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Giallology (1962-2010)

By: Experim​entoFil​m

A chronology of the giallo.

Films which may have influenced gialli:
Ossessione (1942), Cortocircuito (1943), The Spiral Staircase (1946), 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956), Screaming Mimi (1958), Peeping Tom (1960), Psycho (1960), Midnight Lace (1960), Murder She Said (1961), Blood Feast (1963), Blow-Up (1966), The Third Eye (1966), Wait Until Dark (1967), Twisted Nerve (1968), The Haunted House of Horror (1969), The Exquisite Cadaver (1969)

Films possibly influenced by gialli:
Fragment of Fear (1970), And Soon the Darkness (1970), Assault (1971), Die Screaming, Marianne (1971), Fear in the Night (1972), The Gore Gore Girls (1972), Don’t Look Now (1973), Ten Little Indians (1974), Deadly Strangers (1976), Schizo (1976), Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), Friday the 13th (1980), Dressed to Kill (1980), Happy Birthday to Me (1981), The Fan (1981), Schizoid (1980), Night School (1981), Mystère (1983), Body Double (1984), Amsterdamned (1988), Étoile (1989), Basic Instinct (1992), Knight Moves (1992), Color of Night (1994), The Monster (1994), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Black Angel (2000), Scarlet Diva (2000), Black Serenade (2001), Odinochestvo krovi (2002), The Da Vinci Code (2006), I Know Who Killed Me (2007), Lust for Vengeance (2008), Darkness Surrounds Roberta (2008), Amer (2009), Angels & Demons (2009), Black Swan (2010), Passion (2012), Berberian Sound Studio (2012)

Supernatural gialli:
Kill Baby, Kill! (1966), Sex of the Witch (1973), The Killer Reserved Nine Seats (1974), The Black Cat (1981), Scorpion with Two Tails (1982), Phenomena (1985)

Spanish gialli:
Trumpet of the Apocalypse (1969), In the Eye of the Hurricane (1971), 7 Murders for Scotland Yard (1971), The Glass Ceiling (1971), An Open Tomb… An Empty Coffin (1972), Murder Mansion (1972), The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973), Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll (1973), The Killer Is One of Thirteen (1973), No One Heard the Scream (1973), A Dragonfly for Each Corpse (1974), The Killer Wore Gloves (1974), Night of the Skull (1974), Killing of the Dolls (1975), Diary of an Erotic Murderess (1975)

Related lists:
Appreciating the tremendous beauty of ‘Giallo’ film titles
A-Z List of Giallo Cliches
Giallo Films
Another Big Honkin Giallo List

My lists:
J&B
Carroll Baker’s gialli
Krimi 1959-1972
Poliziotteschi 1967-1985
early slashers 1971-1981

 

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hocetheo

20Sep12

Eyes Wide Shut can be added to the list of films inspired by gialli.

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Holger Haase

23Apr12

Great list. Another film that is quite clearly influence by gialli is "I Know Who Killed Me "

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Konrad Szlendak

29Jan12

Are you sure that "Blood Feast" inspired giallo? :) Great list anyway, thx.

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lewis_longshanks

12Jan12

Someone spent alot of time with this list hahah. Very impressive stuff.

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