Due signori in giallo

Dave and Jon find the countryside less than relaxing in Lucio Fulci's magnificent 1972 rural giallo Don't Torture a Duckling/Non si sevizia un paperino. CW: Gendered violence, child killing, underage sex, drug use, mental illness. Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com More information:Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci by Stephen Thrower La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film by Mikel J. Koven Our theme

Dave and Jon have their first encounter with giallo queen Edwige Fenech in Sergio Martino's 1972 classic All the Colors of the Dark/Tutti i colori del buio. CW: rape, gendered violence, sexualised violence, animal cruelty, gaslighting. Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com More information:All the Colours of Sergio Martino by Kat Ellinger La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film by Mikel J. Koven Our theme music:Silent

The giallo comes alive in Dario Argento's legendary 1970 film The Bird with the Crystal Plumage/L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo. CW: gendered violence, sexualised violence, animal cruelty. Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com More information:Dario Argento: The Man, the Myths & the Magic by Alan Jones La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film by Mikel J. Koven Our theme music:Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by

Pop art explodes in an orgy of gaslighting, funkadelic disco sounds and unfortunate body suits in Romolo Guerrieri's 1968 treat The Sweet Body of Deborah/Il dolce corpo di Deborah. CW: gendered violence, suicide, gaslighting. Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com(the various German blu-ray releases contain the Italian track with English subtitles but no English dub) More information:So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films:

Darkness rolls in to engulf Jon Dear and Dave Thomas as they examine Luigi Bazzoni and Franco Rossellini's 1965 arthouse thriller The Possessed/La donna del lago. CW: gendered violence, unwanted pregnancy, suicide Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com More information:So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films: Volume 1 1963-1973 by Troy Howarth La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film by Mikel J. Koven The

In their sophomore outing, Dave Thomas and Jon Dear discuss Mario Bava's classic 1964 body-count masterpiece Blood and Black Lace/6 donne per l'assassino. TW: gendered and sexualised violence Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com More informationSo Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films: Volume 1 1963-1973 by Troy Howarth MARIO BAVA: ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK By Tim Lucas La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian

In the first episode of Due Signori in Giallo, Dave Thomas and Jon Dear discuss Mario Bava's seminal 1963 thriller The Girl Who Knew Too Much/La ragazza che sapeva troppo, a.k.a. The Evil Eye. TW: gendered violence, gaslighting Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com More informationSo Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films: Volume 1 1963-1973 by Troy Howarth MARIO BAVA: ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK By Tim Lucas La Dolce Morte: