The best Italian giallo films
The top 3 according to 4 votes from people: Blood and Black Lace (1964) · The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) · Don't Torture a Duckling (1972). (Updated Oct 8, 2020.)
Italian giallo of the 1960s and 70s, the black-gloved killer thrillers that inspired the American slasher: the classics by Bava, Argento, Fulci and Martino.
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Top 12
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1
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Mario Bava sets the rules of the genre: the masked killer and saturated colours.
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2
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
Argento's debut, the film that set off the giallo boom.
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3
Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
Lucio Fulci sets a brutal giallo in the rural South of Italy.
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4
Deep Red (1975)
Dario Argento's masterpiece, with the Goblin score.
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5
The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)
For many, the first true giallo, by Mario Bava.
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6
Tenebrae (1982)
Argento returns to pure giallo with a cruel nod to thriller writers.
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7
A Bay of Blood (1971)
Bava's film that anticipated the American slasher.
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8
The House with Laughing Windows (1976)
Pupi Avati takes the giallo to the Emilian countryside.
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9
The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
The second chapter of Argento's «animal trilogy».
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10
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)
Fulci between psychedelic dreams and swinging London.
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11
What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)
Massimo Dallamano's dark giallo set in a London girls' school.
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12
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)
Sergio Martino and Edwige Fenech, the genre's iconic duo.
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