A chronology of the giallo.
Films which may have influenced gialli:
Ossessione (1942), Cortocircuito (1943), The Spiral Staircase (1946), The Unsuspected (1947), Delitto al luna park (1952), 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956), Town on Trial (1957), Screaming Mimi (1958), Mannequin in Red (1958), Rider in Blue (1959), The Facts of Murder (1959), Peeping Tom (1960), Psycho (1960), Lipstick (1960), Midnight Lace (1960), Murder She Said (1961), Lady in White (1962), Blood Feast (1963), The Phantom of Soho (1964), The Sleeping Car Murders (1965), Hysteria (1965), Blow-Up (1966), The Third Eye (1966), Wait Until Dark (1967), Twisted...