Monday 18 August 2008

Apologies

Apologies for not updating giallo database for a while. I spent my summer elsewhere than behind the keyboard. During the summer I watched one giallo however. Or at least it's listed in Blood and Black Lace book which has been the qualification to make it on the list. The movie was Gabriele Lavia's Sensi aka Evil Senses. Yes, it's a thriller and it's italian but I wouldn't call it giallo. Erotic thriller perhaps, and indeed plentiful sex and occasional violence keep it mildly entertaining. It still lacks things I consider essential for a giallo. It has mystery element, but still there's no crime for antagonist to solve as in most (all?) of classic giallos. It's hard to come up with definition of a giallo. It's just the feeling you are having than something you can easily point your finger at, and that "something" was missing in Evil Senses. Perhaps it's worth mentioning that Mimsy Farmer who starred in Armando Crispino's Autopsy has mentionable role in Evil Senses.

It also looks like that release of Nothing Underneath has been postponed until October.