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Italian Movies

  • 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

  • Movie Review: Seven Notes in Black (1977)

    Movie Review: Seven Notes in Black (1977)

    ‘Seven Notes in Black’, also known as ‘Sette note in nero’ or ‘The Psychic’, is an Italian Giallo mystery thriller directed by Lucio Fulci. Giallo, or Italian Giallo, is a film genre of Italian movies popular in the mid-60s through the ’70s, which included elements of slasher, psychological horror, murder, gore, sexploitation, and sometimes, supernatural… Read more