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[Nikita]

I don't know if this is very accurate...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giallo

[Stephen Grimes]

EDIT
Yes that's what 'Gialli' is.

[Kevin Coed]

I don't know if this is very accurate...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giallo

A quick scan says it's pretty much right.

[Nikita]

I don't know if this is very accurate...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giallo

Thanks. Just checking.  It's good to ask when the main source is wikipedia.

A quick scan says it's pretty much right.

[alex h]

These are the Giallo films I have, I've watched most of them. Deep Red is still my favourite.

All the Colors of the Dark
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
The Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
A Cat in the Brain (1990)
Deep Red (1975)
The Killer Must Kill Again (1975)
Opera (1987)
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1970)
Tenebre (1982)
Torso (1973)
What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)
Your Vice Is A Locked Room And Only I Have The Key (1972)
Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)
Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)
Dario Argento's Door into Darkness (1973)
Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
Lizard in a Woman's Skin- Special Edition (1971)
Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)
Tenebre (Complete, Uncut) (1982)
Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
Suspiria (1977)
Naked Girl Killed in the Park (1972)

[Nikita]

Suspiria and Deep Red are the only ones I've seen.   

But they're great.

[magnus]

top 10;
1) Death Laid An Egg
2) Eye In the Labyrinth
3) Footprints
4) Who Saw Her Die
5) Play Motel
6) New York Ripper
7) Delirium (the one by Polselli of course...)
Case of the Scorpion´s Tail
9) Case of the Girl in the Yellow Pyjamas
10) Puzzle

[zykl0nb]

You certainly are right, Stephen – my sig features a still from Dallamano’s film. I love DAUGHTERS and think it has an edge over SOLANGE, personally speaking. I like the way in which it comes across as a hybrid of cop flick and giallo.

Anything with Mario Adorf is awesome!

Call me crazy, but I like Four Flies on Grey Velvet, I know it's quirky but I enjoy it for that.  The flamboyant detective, Bud Spencer, the coffin expo, the scimitar flashbacks, etc.

I think The Bird with the Crystal Plumage is simply a classic and perhaps somewhat genre-defining, while Deep Red is the be-all and end-all of gialli, they should have stopped making them after it came out.

Other top gialli:

Lizard in a Woman's Skin
Blood and Black Lace This one is considered one of the first of the genre, I love that the killer bears a striking resemblance to Charlston Comics character The Question, who Alan Moore also used as a basis for his character Rorschach in Watchmen.  Interestingly The Question first appeared in 1967, so maybe the killer's outfit in this movie was an inspiration for the comic character..
Knife of Ice left a good impression on me, a subdued film, and surprisingly lacking in gore for an Umberto Lenzi flick, this one is boiling with atmosphere and had some twists that I didn't anticipate.
Short Night of Glass Dolls left an impression on me for breaking from the mold of the genre.

I'm sure there are others I can't think of at the moment.. to me, even some of the worst Gialli are enjoyable to watch.  I've only seen a few that have been utterly unbearable, I think Death Carries a Cane is one that comes to mind..

[bloodvamp]

Tenebrae is my fave giallo. In the opening scenes, Anthony Franciosa is shown heading toward the airport on his bike. The steel girders of the bridge keep blocking and fragmenting his image. Does anybody think Argento deliberately filmed it this way to show Peter Neals schizo state of mind?

[Inspector Tanzi]

Tenebrae is my fave giallo. In the opening scenes, Anthony Franciosa is shown heading toward the airport on his bike. The steel girders of the bridge keep blocking and fragmenting his image. Does anybody think Argento deliberately filmed it this way to show Peter Neals schizo state of mind?

Why would Jonny know?

[K August]

Tenebre
What Have you Done to Solange?
Cat o' Nine Tails
A White Veil for Mariele
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh
All The Colours of the Dark
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
Footprints

[Pear Head]

I like giallos they're probably my favourite type of Italian film. My favourites are:

Short Night Of The Glass Dolls
Opera
Blade In The Dark
Who Saw Her Diet

[Inspector Tanzi]

Who Saw Her Diet

Is that about a fat bird

[Paul]

Who Saw Her Diet

Is that about a fat bird

That Robbie Coltrane flick--THE POPE MUST DIE--was released in the States as THE POPE MUST DIET, as newspapers refused to advertise something that sound so blasphemous. 

[Diabolik2]

SMILE BEFORE DEATH (anybody else seen this?)

FIFTH CORD (great cinematography)