Saturday 31 July 2010

Some dvd news and X-rated zine focusing on giallo




Yeah, several months have passed without an update, so I'll gather news already discussed on Elitisti discussion board.

Code Red have released Armando Crispino's L'etrusco uccide ancora aka Etruscan Kills Again aka Dead Are Alive. Review can be read on DVD Drive-in. It was previously released as a bootleg by Eurovista, and in Germany where it was included in Bryan Edgar Wallace 3 collection. Good news indeed.

Lucio Fulci's Lizard in a Woman's Skin has seen an UK release, and DVD Beaver has done some comparison.

The last news is targeted mostly for Finnish audience. Nowadays when everything is in internet, it gives me a great pleasure when someone is still making zines. The excellent Finnish X-rated zine has always been focusing on European genre films, but the number 12 is even better when having a long article on giallo. The another article on Italian crime and police film is in my opinion even better as the films included are maybe a little more obscure than the gialli, as the ever-growing Giallos on DVD list proves. Those familiar with X-rated know what to expect and won't be disappointed. You will also get the instructions on how to paint your walls. When I'll have enough space to be able to dedicate my living room for drinking J&B only, those instructions will be handy. More info (in Finnish).

Friday 19 March 2010

Comments in English only

If you comment our posts, do it in English. Everything else is deleted. I assume so far the comments have been some sort of spam.

Sunday 24 January 2010

The Perfume of the Lady in Black


This Franco Barilli's film is included in the Blood and Black Lace book even though it's quite atypical giallo. It's more of a slow paced psychological thriller with a twist ending probably influenced by one succesful film by Roman Polanski. Not much seems to happen during most of the running time but it's still pretty hypnotic.

The film is released on dvd by Raro in Italy. The quality is excellent, and one can choose between English and Italian soundtrack, and the latter is accompanied by English subtitles.