Dario Argento’s latest ‘Giallo’ isn’t whetting the appetites of fans as much as it probably should. For one, Argento hasn’t crafted a a decent film in over a decade, and some would even make the claim that it’s been much longer than that. Continue reading Three New Stills from ‘Giallo’
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Do you ever have one of those movies that is on your “must-see” list for years and years, and you just never quite seem to work it out? Â This movie might be on your Netflix queue for months, even years, on end, and you keep telling yourself, “I’m gonna bump that up to the number 1 spot.” Â Of course, the next week ‘Tales of the Black Freighter’ comes out, and you forget all about your “long-forgotten” film.
Mario Bava’s ‘Bay of Blood’ was that film for me. Â And, I’m sure, all of this build-up and anticipation to finally watching this film put a damper on my enjoyment of it. Â I don’t want to give the impression that I didn’t enjoy ‘Bay of Blood.’ Â Far from it. Â But years and years of hearing about Bava’s most controversial motion picture puts certain ideas into one’s head that no film can, ultimately, live up to. Continue reading Movie Melting Pot…’Bay of Blood’ (Italy, 1971)
In case you haven’t heard, Dario Argento’s next film is simply called ‘Giallo’, and it stars Adrien Brody as an investigator searching for a kidnapped woman during fashion week in Milan.
The new trailer has become available on the film’s official website through Hannibal Pictures. It’s pretty cheesy, but I still have hope that Argento can bounce back from his recent misgivings and bring us an effective mystery.
Check it out by following this link!
For those of you who don’t know, the word “giallo” (literally “yellow” in Italian) refers to a genre of murder mysteries that were popular in Italy through the 1960s and ’70s. They generally had long, drawn-out murder scenes and are believed to have been the catalyst for the modern day, slasher film. Argento and Mario Bava made some of the most famous of these films including ‘Blood and Black Lace’, ‘Twitch of the Death Nerve’, and ‘Deep Red’.
Source: Official Site
