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 EyeBlood and Black Lace a.k.a. Fashion House of DeathDeath on the Fourposter a.k.a. Sexy Party24 ore di terrore The Monster of London City West German krimi film that predated the Italian giallo formatA Game of Crime The Embalmer Assassination in Rome Libido The Possessed a.k.a. Love, Hate and DishonorNight of Violence a.k.a. Call Girls 66The Third Eye A... For Assassin The Murder Clinic a.k.a. Nights of Terror, a.k.a. Revenge of the Living DeadDate for a Murder The Murderer with the Silk Scarf starring Helga LineKiller Without a Face starring Janine ReynaudDeadly Sweet a.k.a. I Am What I AmThe Sweet Body of Deborah Death Laid an Egg a.k.a. Plucked, a.k.a. A Curious Way to LoveThe Young, the Evil and the Savage a.k.a. The Schoolgirl KillerDeadly Inheritance Run, Psycho, Run starring Janine RenaudA Black Veil for Lisa Yellow - Le cugine The Seducers Interrabang A Complicated Girl starring Florinda BolkanSo 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 StoryMurder by Music ; starring Brett Halsey, Marilu ToloThe House That Screamed a.k.a. La residencia, a.k.a. The Boarding SchoolDeath Knocks Twice a.k.a. Blonde Bait for the Murderer, a.k.a. Hard Women, a.k.a. The Blonde ConnectionDouble Face a.k.a.Liz et HelenMacabre a.k.a. The Invisible Assassin, a.k.a. Shadow of DeathOrgasmo released in USA as ''Paranoia''1970s
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage a.k.a. Phantom of Terror, a.k.a. The Gallery MurdersHatchet for the Honeymoon a.k.a. Blood BridesParanoia released in USA as A Quiet Place to KillFive Dolls for an August Moon a.k.a. Island of TerrorDeath 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 CrimeThe Man with Icy Eyes A Lizard in a Woman's Skin a.k.a. SchizoidThe Fifth Cord a.k.a. Evil FingersOasis of Fear a.k.a. Dirty PicturesThe Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh a.k.a. Blade of the Ripper, a.k.a. Next!, a.k.a. The Next VictimThe 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 RoseFour 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 2They Have Changed Their Face The Designated Victim a.k.a. Murder by DesignSlaughter Hotel a.k.a. Asylum Erotica, a.k.a. The Cold-Blooded BeastThe 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 BakerThe Devil Has Seven Faces a.k.a. The Devil with Seven FacesSeven Murders for Scotland Yard a.k.a. Seven Corpses for Scotland YardDeath Walks on High Heels stars Susan ScottThe Short Night of the Glass Dolls a.k.a. ParalyzedCold 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 CohenTwo Males for Alexa / Due maschi per Alexa stars Rosalba Neri and Emma CohenThe 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 SexThe Red Headed Corpse a.k.a. The Sensuous DollThe Case of the Bloody Iris Don't Torture a Duckling a.k.a. The Long Night of ExorcismWho Killed the Prosecutor and Why? Death Walks at Midnight a.k.a. Cry Out in TerrorAlta Tension / High Tension starring Helga Line, Marisa MellAn Open Tomb...An Empty Coffin a.k.a. The Nights of the ScorpionWho 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 MurdersDeath 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 WoodsKnife of Ice Eye in the Labyrinth a.k.a. Blood, starring Alida ValliMurder Mansion a.k.a. The House in the FogAll 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 SavalasTropic of Cancer a.k.a. Death in HaitiLove 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. PenetrationDelirium Seven Blood-Stained Orchids The Crimes of the Black Cat Naked Girl Killed in the Park a.k.a. Naked Girl Found in the ParkThe Two Faces of Fear a.k.a. Two Faces of Terror, starring Anita Strindberg, George HiltonThe Weapon, the Hour, the Motive The Red Queen Kills Seven Times a.k.a. Blood Feast, a.k.a. Feast of FleshThe 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. TormentorTorso The Deadly Triangle The Flower with the Petals of Steel starring Carroll BakerSeven Deaths in the Cat's Eye
- The Bloodstained Lawn The Sex of the Witch starring Camille KeatonLove and Death on the Edge of a Razor a.k.a.Muerte au RasoirThe 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 PistilliBlue Eyes of the Broken Doll a.k.a. House of Psychotic WomenFive Women for the Killer Spasmo Puzzle The Girl in Room 2A a.k.a. The Perversions of Mrs. GrantThe Killer Reserved Nine Seats What Have They Done to Your Daughters? a.k.a. The Co-ed MurdersCiak...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 KillerThe Killer With a Thousand Eyes a.k.a. On The EdgeThe Fish With the Gold Eyes starring Monserrat ProusDeath Will Have Your Eyes a.k.a. Triangle, a.k.a. Infamia Eyeball a.k.a. Wide-Eyed in the DarkAutopsy The Killer Must Kill Again a.k.a. Il Ragno, a.k.a. The Dark is Death's FriendGiochi erotici di una famiglia per bene/ Erotic Games of a Good Family starring Erica BlancAll the Screams of Silence A Dragonfly for Each Corpse La pelle sotto gli artigli/ The Skin Under the Claws starring Gordon MitchellFootprints on the Moon Deep Red a.k.a.The Hatchet Murders Strip Nude for Your Killer a.k.a. Nude per l'assassinoThe Killer is Not Alone starring Maria RohmReflections in Black The Suspicious Death of a Minor a.k.a. Too Young to DieThe Bloodsucker Leads the Dance a.k.a. The Passion of Evelyn...a tutte le auto della polizia a.k.a. The Maniac ResponsibleSnapshot 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 PeanutsDeath Haunts Monica starring Jean SorelDeath 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 NotesThe Pyjama Girl Case Watch Me When I Kill a.k.a. The Cat's VictimsNine Guests for a Crime a.k.a. A Scream in the NightHotel Fear The Sister of Ursula a.k.a. La muerte tiene ojos / Death Has Eyes, a.k.a. Ursula's SisterRed Rings of Fear a.k.a. Virgin Terror, a.k.a. Trauma, a.k.a. Rings of FearThe Bloodstained Shadow L'immoralità a.k.a. Cock Crows at Eleven The Perfect Crime starring Joseph Cotten, Paul MullerTrauma starring Antonio MayansAtrocious 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 HabitThe Sky is Falling a.k.a. Bloodbath, starring Carroll BakerGiallo a Venezia a.k.a. Giallo in Venice, a.k.a. Giallo, Venetian Style
- ''Play Motel''
1980s
Trhauma a.k.a. ThraumaMurder Obsession a.k.a. Fear, a.k.a. The Wailing, a.k.a. The Murder SyndromeThe Secret of Seagull Island this was the feature version edited from a 1981 TV miniseries called Seagull Island; a British/Italian co-productionInferno Madhouse a.k.a. There Was a Little Girl, a.k.a. And When She Was BadNightmare a.k.a. Nightmares in a Damaged BrainPieces Tenebrae a.k.a. UnsaneThe 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 versionA Blade in the Dark Blood Link a.k.a. ExtrasensorialThe House of the Yellow Carpet Murder Rock a.k.a. The Demon Is Loose!, a.k.a. Murder Rock – Dancing DeathNothing Underneath a.k.a. The Last ShotFormula for a Murder a.k.a. 7 Hyden Park – La casa maledetta / 7 Hyde Park - The Cursed HousePhenomena a.k.a. CreepersBlack Octopus made for Argentinian TVThe House of the Blue Shadows a.k.a. The House with the Blue ShuttersThe Killer is Still Among Us You'll Die at Midnight a.k.a. The Midnight Killer, a.k.a. Midnight HorrorThe 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 BirdDelirium Opera a.k.a. Terror at the Opera Phantom of Death a.k.a. Off BalanceToo Beautiful to Die Dial: Help Delitti e profumi Obsession: A Taste for Fear The Murder Secret a.k.a.Aunt Martha Does Dreadful ThingsMassacre Nightmare Beach a.k.a. Welcome To Spring Break Dangerous Women a.k.a. Una donna senza nome / Woman Without a NameDark Bar starring Barbara CupistiArabella, the Black Angel a.k.a. Black AngelAmerican Rickshaw starring Donald Pleasence
- ''Fashion Crimes''
1990s
Homicide in Blue Light starring David HessMisteria a.k.a. Body Puzzle; starring Joanna Pacula and Erika BlancCircle of Fear a.k.a.The Perfect Alibi; starring Burt YoungTrauma a.k.a.Dario Argento's TraumaThe Washing Machine filmed in HungaryDangerous Attraction starring David WarbeckGli occhi dentro a.k.a. Madness, a.k.a. Occhi Senza Volto / Eyes Without a FaceOmicidio al Telefono a.k.a. L'assassino e al telefono / The Killer is on the PhoneThe Strange Story of Olga O written by Ernesto Gastaldi, starring Florinda BolkanThe 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 QuigleyWax 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 SacchettiSonno Profondo Francesca- ''Abrakadabra''
2020s
- ''Dark Glasses''