Italian Giallo
1963–1982 · IT
Sharp-edged thrillers that married fashion, lurid color, and elaborate POV murder sequences drove giallo from 1963–1982, blending pulp detective plots with psychosexual obsession and jazzy, sometimes cacophonous scores. Go in expecting style over strict logic — Mario Bava's Blood and Black Lace and Dario Argento's The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (and later Deep Red) show the visual bravado, but also brace for lurid content, dubbing quirks, and deliberately confusing whodunits.
