Tropic of Cancer

Rarely seen giallo Tropic of Cancer (1972) has been released by German Camera Obscura. Unlike the previous Italian release, the German disc has English subtitles.

At the same time I updated the list with couple of titles. Raro has released Plot of Fear in USA as well. The release is probably identical to the Italian one. Riccardo Freda's Murder Obsession is a surprising title for a bluray release. That hasn't stopped Raro doing exactly that.

Finally there's a Scandinavian release of Argento's Four Flies on a Grey Velvet available. There are probably even more releases available than what is mentioned in the giallo list. I'm tempted to buy this release, and may do that just for support, even though there is the bluray available in UK.

The Girl in Room 2A

I've no clue what kind of film The Girl in Room 2A by William L. Rose is. It's listed in Blood and Black Lace book, and will be released in dvd by Mondo Macabro in the end of March. At least Amazon has this for pre-order.

List moved to blog

Giallo dvd list is moved from Elitisti server to the blog. On the right hand side there's a section called Pages and there you find a link to the list. It's just been copy-pasted. I'll see what I can do with a layout later.

My intention is to create at least one new page to giallo blurays. And perhaps a list to post-Blood and Black Lace films which can be considered as giallos/gialli.

MYA Entertainment has released some latter-day giallos

MYA Entertainment (http://myadvd.blogspot.com/) have released couple of 90s giallos:

• Appuntamento in nero released as Blind Date
• Spiando marina released as Naked Obsession
• Delitto passionale released as Crime of Passion
• Girl from Cortina released as... well... Girl from Cortina

I haven't seen any of these, and they are not in the top-10 of my shopping list. Comments on the films are appreciated though, so click the comment button and inform me and the others. I'd love to support the company but the prices of their dvds are pretty hefty to buy just by the title.

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).

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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.