The Sweet Body of Deborah
In many ways The Sweet Body of Deborah can be seen as an archetypal pre-Argento giallo. The motivating factors are greed, lust and hatred rather than pseudo-psychological disturbance.
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Ubaldo Terzani Horror Show
Another in the line of generally disappointing recent Italian horror films, Ubaldo Terzani Horror Show does at least have some lineage behind it, featuring special effects by Sergio Stivaletti.
Solitude of Prime Numbers, The
Here’s an instructive film. Saverio Costanzo’s The Solitude of Prime Numbers is based on the hugely popular novel of the same name by physicist and writer Paolo Giordano.
Submission of a Woman, by Alessandro Lucidi
This is a (very) late period Italian thriller from 1992 and directed by Alessandro Lucidi, son of the better known Maurizio.
Chiamate 22-22 tenente Sheridan
Chiamate 22-22 tenente Sheridan is an obscure 1960 giallo directed by comedy specialist Giorgio Bianchi. A spin off from a popular television series of the time, Tenente Sheridan, which also starred Ubaldo Lay, it’s of some historical interest for being one of the earliest Italian feature films to have been spawned from the then-novel TV medium.
Negli occhi dell’assassino
There’s an interesting article in Nocturno about a new TV movie that has just been shown on Canale 5. It’s Negli occhi dell’assassino, a giallo, directed by Eduardo Margheriti, son of the great Antonio, who made Black Cobra 3 nearly two decades ago now…