Psychological Thriller
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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
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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
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Movie Review: Sisters (1972)
It’s yet another day, and it’s time to review yet another Brian De Palma movie, which is yet another homage to Hitchcock. “Sisters,” an early ’70s Brian De Palma tribute to Hitchcock, is a psychological horror movie with quite a few of De Palma’s own fixations, such as look-alikes, siblings, use of illusion, and some Read more
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Movie Review: Blow Up (1966)
Blow-Up, an adaptation of Julio Cortázar’s short story “Las babas del diablo,” is the first English movie directed by legendary Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni. Antonioni is known for making mood pieces. Film critic Arthur Knight wrote that Blow-Up is a defining movie, akin to Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane. Antonioni’s masterpiece would influence the works of Read more
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Movie Review: Wait Until Dark (1966)
“Wait Until Dark” is a chilling psychological thriller directed by Terence Young and adapted from a play of the same name by Frederick Knott. Starring Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jack Weston, and Julie Herrod in lead roles, the movie is a gripping nail-biter from start to finish. Frederick Knott, the Read more
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Movie Review: Obsession (1976)
In my past review of “Body Double,” I mentioned that it was a homage to both Hitchcock movies, “Rear Window” and “Vertigo.” “Obsession,” a movie he made earlier in 1976, is another of his tributes to “Vertigo,” and closer in plot to the Alfred Hitchcock classic. The movie opens with a loud, almost jarring background Read more
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