Sentences with phrase «of the giallo thriller»
This second entry in the so - called «Animal Trilogy» found Argento further refining his distinctive style and cementing his reputation as the master of the giallo thriller.
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The Bird With the Crystal Plumage Blu - ray (1970 — Italy) In 1970, young first - time director Dario Argento made his indelible mark on Italian cinema with «The Bird with the Crystal Plumage,» a film that redefined the «giallo» genre of murder - mystery thrillers and catapulted him to international stardom.
Dir Dario Argento (David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi) Argento fans have a tendency to divide into two camps: those who prefer his relatively straightforward, plot - driven early giallo thrillers and those who revel in the surrealistic beauty of his post-Suspiria dream - movies.
The former is a supernatural thriller whereas Giallo, a genre established by Mario Bava in 1967 with the visually sumptuous KILL, BABY... KILL, may invoke the spirit but leans heavily toward the murder - mystery elements of noir.
Robert Bloch and Milton Subotsky may have helped to codify the Giallo in this murder thriller but the results are not up to even the shaky standards of Amicus.
Giallo - like in its plot convolutions as well as its stark, shadowy visual style, this rare foray into strict horror by dark crime thriller master J. Lee Thompson is perhaps best known for its infamous shish - kebab murder scene, but the underappreciated slasher film has much more to offer, with a whole slew of show - stopping death set pieces and a stellar supporting cast, including Glenn Ford as Virginia's doctor.
Make room in your life for the wild, rapturously retro movies of Belgium's Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani, a duo that worships at the altar of unhinged»60s Italian Westerns and black - gloved giallo thrillers.
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage Details: 1970, Arrow Video Rated: Unrated The lowdown: Dario Argento made his directorial debut with this «giallo» genre thriller that brought the Italian filmmaker to the attention of the international cinema community.
As seemed to be the convention for Italian thrillers for the next twenty years, Bava had an American actor playing the love interest who may or may not be involved in a crime that veers, at the film's precise midpoint, towards a series of implausible, ridiculous twists endemic of a standard giallo.
At the height of the Italian giallo boom in the early 1970s, scores of filmmakers turned their hand to crafting their own unique takes on these lurid murder - mystery thrillers.