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Considering the only version of Il vizio ha le calze nero I've seen is the cropped 75 minute english language version, I suppose I should cut it some slack. But while the cuts and cropping might explain some of the choppy editing and the poor visuals, I doubt that even a restored widescreen version would change my opinion of this film. Tano Cimarosa 1975 film is a very poor genre entry. The poor budget is obvious, the cast is uninspired, the script is lacking thrills and the killer is painfully obvious. Unless you're a die-hard Dagmar Lassander fan, you can easily skip this.
No info on who designed the poster unfortunately.
Julia (Rosemary Dexter) dreams that her psychiatrist boyfriend Lucas is stabbed to death. The next day he is nowhere to be found. All traces lead to the small Mediterranean village Maracudi, where Gerda Hoffman (Alida Valli) lives with a variety of eccentrics, musicians and artists. Gerda claims never to have heard of Lucas but Julia soon finds evidence that he might have been at the villa after all…
Enjoyable giallo mostly set in and around a seaside villa (similar to that in La Settima Donna), but director Mario Caiano keep things moving at a brisk pace. Rosemary Dexter is a beautiful leading lady and Valli and Adolfo Celi provide great suppporting cast. Poster art by Symeoni.
I've been lazy the last couple of days, so I thought I'd make up for it by posting the two alternate posters for Massimo Dallamano's Cosa avete fatto a Solange?. Made in 1972, Solange is the first film in the loosely held together "schoolgirls-in-peril" trilogy that was written by Dallamano. A firm favourite of mine, this is an excellent giallo set in London featuring a great cast and a beautiful soundtrack by Ennio Morricone. Dallamano went on to direct La Polizia chiede aiuto (What Have They Done to Your Daughters?) in 1974, but unfortunately he passed away in a car accident in 1976 before he could conclude the triolgy, so the last film Engima Rosso (Rings of Fear) was directed by Alberto Negrin.
There's no signature on the locandina posted above, but the one below is made by the great Sandro Simeoni aka Symeoni.
One on Top of the Other, A Lizard in a Woman's Skin, Don't Torture a Duckling, The Psychic, The New York Ripper and Murder Rock. From the groovy 60's to ultra-sleazy 80's. I can't think of a director who worked in the giallo field who has a more diverse and varied filmography than Lucio Fulci. This is the locandina for his 1969 genre debut.

I find Pupi Avati's La Casa dalle finestre che ridono one of the most creepy and unsettling gialli ever made. Unfortunately Avati didn't make any more films in the genre, but at least he can claim to have directed one bonafied classic. He went on to direct some excellent horror films as well, like Zeder and L'Arcano incantatore (which is crying out for a DVD release). Poster by Piero Ermanno Iaia
I find it a bit surprising that Roberto Bianchi Montero Rivelazioni di un maniaco sessuale al capo della squadra mobile still hasn't received a DVD release yet. Although not a top tier giallo and clearly lacking the directional flair of somebody like Sergio Martino, it's still an enjoyable, sleazy thriller similar to Strip Nude for your Killer. It suffers a bit from the lack a likable protagonist, but the killer looks straight out of Blood & Black Lace and there's enough gruesome killings and nudity from the female cast (which includes Susan Scott, Sylva Koscina and Femi Benussi) to keep the most discerning eurocult fan happy. The soundtrack by Giorgio Gaslini was released by Fin de Siècle last year and is well worth picking up. Poster art by Enzo Nistri
On paper I Due volti della Paura looks quite interesting. Directed by Tulio Demicheli in the heyday of the genre and featuring a cast of George Hilton, Anita Strindberg, Luciana Paluzzi and Fernando Ray. Unfortunately Demicheli never really manages to create any suspense or real tension. In fact, the film is probably best known for the footage of open heart surgery. But not even the inclusion of that potentially eye-catching footage can stop the film from feeling like a decidedly average viewing experience. Poster art by Renato Casaro
Giuliano Carnimeo's Perché quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer? (What are thoses strange drops of blood doing on the body of Jennifer?) from 1972 is something of a personal favourite, both in terms of the film and the posters. If you team up genre stalwart's Edwige Fenech (who yet again is pursued by a sex cult) and George Hilton in a film scripted by Ernesto Gastaldi and add a beautiful soundtrack from Bruno Nicolai, you know you're in for an enjoyable time. An great in-depth review of the film can be found at Giallo Fever.Unfortunately I haven't been able to find much info about the posters. It looks like the top locandina was used for the original release and the one below possibly used for a theatrical re-release. The one below with the striking image of Edwige is one of my most treasured posters.