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unusual facts about Giallo



Arne Mattsson

The second in the series, Mannekäng i rött (1958), is considered by some to be a precursor of the Italian giallo films, notably Mario Bava's Blood and Black Lace.

Barbara Baraldi

For her short novel Una storia da rubare she won the Premio Gran Giallo Città di Cattolica.

The novel La casa dagli specchi rotti came out at the end of 2009 in an anthology inspired by the cinematographic Italian Giallo of Dario Argento published by Mondadori on Il Giallo Mondadori.

Dane Brookes

Producer, Joseph Zaso, first met Braincell director Alex Birrell when the latter served as cinematographer on Darkness Surrounds Roberta; also encoring from the movie is composer Marco Werba, who was since tapped by Dario Argento to score his latest feature Giallo.

Ernesto Gastaldi

He has collaborated with Mario Bava, Lucio Fulci, Riccardo Freda, Tonino Valerii, Sergio Martino and Sergio Leone; as such he can be regarded as a chief architect of the giallo and Spaghetti Western film.

Gli incubi di Dario Argento

'Gli incubi di Dario Argento' is a TV series created for RAI's TV program “Giallo” by Enzo Tortora.

Hatchet for the Honeymoon

Hatchet for the Honeymoon (Italian: Il rosso segno della follia / The Red Mark of Madness); also known as Blood Brides and An Axe for the Honeymoon) is a 1970 Italian giallo film directed by Mario Bava and starring Stephen Forsyth, Dagmar Lassander and Laura Betti.

Mario Landi

Mario Landi (October 12, 1920 – March 18, 1992) was an Italian director known for his giallo movies such as Giallo a Venezia and his television series Le inchieste del commissario Maigret.

Orgasmo

Orgasmo (also known as Paranoia) is a 1969 Italian-French giallo thriller film starring Carroll Baker and Lou Castel and directed by Umberto Lenzi.

Sonia Viviani

Her later films from mid-1970s to 1980s covered many exploitation genres ranging from commedia sexy all'italiana (L'adolescente (1976) by Alfonso Brescia), nazisploitation (KZ9 - Lager di Sterminio (1977) by Bruno Mattei), and zombie film (Nightmare City (1980) by Umberto Lenzi) to giallo (Assassinio al cimitero etrusco (1983) by Sergio Martino) and peplum (The Adventures of Hercules (1985) by Luigi Cozzi).

Teo Usuelli

He is probably best known for the main theme of the giallo film Amuck!, "Piacere Sequence", that was later used in The Big Lebowski, in an episode of the TV-series Spaced and in the documentary film How to Draw a Bunny.

The Card Player

The film stars Stefania Rocca and Liam Cunningham and is Argento's second giallo feature of the decade (following Sleepless).

The Dark Secret

Track 5 is a cover of a song by Italian progressive rock band Goblin, composed as part of the soundtrack for the 2001 giallo movie Sleepless, directed by Dario Argento.

Verdicchio

Cerveteri DOC (Latium) – Primarily Trebbiano, Romagnolo, Giallo and Malvasia with up to 15% of Verdicchio permitted along with Friulano, Bellone and/or Bombino.


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