Giallo!
16 Episodes
Black-gloved killers, blood-red violence: welcome to the mind-warping world of the giallo, the luridly stylized genre of mystery-thrillers that emanated from Italy in the 1960s and ’70s. Sprung from the imaginations of directors like Mario Bava (BLOOD AND BLACK LACE), Dario Argento (DEEP RED), and Lucio Fulci (DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING), gialli took classic influences—Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, Alfred Hitchcock—and scrambled them into baroque exercises in pure stylistic excess, defined by kaleidoscopic color, voyeuristic camera work, eye-popping mise-en-scène, and eardrum-shattering soundtracks. Unbound from narrative logic and laced with subversive critiques of church, state, and class, these perversely pleasurable cinematic transgressions are some of the most inspired and imaginative genre films ever made.
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01:08Episode 1
Giallo Teaser
Episode 1
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1:36:39Episode 2
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Episode 2
Directed by Dario Argento • 1970 • Italy
Starring Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Eva RenziIn 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...
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1:28:34Episode 3
Blood and Black Lace
Episode 3
Directed by Mario Bava • 1964 • Italy, West Germany
Starring Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Thomas ReinerDirector 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...
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1:41:51Episode 4
Death Walks at Midnight
Episode 4
Directed by Luciano Ercoli • 1972 • Italy
Starring Nieves Navarro, Peter Martell, Claudie LangeLuciano 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...
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Deep Red
Episode 5
Directed by Dario Argento • 1975 • Italy
Starring David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele LaviaFrom 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...
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1:45:07Episode 6
Don’t Torture a Duckling
Episode 6
Directed by Lucio Fulci • 1972 • Italy
Starring Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas MilianFrom 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...
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Tenebrae
Episode 7
Directed by Dario Argento • 1982 • Italy
Starring Anthony Franciosa, John Saxon, Daria NicolodiDario Argento raises the giallo genre to new heights with this darkly humorous and notoriously grisly murder mystery, widely considered one of his finest works. American mystery author Peter Neal (Ant...
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1:32:32Episode 8
In the Folds of the Flesh
Episode 8
Directed by Sergio Bergonzelli • 1970 • Italy
Starring Eleonora Rossi Drago, Fernando Sancho, Pier AngeliNighttime. 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...
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1:34:27Episode 9
Who Saw Her Die?
Episode 9
Directed by Aldo Lado • 1972 • Italy
Starring George Lazenby, Anita Strindberg, Nicoletta ElmiFormer 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...
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Torso
Episode 10
Directed by Sergio Martino • 1973 • Italy
Starring Suzy Kendall, Tina Aumont, Luc MerendaOne 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...
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1:30:52Episode 11
What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
Episode 11
Directed by Massimo Dallamano • 1974 • Italy
Starring Claudio Cassinelli, Giovanna Ralli, Farley GrangerIn 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 ...
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WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOUR DAUGHTERS?: English-Dubbed Version
Episode 12
Directed by Massimo Dallamano • 1974 • Italy
Starring Claudio Cassinelli, Giovanna Ralli, Farley GrangerIn 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 ...
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1:38:02Episode 13
Strip Nude for Your Killer
Episode 13
Directed by Andrea Bianchi • 1975 • Italy
Starring Edwige Fenech, Nino Castelnuovo, Femi BenussiA 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...
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1:34:45Episode 14
All the Colors of the Dark
Episode 14
Directed by Sergio Martino • 1972 • Italy
Starring Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, George RigaudAfter 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 ...
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ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK: English-Dubbed Version
Episode 15
Directed by Sergio Martino • 1972 • Italy
Starring Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, George RigaudAfter 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 ...
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1:32:19Episode 16
The Evil Eye
Episode 16
Directed by Mario Bava • 1963 • Italy
Starring John Saxon, Letícia Román, Valentina CorteseOften 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...