List of giallo films
This is a list of giallo films, a genre of Italian-produced murder mystery film blending the atmosphere and suspense of the thriller genre with elements of horror and eroticism.
Gialli often feature a number of distinctive plot elements, such as a mysterious killer whose identity is revealed in the climax.
The genre developed in the mid-to-late 1960s, peaked in popularity during the 1970s, and subsequently declined in commercial mainstream filmmaking over the next few decades, though examples continue to be produced. It was a predecessor to, and had significant influence on, the later slasher film genre.
Films by decade
1960s
- The Girl Who Knew Too Much a.k.a. Evil Eye
- Blood and Black Lace a.k.a. Fashion House of Death
- Death on the Fourposter a.k.a. Sexy Party
- 24 ore di terrore
- The Monster of London City West German krimi film that predated the Italian giallo format
- A Game of Crime
- The Embalmer
- Assassination in Rome
- Libido
- The Possessed a.k.a. Love, Hate and Dishonor
- Night of Violence a.k.a. Call Girls 66
- The Third Eye
- A... For Assassin
- The Murder Clinic a.k.a. Nights of Terror, a.k.a. Revenge of the Living Dead
- Date for a Murder
- The Murderer with the Silk Scarf starring Helga Line
- Killer Without a Face starring Janine Reynaud
- Deadly Sweet a.k.a. I Am What I Am
- The Sweet Body of Deborah
- Death Laid an Egg a.k.a. Plucked, a.k.a. A Curious Way to Love
- The Young, the Evil and the Savage a.k.a. The Schoolgirl Killer
- Deadly Inheritance
- Run, Psycho, Run starring Janine Renaud
- A Black Veil for Lisa
- Yellow - Le cugine
- The Seducers
- Interrabang
- A Complicated Girl starring Florinda Bolkan
- So Sweet...So Perverse
- The Doll of Satan
- Naked Violence aka The Boys Who Slaughter
- Carnal Circuit
- One on Top of the Other a.k.a.Perversion Story
- Murder by Music ; starring Brett Halsey, Marilu Tolo
- The House That Screamed a.k.a. La residencia, a.k.a. The Boarding School
- Death Knocks Twice a.k.a. Blonde Bait for the Murderer, a.k.a. Hard Women, a.k.a. The Blonde Connection
- Double Face a.k.a.Liz et Helen
- Macabre a.k.a. The Invisible Assassin, a.k.a. Shadow of Death
- Orgasmo released in USA as ''Paranoia''
1970s
- The Bird with the Crystal Plumage a.k.a. Phantom of Terror, a.k.a. The Gallery Murders
- Hatchet for the Honeymoon a.k.a. Blood Brides
- Paranoia released in USA as A Quiet Place to Kill
- Five Dolls for an August Moon a.k.a. Island of Terror
- Death Occurred Last Night
- Your Hands on My Body a.k.a. Schocking
- Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion
- Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
- In the Folds of the Flesh
- The Weekend Murders a.k.a. The Story of a Crime
- The Man with Icy Eyes
- A Lizard in a Woman's Skin a.k.a. Schizoid
- The Fifth Cord a.k.a. Evil Fingers
- Oasis of Fear a.k.a. Dirty Pictures
- The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh a.k.a. Blade of the Ripper, a.k.a. Next!, a.k.a. The Next Victim
- The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
- Black Belly of the Tarantula
- The Cat o' Nine Tails
- The Bloodstained Butterfly a.k.a. Secret of the Black Rose
- Four Flies on Grey Velvet
- Marta
- The Double a.k.a. Love Inferno
- Cross Current
- The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
- A Bay of Blood a.k.a. Twitch of the Death Nerve, a.k.a. Ecologia del delitto / Ecology of Crime, a.k.a. Last House on the Left Part 2
- They Have Changed Their Face
- The Designated Victim a.k.a. Murder by Design
- Slaughter Hotel a.k.a. Asylum Erotica, a.k.a. The Cold-Blooded Beast
- The Fourth Victim a.k.a.Death at the Deep End of the Pool, a.k.a.La ultima senora Anderson / The Last Mrs. Anderson, starring Carroll Baker
- The Devil Has Seven Faces a.k.a. The Devil with Seven Faces
- Seven Murders for Scotland Yard a.k.a. Seven Corpses for Scotland Yard
- Death Walks on High Heels stars Susan Scott
- The Short Night of the Glass Dolls a.k.a. Paralyzed
- Cold Eyes of Fear a.k.a. Desperate Moments
- Human Cobras
- In the Eye of the Hurricane
- The Glass Ceiling stars Carmen Sevilla, Patty Shepard and Emma Cohen
- Two Males for Alexa / Due maschi per Alexa stars Rosalba Neri and Emma Cohen
- The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave
- The Great Swindle
- Amuck! a.k.a. Maniac Mansion, a.k.a. Leather and Whips, a.k.a. Hot Bed of Sex
- The Red Headed Corpse a.k.a. The Sensuous Doll
- The Case of the Bloody Iris
- Don't Torture a Duckling a.k.a. The Long Night of Exorcism
- Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?
- Death Walks at Midnight a.k.a. Cry Out in Terror
- Alta Tension / High Tension starring Helga Line, Marisa Mell
- An Open Tomb...An Empty Coffin a.k.a. The Nights of the Scorpion
- Who Saw Her Die?
- My Dear Killer
- Spirits of Death a.k.a. Exorcisme Tragique
- Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key a.k.a. Gently Before She Dies, a.k.a. Eye of the Black Cat, a.k.a. Excite Me!
- The French Sex Murders a.k.a. The Bogey Man and the French Murders
- Death Falls Lightly
- Smile Before Death
- What Have You Done to Solange? a.k.a. Secret of the Green Pins, a.k.a. Who's Next?, a.k.a. Terror in the Woods
- Knife of Ice
- Eye in the Labyrinth a.k.a. Blood, starring Alida Valli
- Murder Mansion a.k.a. The House in the Fog
- All the Colors of the Dark a.k.a. Day of the Maniac, a.k.a. They're Coming to Get You!
- The Killer is on the Phone a.k.a. Scenes From a Murder, starring Telly Savalas
- Tropic of Cancer a.k.a. Death in Haiti
- Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods
- The Dead Are Alive
- So Sweet, So Dead a.k.a. The Slasher is the Sex Maniac, a.k.a. Penetration
- Delirium
- Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
- The Crimes of the Black Cat
- Naked Girl Killed in the Park a.k.a. Naked Girl Found in the Park
- The Two Faces of Fear a.k.a. Two Faces of Terror, starring Anita Strindberg, George Hilton
- The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive
- The Red Queen Kills Seven Times a.k.a. Blood Feast, a.k.a. Feast of Flesh
- The Cat in Heat
- A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services
- Death Carries a Cane Italian: Passi di danza su una lama di rasoio / Dance Steps on a Razor's Edge; a.k.a. Maniac at Large, a.k.a. Tormentor
- Torso
- The Deadly Triangle
- The Flower with the Petals of Steel starring Carroll Baker
- Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye
- The Bloodstained Lawn
- The Sex of the Witch starring Camille Keaton
- Love and Death on the Edge of a Razor a.k.a.Muerte au Rasoir
- The Crimes of Petiot
- Death Smiles on a Murderer
- No One Heard the Scream
- Don't Look Now
- The Perfume of the Lady in Black
- Delitto d'autore starring Sylva Koscina, Luigi Pistilli
- Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll a.k.a. House of Psychotic Women
- Five Women for the Killer
- Spasmo
- Puzzle
- The Girl in Room 2A a.k.a. The Perversions of Mrs. Grant
- The Killer Reserved Nine Seats
- What Have They Done to Your Daughters? a.k.a. The Co-ed Murders
- Ciak...si muore
- The Killer Is One of the Thirteen
- The Killer Wore Gloves a.k.a. Le calde labbra del carnefice / The Hot Lips of the Killer
- The Killer With a Thousand Eyes a.k.a. On The Edge
- The Fish With the Gold Eyes starring Monserrat Prous
- Death Will Have Your Eyes a.k.a. Triangle, a.k.a. Infamia
- Eyeball a.k.a. Wide-Eyed in the Dark
- Autopsy
- The Killer Must Kill Again a.k.a. Il Ragno, a.k.a. The Dark is Death's Friend
- Giochi erotici di una famiglia per bene/ Erotic Games of a Good Family starring Erica Blanc
- All the Screams of Silence
- A Dragonfly for Each Corpse
- La pelle sotto gli artigli/ The Skin Under the Claws starring Gordon Mitchell
- Footprints on the Moon
- Deep Red a.k.a.The Hatchet Murders
- Strip Nude for Your Killer a.k.a. Nude per l'assassino
- The Killer is Not Alone starring Maria Rohm
- Reflections in Black
- The Suspicious Death of a Minor a.k.a. Too Young to Die
- The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance a.k.a. The Passion of Evelyn
- ...a tutte le auto della polizia a.k.a. The Maniac Responsible
- Snapshot of a Crime
- The Police Are Blundering in the Dark
- Death has blue eyes
- The House with Laughing Windows
- Plot of Fear a.k.a. Bloody Peanuts
- Death Haunts Monica starring Jean Sorel
- Death Steps in the Dark
- Crazy Desires of a Murderer
- The Psychic a.k.a. Sette note in nero, or Murder to the Tune of Seven Black Notes
- The Pyjama Girl Case
- Watch Me When I Kill a.k.a. The Cat's Victims
- Nine Guests for a Crime a.k.a. A Scream in the Night
- Hotel Fear
- The Sister of Ursula a.k.a. La muerte tiene ojos / Death Has Eyes, a.k.a. Ursula's Sister
- Red Rings of Fear a.k.a. Virgin Terror, a.k.a. Trauma, a.k.a. Rings of Fear
- The Bloodstained Shadow
- L'immoralità a.k.a. Cock Crows at Eleven
- The Perfect Crime starring Joseph Cotten, Paul Muller
- Trauma starring Antonio Mayans
- Atrocious Tales of Love and Death a.k.a. Melodie meurtriere, a.k.a. Atrocious Tales of Love and Revenge
- Killer Nun a.k.a. Deadly Habit
- The Sky is Falling a.k.a. Bloodbath, starring Carroll Baker
- Giallo a Venezia a.k.a. Giallo in Venice, a.k.a. Giallo, Venetian Style
- ''Play Motel''
1980s
- Trhauma a.k.a. Thrauma
- Murder Obsession a.k.a. Fear, a.k.a. The Wailing, a.k.a. The Murder Syndrome
- The Secret of Seagull Island this was the feature version edited from a 1981 TV miniseries called Seagull Island; a British/Italian co-production
- Inferno
- Madhouse a.k.a. There Was a Little Girl, a.k.a. And When She Was Bad
- Nightmare a.k.a. Nightmares in a Damaged Brain
- Pieces
- Tenebrae a.k.a. Unsane
- The Scorpion with Two Tails
- The New York Ripper
- Delitto carnale a.k.a. Killing of the Flesh, a.k.a. Sensual Murder; also released as a hardcore adult version
- A Blade in the Dark
- Blood Link a.k.a. Extrasensorial
- The House of the Yellow Carpet
- Murder Rock a.k.a. The Demon Is Loose!, a.k.a. Murder Rock – Dancing Death
- Nothing Underneath a.k.a. The Last Shot
- Formula for a Murder a.k.a. 7 Hyden Park – La casa maledetta / 7 Hyde Park - The Cursed House
- Phenomena a.k.a. Creepers
- Black Octopus made for Argentinian TV
- The House of the Blue Shadows a.k.a. The House with the Blue Shutters
- The Killer is Still Among Us
- You'll Die at Midnight a.k.a. The Midnight Killer, a.k.a. Midnight Horror
- The Monster of Florence a.k.a. Night Ripper
- Body Count
- Delitti
- Sweets from a Stranger
- Stage Fright a.k.a. Aquarius, a.k.a. Bloody Bird
- Delirium
- Opera a.k.a. Terror at the Opera
- Phantom of Death a.k.a. Off Balance
- Too Beautiful to Die
- Dial: Help
- Delitti e profumi
- Obsession: A Taste for Fear
- The Murder Secret a.k.a.Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things
- Massacre
- Nightmare Beach a.k.a. Welcome To Spring Break
- Dangerous Women a.k.a. Una donna senza nome / Woman Without a Name
- Dark Bar starring Barbara Cupisti
- Arabella, the Black Angel a.k.a. Black Angel
- American Rickshaw starring Donald Pleasence
- ''Fashion Crimes''
1990s
- Homicide in Blue Light starring David Hess
- Misteria a.k.a. Body Puzzle; starring Joanna Pacula and Erika Blanc
- Circle of Fear a.k.a.The Perfect Alibi; starring Burt Young
- Trauma a.k.a.Dario Argento's Trauma
- The Washing Machine filmed in Hungary
- Dangerous Attraction starring David Warbeck
- Gli occhi dentro a.k.a. Madness, a.k.a. Occhi Senza Volto / Eyes Without a Face
- Omicidio al Telefono a.k.a. L'assassino e al telefono / The Killer is on the Phone
- The Strange Story of Olga O written by Ernesto Gastaldi, starring Florinda Bolkan
- The Killer's the One with the Yellow Shoes / L'assassino e' guello con le scarpe gialle
- The Stendhal Syndrome
- The House Where Corinne Lived made for TV movie
- Fatal Frames starring David Warbeck, Donald Pleasence and Linnea Quigley
- Wax Mask
- Milonga
- ''Mozart is a Murderer''
2000s
- Sleepless
- Red Riding Hood
- Bad Inclination
- The Card Player
- Eyes of Crystal
- The Vanity Serum
- Do You Like Hitchcock?
- ''Giallo''
2010s
- Symphony in Blood Red
- The Last Fashion Show
- Tulpa (film) written by Dardano Sacchetti
- Sonno Profondo
- Francesca
- ''Abrakadabra''
2020s
- ''Dark Glasses''
Works cited
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