La Sindrome di Stendhal (The Stendhal Syndrome)

I first saw La Sindrome di Stendhal at the Stockholm Film Festival in 1996. Dario Argento was in attendance and I remember feeling underwhelmed by it at the time. I had seen Trauma at the same festival a couple of years earlier and while I wasn't particullary impressed by Argento's 1994 film, this was even further away from classic Argento territory. This was of course long before the likes of The Third Mother and Giallo, so while I've grown to appreciate it since that first viewing, it's still fairly low on my list of my favourite Argento films.

It took my surprisingly long to find this locandina. You'd think the poster for a relatively recent film like this would be easy to find, but it seems quite rare and I've only seen it for sale a couple of times. I was lucky enough to get my hands on this Immagine & Strategia designed poster in september.

It's been a while...

In fact, it's been nearly 18 months since I last posted anything. I haven't spent that much time looking for new posters, but in the last couple of months I've managed to get my hands on few that have eluded me in the past, so I thought I'd post them over the next few weeks.

The list of my "doubles" in the post below has been updated and the ones listed there are still available to buy or trade if anyone is interested.

Can't leave you without new artwork, so here's an updated post of Alfredo Rizzo's La Sanguisaga conduce la danza il marchio di Satan where I've added the fantastic looking alternate poster.

Bye for now!

Ok, that's it for now. I've posted all the giallo locandine in my collection. There are still quite a few posters I'm looking for, so hopefully I'll back to add some new posters once in a while. Big thanks to those of you who have checked the blog regularly and those of you who have posted comments!

I've still got a few doubles laying around, so if you're interested in any of the posters below just send me an email. I'll either sell them (prices from about 15€ and up) or possibly trade them for giallo locandine that I haven't got. Most of the posters below are the ones that have been posted on the blog, but I'm happy to send more info on the individual posters.

Spasmo

The Card Player

Mystere

The Iguana with a Tounge of Fire

Hatchet for the Honeymoon

Opera

The Weapon, the Hour & the Motive

Double Face

Deep Red

Deliria (Stagefright)

I've never really considered Michele Soavi's debut a gialli, but since it's featured in Luther Smith's Blood and Black Lace I've decided to include here. Ostensibly a slasher since there's no mystery or any doubt as to who the killer is and basically the whole cast is just waiting to be picked off one by one. Of course, this doesn't stop Deliria from being one of the more entertaining genre entries from the 80's. Poster art by Sciotti

AAA Massaggiatrice bella presenza ofresi... (A.A.A. Masseus, Good-Looking, offers her services...)

Demofilo Fidani's AAA Massaggiatrice bella presenza ofresi... is yet another one of those rare gialli that I never thought I'd get a chance to see, but late last year a fantastic looking print surfaced on one of the torrent trackers. The film isn't great. It's a bit too talkative and slow moving, but there are a few suspenseful sequences and it features a great soundtrack by Lallo Gori. Poster art by Pivano

Caramelle da uno sconosciuto (Sweets for a Stranger)

Franco Ferrini's Caramelle da uno sconosciuto is yet another film I haven't had a chance to watch yet. I've got a subbed copy, but considering it's a late 80's giallo that even the most favorable reviews call mediocre, it's nowhere near the top of my "to watch" pile at the moment.

Istantanea per un delitto

That Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow-Up influenced Argento's Profondo Rosso is fairly common knowledge, but it seems like it's not the only one of the maestro's films that influenced a giallo. After watching Mario Imperoli's Isantanea per un delitto it seems like the director looked towards Antonioni's L'Aventura for inspiration. Needless to say the result isn't anywhere as brilliant as Profondo Rosso. Istantanea is a pedestrian giallo. I'm glad I got a chance to see it with subs, but really unless you're on a mission to see every giallo ever made, you can easily give this one a miss. Poster art by P. Franco.

Crimine a due (Crime for Two)

Romano Ferrara's Crimine a due is another rarity that I've only recently managed to get my hands on, so I can't say much about this 1964 thriller, but the poster art is by Piovano.