Giallo

Why Dario Argento’s Deep Red remains a trashy masterpiece

By Anton Bitel

The Italian director’s 1975 giallo classic is being re-released in a newly restored, longer edit with additional scenes.

Discover the sordid pleasures of this late-career Mario Bava slasher

By Anton Bitel

The Italian horror maestro’s 1971 film A Bay of Blood remains one of his most shocking works.

On Location: The dance academy from Dario Argento’s Suspiria

By Adam Scovell

A pilgrimage to one of the grandest and most iconic settings in all of horror cinema.

Discover the first-person POV terror of Dario Argento’s Opera

By Anton Bitel

The horror maestro’s 1987 giallo is released in a special new 2K restoration this month.

Discover the grainy depravity of this notorious cannibal horror

By Anton Bitel

Umberto Lenzi’s Cannibal Ferox fully deserves its reputation as one of the genre’s toughest watches.

The low, lurid pleasures of Dario Argento’s The Cat O’ Nine Tails

By Anton Bitel

The Italian director’s 1971 giallo shows a visionary film artist still finding his feet.

The surreal, singular genius of Dario Argento’s Suspiria

By Anton Bitel

Forty years on, the director’s nightmarish gialli has lost none of its potency.

Discover the voyeuristic thrills of this gory ’70s giallo

By Anton Bitel

Sergio Martino’s schlocky 1973 film Torso offers a masterclass in the male gaze.

Eight films to watch before you see The Neon Demon

By David Hayles

From grindhouse classics to showbiz satires, seek out these inspirations for Nicolas Winding Refn’s wicked latest.

Why your favourite directors love Mario Bava

By Martyn Conterio

The cult Italian horror maestro has influenced everyone from John Carpenter to Nicolas Winding Refn.

The original scream queens who gave giallo its feminist edge

By Emily Gosling

Iconic stars like Anita Strindberg and Edwige Fenech are the thread that ties this deviant subgenre together.

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