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Dario Argento’s Animal Trilogy

  • Movie Review: The Cat O’ Nine Tails (1971)

    Movie Review: The Cat O’ Nine Tails (1971)

    ‘Cat O Nine Tails’ (CONT) is the second movie in director Dario Argento’s Giallo “Animal Trilogy”. It is yet another intense thriller from the ‘Master of Suspense’. While Argento claimed that this was not one of his own best movies, most critics, including yours truly, disagree with him. CONT is one of the better Giallo Read more

  • Movie Review: Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

    Movie Review: Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

    ‘Four Flies on Grey Velvet’ (FFGV) is a Giallo movie directed by ‘The Master of Horror’, Dario Argento. It is the third movie in his ‘Animal Trilogy’. (Apparently, flies qualify as animals) My previous review covered the first movie of the series. FFGV has all the elements of an Argento movie: gruesome murders, drama, ostentatious Read more

  • Screaming Mimi (1958) vs. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)

    Screaming Mimi (1958) vs. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)

    In this post, we will look at two adaptations of the 1949 novel, ‘The Screaming Mimi’ by Fredric Brown. One is an American film noir adaptation, ‘Screaming Mimi’, directed by Gerd Oswald. The other is ‘The Girl with the Crystal Plumage’, a loose Italian Giallo adaptation and the directorial debut of iconic Italian director Dario Read more