Giallo - from best to worst
by Red-Barracuda | created - 30 Jun 2014 | updated - 2 days ago | PublicIn preferential order...
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1. Deep Red (1975)
R | 127 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the former witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril
Votes: 42,654
Dario Argento directed an enduring classic here. It has great camerawork, engaging lead actors, frightening set-pieces and amazing music from soundtrack legends Goblin. Plus it has one of the most audaciously brilliant twist reveals imaginable.
2. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
GP | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An American expatriate in Rome attempts to unmask a serial killer he witnessed in the act of an attempted murder - and is now hunting him and his girlfriend.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi
Votes: 24,101 | Gross: $0.42M
In his debut movie, Argento took Mario Bava's template and moulded it into a chic and direct contemporary thriller whose international success directly led to the giallo cycle of films of the early 70's. The expertly handled suspense scenes are photographed exquisitley, it has a legendary Ennio Morricone score and it is cleverly plotted. A classic.
3. Tenebrae (1982)
R | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An American novelist visiting Rome to promote his latest book is stalked and harassed by an obsessed fan who is committing a string of murders that appear to be tributes to his work.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Giuliano Gemma, John Saxon, Daria Nicolodi
Votes: 27,436
This 80's Argento is pure carnage. Chock-full of designer violence and flamboyant camera-work. Has great music and nice plot twists too. It made the Video Nasty list and it's not hard to see why.
4. Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Thomas Reiner, Arianna Gorini
Votes: 13,017
The film that set the rules for giallo cinema. Maybe the most artistic of gialli. Lush cinematography and gorgeous colours abound. Don't think, just look
5. The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)
R | 81 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
An ambassador's wife discovers that one of the men in her life - either her husband, an ex-lover or her current lover - may be a vicious serial killer.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: George Hilton, Edwige Fenech, Conchita Airoldi, Manuel Gil
Votes: 5,451
Sergio Martino's erotic giallo starring the one and only Edwige Fenech. Highly stylised and includes a particularly sensual and haunting main theme from Nora Orlandi. Essential stuff basically.
6. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)
Not Rated | 95 min | Mystery, Thriller
The potentially unhinged daughter of a British politician is accused of killing her hedonistic neighbor after she witnesses the murder in a dream.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Stanley Baker, Jean Sorel, Silvia Monti
Votes: 5,791
Lucio Fulci's masterpiece. Trippy and psychedelic. Well acted and beautifully shot. Featuring yet another super Ennio Morricone score. This is one of the best gialli ever made. Highly recommended.
7. What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)
R | 107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A teacher who is having an affair with one of his students is reluctant to present an alibi when his lover witnesses the first in a series of murders connected to their school.
Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: Fabio Testi, Karin Baal, Cristina Galbó, Joachim Fuchsberger
Votes: 5,925
One of the most highly regarded entries in the genre with good reason. It has a great, compelling mystery and agreeably salacious undertones. And with a top notch Morricone soundtrack, what's not to like?
8. Phenomena (1985)
R | 116 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A young girl who has an amazing ability to communicate with insects is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Daria Nicolodi, Dalila Di Lazzaro
Votes: 30,063
Part supernatural horror, part giallo, Phenomena is a wilfully ridiculous film. The sheer insanity of it, though, is what makes it so thoroughly entertaining. It's sort of like Suspiria with a giallo killer. And lots of insects.
9. Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
Not Rated | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
When a southern Italian town is rocked by a string of child murders, the police and two urban outcasts search for the culprit amid scapegoating within the superstitious community.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas
Votes: 10,699
Highly impressive early Lucio Fulci effort. Stars the ultra gorgeous Barbara Bouchet. Contains a graphic chain-whipping that is an early indicator of Fulci's gory tendencies. Unusual southern Italian setting.
10. The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972)
PG | 99 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Two sisters inherit their family castle, which is said to be haunted by their ancestor, a dark-haired, red-robed woman who is said to take seven lives every hundred years.
Director: Emilio Miraglia | Stars: Barbara Bouchet, Ugo Pagliai, Marina Malfatti, Marino Masé
Votes: 3,220
She's a killer queen indeed. This one surely has the coolest killer in the whole giallo sub-genre. Its a film that mixes a neo-gothic element with a super-chic fashion house populated by a host of gorgeous girls.
11. The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
An insurance investigator tries to determine any irregularities in the policy of a heiress' dead husband, but soon finds himself suspected of her murder.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: George Hilton, Anita Strindberg, Alberto de Mendoza, Janine Reynaud
Votes: 3,572
Very good classic-style Sergio Martino entry, influenced directly by The Bird with the Crystal Plumage. Awesome opening credit sequence with magnificent Bruno Nicolai music score.
12. A Bay of Blood (1971)
R | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The murder of a wealthy countess triggers a chain reaction of brutal killings in the surrounding bay area, as several unscrupulous characters try to seize her large estate.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Camaso, Anna Maria Rosati
Votes: 12,715
The origins of the bodycount movie are right here. But there's a black sense of humour at the heart of this proto-slasher. Ultimately, though, it's all about the 13 violent murders.
13. Who Saw Her Die? (1972)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Between a four-year gap in the murder of a young girl, the daughter of a well-known sculptor is discovered dead, and her parents conduct an investigation, only to discover they are much out of their depth.
Director: Aldo Lado | Stars: George Lazenby, Anita Strindberg, Adolfo Celi, Dominique Boschero
Votes: 2,916
A great Aldo Lado effort. Superb Ennio Morricone music helps immeasurably and Venice locations are used to excellent effect. Some similarities to Don't Look Now.
14. Torso (1973)
R | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A string of appalling lust murders shocks the University of Perugia as a sadistic serial killer strangles to death beautiful college girls with a red and black scarf.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Suzy Kendall, Tina Aumont, Luc Merenda, John Richardson
Votes: 7,824 | Gross: $0.74M
The fifth of Sergio Martino's gialli, this one reduced the mystery and upped the violence, creating in effect a proto-slasher par excellence. It is also notable for having one of the most tense final thirds in the history of the giallo sub-genre.
15. The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Having recently escaped the clutches of a hippie sex cult, a beautiful model is pursued by a serial killer whose previous victims include former occupants of her new apartment.
Director: Giuliano Carnimeo | Stars: Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, Paola Quattrini, Giampiero Albertini
Votes: 3,307
Really a case of more of the same. But in this sub-genre that is a very good thing right? A maniac terrorises the inhabitants of a high-rise building with predictably bloody results.
16. Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery
An American journalist temporarily stationed in Central Europe searches for his new girlfriend, who has suddenly disappeared.
Director: Aldo Lado | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Jean Sorel, Mario Adorf, Barbara Bach
Votes: 3,671
Prague set giallo with a unique cold, Iron Curtain ambiance. It somewhat uniquely tells the story from the recollections of a mysteriously paralysed man. Much more original than most in the genre.
17. The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
GP | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Two journalists try to solve a series of murders connected to a pharmaceutical company's secret experiments, becoming targets of the killer themselves.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak, Pier Paolo Capponi
Votes: 13,029
Under-rated second feature from Argento. Very solid and much better than it is often given credit for. Nicely suspenseful set-pieces and likable leads make this one a more straight-forward effort by the director's standards but I liked it's directness of purpose.
18. Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970)
Not Rated | 82 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
An industrialist invites his colleagues to his private island so they can exploit a resin formula invented by one of the guests, but a killer within the group disrupts the proceedings.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: William Berger, Ira von Fürstenberg, Edwige Fenech, Howard Ross
Votes: 3,458
A mod mystery from Mario Bava based around the Agatha Christie story Ten Little Indians. Weak on thriller mechanics but strong on visual pop art lushness and lounge grooves. Loads of fun for fans of cult Euro flicks.
19. Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
PG | 104 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A musician is stalked by an unknown homicidal maniac, who blackmails him for the accidental killing of another stalker.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Aldo Bufi Landi
Votes: 9,884
Experimental third Argento movie. Obscure and hard to find for decades. Certainly a bit uneven in many ways with a little too much uneccessary comedy but is a good early showcase for the bolder visual ideas the director would go on to perfect.
20. Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A series of murders are committed near the estate of a degenerate author and his mistreated wife.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Edwige Fenech, Anita Strindberg, Luigi Pistilli, Ivan Rassimov
Votes: 4,690
This giallo is typified by being based on the Edgar Allan Poe story The Black Cat. Its also got possibly the craziest title in the genre, and that is really saying something.
21. They're Coming to Get You! (1972)
R | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
A woman recovering from a car accident in which she lost her unborn child finds herself pursued by a coven of devil worshipers.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: George Hilton, Edwige Fenech, Ivan Rassimov, Julián Ugarte
Votes: 4,606
A sort of Italian psychedelic version of Rosemary's Baby. It looks beautiful, it has a great soundtrack and Edwige Fenech looks like THE iconic giallo heroine in this one. You cannot go wrong here.
22. One on Top of the Other (1969)
R | 108 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An unscrupulous doctor is accused of killing his asthmatic wife as part of an insurance scam, despite discovering that she has a doppelgänger who works as a stripper and call girl.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jean Sorel, Marisa Mell, Elsa Martinelli, Alberto de Mendoza
Votes: 2,677
Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo is channelled in this very stylish erotic thriller from Lucio Fulci. The stunning Marisa Mell is great in the central double role.
23. StageFright (1987)
Unrated | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of stage actors lock themselves in the theater for a rehearsal of their upcoming musical production, unaware that an escaped psychopath has sneaked into the theater with them.
Director: Michele Soavi | Stars: David Brandon, Richard Barkeley, Barbara Cupisti, Domenico Fiore
Votes: 9,302
Michele Soavi's inventively stylish slasher/giallo shows how much he has been missed from film-making.
24. Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)
Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A series of victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open, much in the same way tarantulas are killed by the black wasp. The victims all seem to have a connection with a spa.
Director: Paolo Cavara | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Claudine Auger, Barbara Bouchet, Rossella Falk
Votes: 3,630
A classic-style giallo with another of those zoophilic names. But seriously, if you have three Bond girls all in one film together, you really don't need to do much more.
25. Death Carries a Cane (1973)
Not Rated | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A photographer witnesses a murder through a telescope but can't identify the killer. She reports it to police, but other witnesses are found murdered. She may be the next target.
Director: Maurizio Pradeaux | Stars: Robert Hoffmann, Nieves Navarro, Jorge Martín, Anuska Borova
Votes: 792
Typically convoluted mystery with some good suspense too. To its advantage, it has some bloody murders, nudity and the always excellent Susan Scott in a lead role.
26. The House with Laughing Windows (1976)
110 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Stefano, a young restorer, is commissioned to save a controversial mural located in the church of a small, isolated village.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Lino Capolicchio, Francesca Marciano, Gianni Cavina, Giulio Pizzirani
Votes: 5,972
Creepy rural giallo about a scary painting of the sacrifice of St. Sebastian and how it links to a weird house.
27. The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974)
R | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Sylvia, an industrial scientist, is troubled by strange hallucinations related to the tragic suicide of her mother.
Director: Francesco Barilli | Stars: Mimsy Farmer, Maurizio Bonuglia, Mario Scaccia, Jho Jhenkins
Votes: 2,996
One of the most outstandingly beautifully photographed gialli ever. Clearly influenced by Repulsion and Rosemary's Baby, this is what a giallo directed by Roman Polanski would be like.
28. Watch Me When I Kill (1977)
R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A pharmacist is murdered, and a woman happens to see the culprit leave the scene. She soon finds herself being stalked by the killer, and when her boyfriend tries to discover who the ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Bido | Stars: Corrado Pani, Paola Tedesco, Franco Citti, Fernando Cerulli
Votes: 1,410
Clearly influenced by Deep Red, this late 70's giallo benefits from a very well thought out central mystery. It is also distinctive for including a cool Goblinesque score by a band called Trans Europa Express.
29. The Fifth Cord (1971)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A maverick, heavy-drinking journalist pursues a killer who is targeting acquaintances of his, prompting the police to brand him a suspect in their investigation.
Director: Luigi Bazzoni | Stars: Franco Nero, Silvia Monti, Wolfgang Preiss, Ira von Fürstenberg
Votes: 2,569
Stands out due to its amazing cinematography from Vittorio Storaro. Also benefits a lot from the presence of the charismatic Franco Nero in the central role and yet another great Morricone soundtrack.
30. What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Police investigate apparent suicide of teen girl and uncover details of a teenage prostitution racket. They go on the hunt for a motorcycle riding killer.
Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: Giovanna Ralli, Claudio Cassinelli, Mario Adorf, Franco Fabrizi
Votes: 2,398
Top notch poliziotteschi/giallo cross-over. Also notable for being Massimo Dallamano's thematic follow-up to his earlier classic What Have You Done to Solange? Its admittedly heavy on the police procedural side but the mystery is well presented.
31. My Dear Killer (1972)
100 min | Mystery, Thriller
A mysterious decapitation leads Inspector Peretti into a case of blackmail, deceit, and the unsolved kidnapping of a young girl.
Director: Tonino Valerii | Stars: George Hilton, Salvo Randone, William Berger, Manuel Zarzo
Votes: 1,662
Compelling, complex and excellent giallo with a strong emphasis on the very involving mystery. It focuses on the re-investigation of an incident known as the Moroni case - in which a young child was murdered. Needless to say, these investigations unearth many dark secrets and - naturally - more killings.
32. Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972)
Unrated | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A woman, a survivor of a failed murder attempt by the so-called "Half-Moon Killer", and her husband try to find a connection between herself, six other women, and the killer.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Antonio Sabato, Uschi Glas, Pier Paolo Capponi, Rossella Falk
Votes: 2,691
This Umberto Lenzi picture is a perfect example of a textbook early 70's giallo. It's brutal, sleazy and silly. But also nicely photographed and scored, with some effective suspense scenes to boot.
33. Footprints on the Moon (1975)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After being tormented by dreams about astronauts on the moon, a translator visits a deserted seaside town whose inhabitants know her, although she does not know them.
Directors: Luigi Bazzoni, Mario Fanelli | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Peter McEnery, Nicoletta Elmi, Caterina Boratto
Votes: 2,509
Genuine odd-ball thriller about a woman who experiences strange dreams of a mysterious lunar landing. Stars the always reliable Florinda Bolkan.
34. Amuck! (1972)
R | 98 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
The secretary of a writer and his wife investigates the disappearance of her lover - their previous secretary - and finds herself the target of the couple's erotic desires and a murder plot.
Director: Silvio Amadio | Stars: Farley Granger, Barbara Bouchet, Rosalba Neri, Umberto Raho
Votes: 1,334
Barbara Bouchet and Rosalba Neri melt the screen in one of the all time erotic classics of the genre.
35. Nine Guests for a Crime (1977)
91 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
While spending their annual vacation on a small Mediterranean Island, nine bourgeois family members are stalked and killed one by one by a mysterious killer.
Director: Ferdinando Baldi | Stars: Arthur Kennedy, John Richardson, Caroline Laurence, Massimo Foschi
Votes: 725
A Ten Little Indians variant with a particularly nefarious bunch of jet-setters stranded on an island, while someone picks them off one by one. Great fun.
36. L'assassino è costretto ad uccidere ancora (1975)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Giorgio is a greedy adulterer who makes a deal with a serial killer to dispose of his wealthy wife, Nora. Unfortunately, a thrill-seeking young couple steal the killer's car with Nora's ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Cozzi | Stars: George Hilton, Antoine Saint-John, Femi Benussi, Cristina Galbó
Votes: 1,357
Unusual in that the killer's identity is known from the outset. But oh what a creepy killer he is.
37. Eye in the Labyrinth (1972)
95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman searches for her missing lover, a psychiatrist who has suddenly vanished for no apparent reason. She ends up at a villa populated by a group of eccentric individuals. A string of murders commences immediately.
Director: Mario Caiano | Stars: Rosemary Dexter, Adolfo Celi, Horst Frank, Sybil Danning
Votes: 1,071
A laid-back giallo with an interesting jazz-fusion soundtrack. Plays out similar to an Agatha Christie whodunnit, with its cast of characters all under suspicion of killing the very unsympathic murder victim. Look out too for the appearance of a very young Sybil Danning.
38. Delirium (1987)
Unrated | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A former hooker runs a successful men's magazine. An obsessed admirer systematically slaughters her models (occasionally increasing the magazine's output) and supplies the mistress with ... See full summary »
Director: Lamberto Bava | Stars: Serena Grandi, Daria Nicolodi, Vanni Corbellini, David Brandon
Votes: 2,372
An absurd but very fun effort, with a highly memorable appearance from the one and only Sabrina Salerno. Daft but endearing erotic thriller.
39. Plucked (1968)
86 min | Horror, Thriller
The depraved manager of a high-tech poultry factory - which is genetically engineering boneless chickens - is pulled into a love triangle with his domineering wife and her sexually-liberated cousin, leading to double-crosses and murder.
Director: Giulio Questi | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ewa Aulin, Jean Sobieski
Votes: 1,774
Ultra-weird new wave influenced oddity about...an experimental chicken farm. More Godard than Bava. It mixes surrealism and pop art in with a thriller narrative, with a persistent score to boot. Truly weird.
40. Death Walks on High Heels (1971)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
After a French stripper is harassed by a man who wants a cache of diamonds stolen by her late father, she flees to England in the company of a doctor, but danger follows.
Director: Luciano Ercoli | Stars: Frank Wolff, Nieves Navarro, Simón Andreu, Carlo Gentili
Votes: 2,274
The most traditional of Luciano Ercoli's three gialli. Susan Scott is a radiant presence here, as a high class stripper girl who gets mixed up in something very bad.
41. The Psychic (1977)
R | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A clairvoyant woman discovers a skeleton in a wall in her husband's house, and seeks to find the truth about what happened to the victim.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jennifer O'Neill, Gabriele Ferzetti, Marc Porel, Gianni Garko
Votes: 6,406
More solid Fulci, about a woman with a psychic ability who is drawn into a deadly situation. This one is defined by the very interesting fragmented way the mystery is presented.
42.
La porta sul buio (1973)
Episode:
Il tram
(1973)
52 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young woman gets murdered on a crowded tram without anyone else noticing the crime. Inspector Giordani decides to recreate the incident in order to find out the killer's identity.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Enzo Cerusico, Paola Tedesco, Pierluigi Aprà, Gildo Di Marco
Votes: 465
Excellent and very tense instalment of the Doors Into Darkness TV series.
43. The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)
Not Rated | 99 min | Mystery, Thriller
A popular television presenter is accused of killing a teenage girl in a park, who happens to be his daughter's best friend.
Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Helmut Berger, Giancarlo Sbragia, Ida Galli, Silvano Tranquilli
Votes: 2,066
A giallo with the emphasis on the mystery, not the murders. The police procedural and the court case takes a more prominent role here, in a more sober entry in the genre.
44. A Black Veil for Lisa (1968)
R | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
While trying to solve a series of murders, a possessive narcotics detective hires a hit-man to kill his unfaithful wife, but the hunter and the hunted soon begin an affair.
Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: John Mills, Luciana Paluzzi, Robert Hoffmann, Renate Kasché
Votes: 683
Hitchcockian crime-thriller with giallo characteristics. Good acting, solid direction and a story that holds up.
45.
La porta sul buio (1973)
Episode:
Testimone oculare
(1973)
53 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Roberta discovers the corpse of a young woman while driving down a remote country road late at night. Roberta reports the incident to the police, but the corpse disappears from the crime ... See full summary »
Directors: Roberto Pariante, Dario Argento | Stars: Marilù Tolo, Riccardo Salvino, Glauco Onorato, Altea De Nicola
Votes: 316
Tense instalment of Door Into Darkness from Dario Argento.
46. The Great Swindle (1971)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A seductive woman gets involved in relationships with several people. All of the characters play games of deceit with one another and things get more and more dangerous.
Director: José Antonio Nieves Conde | Stars: Marisa Mell, Sylva Koscina, Stephen Boyd, Fernando Rey
Votes: 202
Cool, chic and breezy thriller, starring Marisa Mell and Sylvia Koscina.
47. The Double (1971)
88 min | Mystery, Thriller
A man is shot in an underground car-park by a mysterious bearded man. As he dies he recollects the events that led him to this situation, including adulterous liaisons and jealous envy.
Director: Romolo Guerrieri | Stars: Ewa Aulin, Jean Sorel, Lucia Bosè, Silvano Tranquilli
Votes: 294
Dreamy and breezy thriller. Edited together in a non-chronological way. Benefits from the presence of the ludicrously cute Ewa Aulin.
48. The Slasher ...is the Sex Maniac! (1972)
X | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A serial killer is on the loose. His victims are unfaithful wives and he always leaves compromising photographs at the crime scene.
Director: Roberto Bianchi Montero | Stars: Farley Granger, Sylva Koscina, Silvano Tranquilli, Annabella Incontrera
Votes: 1,093
Classic style giallo with the sex and violence ramped up a bit.
49. Eyeball (1975)
R | 91 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A maniac killer in a red cape and hood is killing off American tourists on a tour bus by gouging out their eyeballs.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Martine Brochard, John Richardson, Ines Pellegrini, Andrés Mejuto
Votes: 1,957
Umberto Lenzi directs this insane murder mystery about a red-caped maniac picking off tourists travelling around on a bus. They don't let the trifling affair of serial murder actually stop them catching the sights along the way though. And wait until you see the insane ending.
50. Smile Before Death (1972)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
After the death of her mother, which was ruled as suicide, a teenage girl comes back home to find her mother's husband, and a female photographer, occupying the house. But nothing is as it seems.
Director: Silvio Amadio | Stars: Jenny Tamburi, Silvano Tranquilli, Rosalba Neri, Hiram Keller
Votes: 758
Beautifully photographed giallo similar to the late 60's deadly love triangle variety. Also includes the legendary 'Iena Sequence' theme by Roberto Pregadio.
51. Spasmo (1974)
R | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Christian (Robert Hoffman) and his girlfriend are taking a walk on a deserted beach when they discover a woman's body lying on the sand; a closer look proves that she's alive. The next day ... See full summary »
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Robert Hoffmann, Suzy Kendall, Ivan Rassimov, Adolfo Lastretti
Votes: 2,100
Convoluted craziness from Umberto Lenzi. With manikins. Gloriously bonkers.
52. The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The wife of a struggling businessman is blackmailed by a mysterious man into having a sadistic affair with him, or he will leak evidence implicating her husband of murder.
Director: Luciano Ercoli | Stars: Dagmar Lassander, Pier Paolo Capponi, Simón Andreu, Osvaldo Genazzani
Votes: 2,140
A very stylish old school giallo with a really lush Morricone score. It's chock-full of far-out early 70's Italian fashions too. Gloriously of it's time.
53. Opera (1987)
R | 107 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleson, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi
Votes: 19,498
Great set-pieces and very bloody killings but incredibly daft also. It has it's fair share of iconic moments and also has one of the most notoriously barmy endings in the sub-genre.
54. The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975)
Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
While investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute, a detective uncovers a sex-trafficking ring with connections to powerful people.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Claudio Cassinelli, Mel Ferrer, Lia Tanzi, Gianfranco Barra
Votes: 1,763
Quirky hybrid of poliziottechi, comedy and giallo. Surprisingly, it works pretty well, with an involving mystery, some good set-pieces and a decent cast.
55. A Quiet Place to Kill (I) (1970)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A troubled race-car driver plots to kill her ex-husband at the behest of his new wife, but their scheme quickly goes awry.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Carroll Baker, Jean Sorel, Luis Dávila, Alberto Dalbés
Votes: 1,393
Beautiful photography, lush score and an agreeably breezy atmosphere are the order of the day in this stylish old school giallo from the Umberto Lenzi/Caroll Baker team up.
56. Trauma (1993)
R | 106 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young man tries to help a teenage girl find the serial killer who murdered her parents before the killer comes after them.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Christopher Rydell, Asia Argento, Piper Laurie, Frederic Forrest
Votes: 8,067
An enjoyable later giallo from Argento. Not as good as his earlier output certainly but it improves on rewatches and has some pleasingly demented moments.
57. Death Walks at Midnight (1972)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
During a drug-fuelled photoshoot, a model witnesses a brutal murder in the apartment opposite hers, and is forced to become an amateur sleuth to unravel the mystery.
Director: Luciano Ercoli | Stars: Nieves Navarro, Simón Andreu, Peter Martell, Carlo Gentili
Votes: 2,006
Really silly giallo starring Susan Scott. It's convoluted and it's highly camp. Begins with a great acid trip scene and ends with a cheese-tastic climatic rooftop fight.
58. The Killer Reserved Nine Seats (1974)
Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Patrick Davenant invites a group of friends and his daughter to his family-owned theater. Within a short time, the guests realize that they are trapped. A masked killer begins to murder them one by one.
Director: Giuseppe Bennati | Stars: Rosanna Schiaffino, Chris Avram, Eva Czemerys, Lucretia Love
Votes: 1,028
A group of jet-setters indulge in sex, violence and melodrama in a deserted theatre. Supernatural gothic horror combines with typical giallo mayhem.
59. The Evil Eye (1963)
Not Rated | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance
A mystery novel-loving American tourist witnesses a murder in Rome, and soon finds herself and her suitor caught up in a series of killings.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: John Saxon, Letícia Román, Valentina Cortese, Titti Tomaino
Votes: 5,369
The first giallo ever made. Very restrained by the genre's subsequent standards. This plays more like an Italian version of a Hitchcockian thriller. But the seeds of the genre are here for sure.
60. The Murder Mansion (1972)
R | 86 min | Horror, Thriller
A couple lost in thick fog, take refuge in an old mansion next to a cemetery, and strange things start to happen.
Director: Francisco Lara Polop | Stars: Analía Gadé, Ida Galli, Andrés Resino, Lisa Leonardi
Votes: 1,420
A giallo/supernatural crossover item from Spain, starring Evelyn Stewart. Some pretty stylish direction and at least one quality fright scene.
61. Red Rings of Fear (1978)
Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A detective investigating the murder of a teenage girl begins to focus his suspicions on the three girlfriends of the victim, who call themselves "The Inseparables."
Director: Alberto Negrin | Stars: Fabio Testi, Christine Kaufmann, Ivan Desny, Jack Taylor
Votes: 822
The third and final entry in the school-girl giallo trilogy started with Solange and continued with What Have They Done to Your Daughters. This is the least of the three but still very good.
62. The Possessed (1965)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
While visiting his favorite resort town during the off-season, a novelist investigates the apparent suicide of a woman he was infatuated with.
Directors: Luigi Bazzoni, Franco Rossellini | Stars: Peter Baldwin, Salvo Randone, Valentina Cortese, Pia Lindström
Votes: 1,436
Moody, early proto-giallo set in an off-season holiday town.
63. The Sunday Woman (1975)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The investigation of the murder of ambiguous architect Garrone takes Police Commissioner Santamaria to the Turinese high society, but the results are unclear. In the meanwhile, another murder takes place.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Aldo Reggiani
Votes: 1,293
A compelling mystery with some very bizarre moments. Marcello Mastroianni in a room full of giant dildos anyone?
64. The Pyjama Girl Case (1977)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
In Australia, a retired police inspector is called to duty to solve the murder case of a young woman whose partially-burned body has been found on the beach.
Director: Flavio Mogherini | Stars: Ray Milland, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Michele Placido, Howard Ross
Votes: 1,391
A somewhat unique entry that is based on an actual real notorious mystery known as the Pyjama Girl Murder. Also different in having a more ambitious structure to most.
65. The Bloodstained Shadow (1978)
Not Rated | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The body of a schoolgirl is found in a meadow. The murderer is never caught, and years later, a young man named Stefano returns to the island and is reunited with his brother, the local priest.
Director: Antonio Bido | Stars: Lino Capolicchio, Stefania Casini, Craig Hill, Massimo Serato
Votes: 1,961
A very good late 70's Venice set giallo from Antonio Bido. Maybe a bit overlong and slightly more serious in tone than most but still serves up the requisite thrills.
66. Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
GP | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A cleaver-wielding bridal designer murders various young brides-to-be in an attempt to unlock a repressed childhood trauma.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Stephen Forsyth, Dagmar Lassander, Laura Betti, Jesús Puente
Votes: 4,326
Mario Bava's stylish supernatural giallo, is naturally a must. An immoral man is haunted by a ghost and it all ends in tears.
67. The New York Ripper (1982)
Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jack Hedley, Almanta Suska, Howard Ross, Andrea Occhipinti
Votes: 12,500
Arguably the most repulsively violent of all gialli. It certainly lacks any kind of restraint but is quite effectively frightening in places.
68. The Third Eye (1966)
Not Rated | 98 min | Thriller, Horror
A young count living with his domineering mother spirals into madness after his mother and fiancée are killed by his jealous, lovesick servant.
Director: Mino Guerrini | Stars: Franco Nero, Gioia Pascal, Erika Blanc, Olga Solbelli
Votes: 561
Visually inventive effort, which is like Psycho on steroids.
69. L'arma l'ora il Movente (1972)
Not Rated | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A sexually-promiscuous priest is stabbed to death inside a church.
Director: Francesco Mazzei | Stars: Renzo Montagnani, Bedy Moratti, Eva Czemerys, Salvatore Puntillo
Votes: 545
More serious-minded, mystery-driven effort. Pretty unusual ending by the genre's standards as well.
70. Plot of Fear (1976)
Not Rated | 98 min | Mystery, Thriller
A man is strangled by a female prostitute in his home at the same time as a woman is killed by a man with a spanner on an empty bus. In both cases the killer leaves an illustration from the... See full summary »
Director: Paolo Cavara | Stars: Corinne Cléry, Michele Placido, Quinto Parmeggiani, Edoardo Faieta
Votes: 891
A series of killings revolve around a group of unsympathetic members of an exclusive club who indulge in sex-parties and...zoology. Also notable for the inclusion of a strange and wild looking erotic cartoon by Gibba. Hilariously, this film is also known as 'Bloody Peanuts'.
71. Murder Syndrome (1981)
Not Rated | 92 min | Horror, Mystery
A scandal from Michael's past emerges when he visits his mother's house with the director and others from a recent film project.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Stefano Patrizi, Martine Brochard, Henri Garcin, Laura Gemser
Votes: 946
Decent hybrid of the American slasher and the Italian horror film. This was Riccardo Fredda's final film.
72. The Crimes of the Black Cat (1972)
R | 96 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A blind pianist tries to figure out who is responsible for a string of murders using a black cat with its claws dipped in curare.
Director: Sergio Pastore | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Sylva Koscina, Giovanna Lenzi, Renato De Carmine
Votes: 1,044
The winner of the giallo with the most insane murder method ever. I'll leave it at that and allow you to experience that particular eccentricity all on your own.
73. A Blade in the Dark (1983)
Unrated | 108 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A killer stalks a composer staying at a posh Tuscany villa while writing the score to a horror film which has an incriminating clue to the killer's identity.
Director: Lamberto Bava | Stars: Andrea Occhipinti, Anny Papa, Fabiola Toledo, Michele Soavi
Votes: 4,019
Lamberto Bava serves up a violent slasher/giallo which is actually fairly scary at times.
74. Oasis of Fear (1971)
R | 90 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Two hippies find themselves on the run from the law and soon end up going undercover in a villa owned by a mysterious woman.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Irene Papas, Ray Lovelock, Ornella Muti, Michel Bardinet
Votes: 1,065
A counter-culture crime thriller from Umberto Lenzi, that taps into the then popular idea of young, doomed, criminal lovers on the road.
75. Una jena in cassaforte (1968)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Four notorious bank robbers - Klaus from Germany, Albert from France, Juan from Spain and Carina from Tangiers meet up in an isolated Castle to divide a large number of diamonds hidden there by their former
Director: Cesare Canevari | Stars: Dimitri Nabokov, Maria Luisa Geisberger, Ben Salvador, Sandro Pizzochero
Votes: 214
More of a glamorous crime flick with a giallo element. Watch a group of high-end thieves assemble at a remote, only for murder s to kick off immediately. Quite a bit of fun.
76. Naked You Die (1968)
82 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After a mysterious trunk arrives at a prestigious girl's boarding school, its staff and students - including an orphaned heiress and an amateur sleuth - are targeted by a shadowy killer.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Mark Damon, Eleonora Brown, Sally Smith, Patrizia Valturri
Votes: 809
Despite the lurid title, this is a giallo which could be described as 'breezy'. Quite a good example of the way that 60's gialli tended to be quite playful.
77. A Dragonfly for Each Corpse (1975)
Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A killer is cleaning up the streets of Milan by murdering those considered as deviant. An ornamental dragonfly, soaked in the blood of the victim, is left on each body.
Director: León Klimovsky | Stars: Paul Naschy, Erika Blanc, Ángel Aranda, María Kosty
Votes: 662
Paul Naschy stars in this convoluted Spanish giallo that pretends its an Italian product.
78. The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
Not Rated | 113 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man's obsession.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Marco Leonardi, Luigi Diberti
Votes: 9,211
A mixed bag from Dario Argento. The Stendhal Syndrome material is really good but it's under-used. Also, this one's a little bit too sleazy for it's own good at times. Overlong too
79. Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975)
Not Rated | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
When a model dies during an abortion, a series of murders begins, starting with her doctor. The killer wears a suit and a black motorcycle helmet. Will anyone discover the killer's identity before the entire agency dies?
Director: Andrea Bianchi | Stars: Edwige Fenech, Nino Castelnuovo, Femi Benussi, Solvi Stubing
Votes: 3,106
If you like your gialli trashy this may be the one for you. The title really says it all.
80. Devil's Ransom (1971)
R | 85 min | Crime, Thriller
A couple of blackmailers abduct a child from a married couple as a means of coercing the banker husband into funneling a huge sum of cash in their direction.
Director: Piero Sciumè | Stars: Marisa Mell, Philippe Leroy, Lea Massari, Roger Hanin
Votes: 111
Blackmail is at the centre of this compelling Stockholm set psychological thriller which benefits from the presence of the sensual Marisa Mell.
81. Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes (1973)
Not Rated | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In a small Scottish village, horribly murdered bodies keep turning up. Suspicion falls upon the residents of a nearby castle that is haunted by a curse involving a killer cat.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Jane Birkin, Hiram Keller, Françoise Christophe, Venantino Venantini
Votes: 1,627
Derivative in some ways, unusual in others. A somewhat unique period set gothic giallo set-up. There are seven murders and the cat sees all.
82. Delirium (1972)
R | 102 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A respected psychologist who regularly works with the police becomes a suspect in a series of gruesome murders of young women.
Director: Renato Polselli | Stars: Mickey Hargitay, Rita Calderoni, Raul Lovecchio, Carmen Young
Votes: 1,226
Crazed and depraved trash-fest about a psychopath called Herbert. Very violent and kinky. Good music. Bizarre dialogue - 'I am a hyena!!!'. They don't make 'em like this any more that's for sure.
83. Death Steps in the Dark (1977)
91 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
An Italian fashion photographer is travelling on the Istanbul-Athens train. A woman is murdered with the photographer's letter-opener so that makes him the main suspect. With the help of ... See full summary »
Director: Maurizio Pradeaux | Stars: Leonard Mann, Robert Webber, Vera Krouska, Antonio Maimone
Votes: 374
This Greek-Italian effort is a bit heavy on the comedy but it still gets the job done with all the requisite ingredients. It has an memorable killer reveal sequence too.
84. The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971)
R | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A rich, mentally-unstable man - with a penchant for playing deadly S&M games with women who resemble his dead wife - sparks off a chain of bizarre events after getting remarried.
Director: Emilio Miraglia | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Marina Malfatti, Enzo Tarascio, Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Votes: 2,924
This one's a giallo/neo-gothic hybrid about a pervy aristocrat who lures women to his stately house to have his wicked way with them.
85. La muerte ronda a Mónica (1977)
80 min | Horror, Thriller
A wealthy woman is implicated in a series of murders, when a company appears to be in trouble and former associates of the board reappear.
Director: Ramón Fernández | Stars: Nadiuska, Arturo Fernández, Jean Sorel, Karin Schubert
Votes: 161
Good Spanish entry about love triangles and deceit.
86. The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A corpse is found in the trunk of a car that belongs to the Swiss ambassador to the UK. Speculations run wild, as more people around the ambassador keep falling victim to the vicious killer. A former detective is hired to investigate.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Luigi Pistilli, Dagmar Lassander, Anton Diffring, Arthur O'Sullivan
Votes: 1,027
This one stands out from the crowd for having the unusual characteristic of being set in Ireland. Although the 'Dublin' here is a not entirely convincing one! It ends in scenes of commendably inspired mayhem.
87. Sleepless (2001)
R | 117 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer who's resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year period.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli, Gabriele Lavia
Votes: 7,495
Something of a return to form for Dario Argento. Not vintage stuff but one of the few worthwhile post 80's gialli out there.
88. Five Women for the Killer (1974)
100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A reporter comes home from an overseas assignment to find his baby in the hospital and his wife dead.
Director: Stelvio Massi | Stars: Francis Matthews, Pascale Rivault, Giorgio Albertazzi, Howard Ross
Votes: 488
Fairly standard giallo mystery but notable for the inclusion of some particularly sleazy and gruesome murder scenes.
89. Strange Shadows in an Empty Room (1976)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In Canada, a rough Ottawa cop seeks the killer who poisoned his sister.
Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Stuart Whitman, John Saxon, Martin Landau, Tisa Farrow
Votes: 1,048
An action-thriller with a giallo element. A great car chase and some pleasingly bizarre set-pieces.
90. The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968)
R | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A sexy newlywed couple visits the husband's hometown in Geneva, where they are subjected to threats stemming from the death of his former fiancée.
Director: Romolo Guerrieri | Stars: Carroll Baker, Jean Sorel, Ida Galli, Luigi Pistilli
Votes: 957
Giallo regulars Baker, Sorel, Pistilli and Stewart star in this old school Italian thriller with solid twists and turns right up to the end. It's got twists and its got Twister.
91. The Flower with the Deadly Sting (1973)
90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A wealthy doctor Andrea Valenti (Gianni Garko) accidentally kills his mistress, then the doctor falls victim of blackmail.
Director: Gianfranco Piccioli | Stars: Gianni Garko, Carroll Baker, Ivano Staccioli, Pilar Velázquez
Votes: 306
Convoluted psychological giallo thriller about dark events surrounding an unsympathetic surgeon. Includes an evocative opening underwater sequence.
92. Death Occurred Last Night (1970)
TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A compassionate police captain searches for a mentally challenged 25 year old daughter of a widower, who's been kidnapped and forced into prostitution.
Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Raf Vallone, Frank Wolff, Gabriele Tinti, Gillian Bray
Votes: 726
Poliziotteschi/giallo combo with stronger characterisation than normal. Pretty good mystery.
93. Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll (1974)
R | 89 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
An ex-convict, troubled by dreams that he strangles women, is hired as the caretaker on an estate owned by three very strange sisters. Soon after his arrival, a serial killer begins ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Aured | Stars: Paul Naschy, Diana Lorys, Eduardo Calvo, Eva León
Votes: 1,186
Paul Naschy wrote this and star in this Spanish take on the giallo. It takes its time to get going but wraps things up in the final sections with some agreeable psychotronic nonsense.
94. Knife of Ice (1972)
91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A mute woman finds herself at the center of a series of murders in the mountains of Spain, which police suspect are being committed by a drug-addled Satanist.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Carroll Baker, Alan Scott, Ida Galli, Eduardo Fajardo
Votes: 1,341
Surprisingly restrained effort from Umberto Lenzi, that follows the same basic plot idea as the classic 40's thriller, The Spiral Staircase.
95. Deadly Inheritance (1968)
81 min | Mystery, Thriller
The death of a surprisingly rich railroad worker leads to mysterious murders within his testamentary heirs.
Director: Vittorio Sindoni | Stars: Tom Drake, Femi Benussi, Virgilio Gazzolo, Ernesto Colli
Votes: 319
Like the majority of the 60's gialli, this is a fairly restrained affair. It benefits, however, from a nice score and locations; while it was very good to have giallo regular actress Femi Benussi given a lead role for a change.
96. Autopsy (1975)
R | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young pathology doctor interning in a morgue tries to cope with a wave of suicides. A woman she just met kills herself, but she suspects someone close to her might have killed her.
Director: Armando Crispino | Stars: Mimsy Farmer, Barry Primus, Ray Lovelock, Carlo Cataneo
Votes: 1,963
A little slow movie but it has some excellent moments, such as the opening suicides and morgue scenes. Definitely a little bit different.
97. Double Face (1969)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
After a businessman's unfaithful wife is seemingly killed in a car accident, he is led by several unscrupulous characters to believe that she is actually alive.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Christiane Krüger, Günther Stoll, Annabella Incontrera
Votes: 1,014
Klaus Kinski led old school giallo.
98. Murder by Music (1969)
PG | 91 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An off-duty sailor investigates the seemingly-unrelated suicides of his sister and her music teacher, and with the aid of the sister's friend and the teacher's nephew, discovers a link between their deaths and London's hippie scene.
Director: Julio Buchs | Stars: Brett Halsey, Marilù Tolo, Fabrizio Moroni, Alberto Dalbés
Votes: 117
A combination of giallo mystery with counter-culture hippies - what's not to like?
99. Nothing Underneath (1985)
R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A park ranger from Wyoming, whose twin sister is a fashion model in Milan, Italy, strongly senses that his sister is in mortal danger. Once he arrives in Milan, he discovers that his sister has disappeared.
Director: Carlo Vanzina | Stars: Tom Schanley, Renée Simonsen, Nicola Perring, Maria McDonald
Votes: 1,411
Slick and glossy De Palma influenced effort. Involving and enjoyable.
100. A White Dress for Marialé (1972)
92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman, who witnessed her father kill himself as a child, invites several friends to her husband's secluded castle. Unbeknownst to them, she has a sinister motive for the invitation.
Director: Romano Scavolini | Stars: Ida Galli, Luigi Pistilli, Ivan Rassimov, Pilar Velázquez
Votes: 722
Gothic/giallo crossover which has several jet-setters larking about in a castle before things start going pear-shaped.
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