The Cat o' Nine Tails (Dario Argento, 1971) So what's been happening since the last time I did a Morricone Monday? Well, Michael Jackson died, of course. You may have noticed that this website was probably the only media outlet in the ...Read More
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (Dario Argento, 1970) Ennio Morricone is most famous for his work with Sergio Leone. Si? The films of Dario Argento are most closely associated with the music of Italian prog-rock monsters, Goblin. No? However, if we set aside these widely ...Read More
Back when Days Are Numbers ran its giallo special, we rightfully acknowledged the great Mario Bava as the indisputable godfather of the Italian slasher-cum-murder mystery. Perhaps less correctly, however, we listed the horror/sci-fi/fantasy/sex comedy maestro's contributions to the genre as ...Read More
Hello boys and ghouls. It's actually not still Halloween, of course. But, for the purposes of finishing our rundown of the top 13 horror films of all time, we're going to pretend it is. Hope you all had a spooky one and enjoyed yourselves. You ...Read More
Like just about every fellow aficionado I have encountered, I was introduced to the fiendish allure of the Italian giallo when I first saw Dario Argento’s Profondo Rosso. A confirmed fan of the maestro already, this mesmerising, mind-bending murder mystery ...Read More
