Directed by Dario Argento • 1970 • Italy
Starring Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Eva Renzi

In his stunning first film as writer-director, Dario Argento singlehandedly created the giallo genre and instantly emerged as the filmmaker critics worldwide hailed as the “Italian Hitchcock.” Tony Musante an...

Directed by Mario Bava • 1964 • Italy, West Germany
Starring Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Thomas Reiner

Director Mario Bava cemented his reputation as the master of Italian horror with this deliriously stylized thriller, one of the foundational works of the giallo genre and an influence on dire...

Directed by Luciano Ercoli • 1972 • Italy
Starring Nieves Navarro, Peter Martell, Claudie Lange

Luciano Ercoli’s DEATH WALKS AT MIDNIGHT is arguably the director’s masterpiece—thanks in no small part to the screenwriting talents of giallo master Ernesto Gastaldi (TORSO). Nieves Navarro stars as...

Directed by Dario Argento • 1975 • Italy
Starring David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia

From Dario Argento, maestro of the macabre and the man behind some of the defining works of Italian horror, comes DEEP RED—the ultimate giallo movie. One night, musician Marcus Daly (BLOW-UP’s David...

Directed by Lucio Fulci • 1972 • Italy
Starring Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian

From Lucio Fulci, the Godfather of Gore, comes one of the most powerful and unsettling giallo thrillers ever produced. When the sleepy rural village of Accendura is rocked by a series of murders of yo...

Directed by Sergio Bergonzelli • 1970 • Italy
Starring Eleonora Rossi Drago, Fernando Sancho, Pier Angeli

Nighttime. A peal of thunder. A severed head rolls across the carpeted floor. A blood-stained sword lies next to it. In an isolated castle by the sea, a murder has occurred. Meanwhile, poli...

Directed by Aldo Lado • 1972 • Italy
Starring George Lazenby, Anita Strindberg, Nicoletta Elmi

Former Bond star George Lazenby headlines this classic giallo directed by Aldo Lado—as compelling for its haunting atmosphere, twists, and turns as for its parallels with another great Venetian horror...

Directed by Sergio Martino • 1973 • Italy
Starring Suzy Kendall, Tina Aumont, Luc Merenda

One of giallo maestro Sergio Martino’s most acclaimed films revels in the genre’s time-honored traditions while simultaneously laying the groundwork for the modern slasher movie. A sex maniac is prowling th...

Directed by Massimo Dallamano • 1974 • Italy
Starring Claudio Cassinelli, Giovanna Ralli, Farley Granger

In 1972, director Massimo Dallamano broke new ground in the giallo genre with the harrowing WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO SOLANGE? only to follow it up with this even darker quasi-sequel. A teenage ...

Directed by Massimo Dallamano • 1974 • Italy
Starring Claudio Cassinelli, Giovanna Ralli, Farley Granger

In 1972, director Massimo Dallamano broke new ground in the giallo genre with the harrowing WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO SOLANGE? only to follow it up with this even darker quasi-sequel. A teenage ...

Directed by Andrea Bianchi • 1975 • Italy
Starring Edwige Fenech, Nino Castelnuovo, Femi Benussi

A spate of highly sexualized murders is rocking a prestigious Milanese fashion house. Ambitious photographer Magda (Edwige Fenech) and her on-off boyfriend, love rat Carlo (Nino Castelnuovo), team u...

Directed by Sergio Martino • 1972 • Italy
Starring Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, George Rigaud

After suffering the loss of a child, a woman joins a Satanic cult with the hope of ridding herself of nightmarish dreams—but rather than easing her trauma, she soon finds her darkest, most disturbing ...

Directed by Sergio Martino • 1972 • Italy
Starring Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, George Rigaud

After suffering the loss of a child, a woman joins a Satanic cult with the hope of ridding herself of nightmarish dreams—but rather than easing her trauma, she soon finds her darkest, most disturbing ...

Directed by Mario Bava • 1963 • Italy
Starring John Saxon, Letícia Román, Valentina Cortese

Often cited as the first giallo film, Mario Bava’s twisty thriller (also known as THE GIRL WHO KNEW TOO MUCH) takes what could have been a mere Hitchcock homage and turns it into a virtuoso exercise in p...