Dario Argento united with his daughter for this unusual family giallo collaboration which finds Asia as a young policewoman afflicted by the titular disease: art’s masterpieces have a mesmeric, transportive effect on her. A rabbit hole of total ruin and horror ensues. Not for the faint of heart!
A much-missed Ennio Morricone composed the score to this steamy Spanish-Italian sex film, starring a world-weary Marcello Mastroianni and a young Nastassja Kinski at the height of her charms. A cult erotic drama about incest, age gaps, and absent father figures that’s very much of its time!
Premiering at Cannes in 1969, Machine Gun McCain sees John Cassavetes star in a one-of-a-kind Italian gangster film from director Giuliano Montaldo. Scored by Ennio Morricone, the film also stars Cassavetes’ collaborators Gena Rowlands and Peter Falk, bursting with the troupe’s rare energy.
He may not have the brand recognition of Dario Argento, but Luigi Bazzoni was every bit the giallo master. With a score by Ennio Morricone, cinematography by the legendary Vittorio Storaro, and a cast of genre stalwarts led by Franco Nero (Django), this alluring murder mystery has style to spare.
In favoring psychological tension over the usual slice-and-dice set pieces, this sinuous giallo owes more to Hitchcock and Clouzot than many of its Argento-apeing contemporaries. Directed by the underrated Luciano Ercoli, Forbidden Photos certainly lives up to the promise of its sensational title.
