The New York Ripper is often targeted as misogynistic, as Fulci relegates the detective story aspect of the film to the background, focusing more on the killer’s atrocities instead but the film is worth a watch for its intriguing cinematography, outlandish gore, sleazy 70s New York setting, flashy set design, and a pair of truly suspenseful scenes – and yes, the ever-present unintentional humour. Jean Sorel, | Suzy Kendall, High Heels is the only film from Ercoli to make my list, but I do want to give a special mention to Midnight and Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion. Sergio Martino Jack Hedley, Director: John Saxon, Meanwhile, the set provides a number of rooms, corridors, and secret passageways to run through which only heightens the suspense. Director: Giallo movies are Italian-produced murder-mystery horror thrillers usually a sub-genre of the horror genre which feature scenes of excessive violence – often originally choreographed – which blur the lines between art and exploitation cinema. Marina Malfatti, Mystery, Thriller. Umberto Lenzi Existia uma série de livros policiais na Itália que tinham a capa amarela. Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc Mickey Hargitay,

A maniac killer in a red cape and hood is killing off American tourists on a tour bus by gouging out their eyeballs. Luciano Ercoli Pier Paolo Capponi, Stars: | ‘Majora’s Mask’ and the Challenge of One-Upping ‘Ocarina of Time’, ‘Oracle of Seasons’: A Game Boy Color Classic, What Games May Come- Dream Destinations for Pokémon, ‘Marvel’s Avengers’ is Not Quite Worth Assembling For Just Yet, ‘Summerland’ Suffers from a Lack of Ambition, PAX Online: ‘Inkulinati’ and ‘Pumpkin Jack’, 10 Years Later: ‘Black Swan’ is a Gloriously Insane Film, Copyright © 2001 - 2020 Goomba Stomp | Sordid Cinema | Goomba Stomp. 92 min

| The victims all seem to have a connection with a spa. Director:

Daria Nicolodi, Stars: |

Editor’s Note: This is the third part of the list. Enrico Maria Salerno, | Stars: Stars: Sordid Cinema Podcast #550: Is ‘Dog Soldiers’ a Bitch of a Werewolf Movie? 82 min Elsa Martinelli, The New York Ripper is Lucio’s attempt to make a Dirty Harry-esque crime thriller, albeit a highly sexualized one with excessive nudity, cheesy dialogue, a needlessly convoluted narrative and a live sex show which verges on pornography.
Crime, Drama, Horror.

| Horror, Mystery.
Edwige Fenech, | Urbano Barberini, Generally considered Dario Argento’s last good film before a steep decline, Tenebrae was a return, after experiments with supernatural horror (Suspiria, Phenomena), to the classic Giallo formula: homicidal maniacs, black leather gloves, the killer’s point of view, convoluted plot twists, pulse-pounding music, and so on. Dario Argento | High Heels is the real gem from the director, constantly spinning a web of murder, mayhem, and masquerade. | Claudio Camaso, Anna Zinnemann, | Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Goomba Stomp and Tilt Magazine. Host of the NXpress Nintendo Podcast and the Sordid Cinema Podcast. | Suzy Kendall, Lamberto Bava The inventive killings in Black Belly of the Tarantula (La tarantola dal ventre nero) are orchestrated with remarkable visual flair and live up to similar works from Mario Bava and Dario Argento. Giulio Pizzirani, Not Rated

Mystery, Thriller. This specific set piece features an incredible long crane shot which reportedly took three days to film, a scene the U.S. distributors wanted to be removed although it is the film’s highest technical accomplishment. Enzo Tarascio, (Note the use of a heartbeat effect during a tense life-or-death scene.) An American expatriate in Rome witnesses an attempted murder.

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