough to keep it interesting. A writer uses …continue reading The Daily Dig: Arabella Black Angel (1989)
A good mystery, stellar cinematography, and heavy drama make for an upper-echelon installment to the Giallo sub-genre. The death of a private investigator leads …continue reading The Daily Dig: My Dear Killer (1972)
An incomprehensible story is covered up by scenes of torture, fantastical blood, and, of course, an ample amount of nudity. A recently paroled woman …continue reading The Daily Dig: The Girl in Room 2A (1974)
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