Ciak, si muore

I've had an unsubbed Italian language copy of Ciak, si muore laying around for years, but it wasn't until recently when I managed to get my hands on an subbed copy that I decided to watch Mario Moroni 1974 thriller. Can't say it was worth the wait. Filled with scenes that seem to go on forever, poorly shot murders and no suspense adds up to a fairly flawed thriller.
The locandina is a bit unusual. It's slightly oversized compared to your standard locandina which explains why I'm not keeping it in a "foglie" like all the other posters. Poster art by G. Calma.

Back again

I know that it's been a loooong time since the last update, but I've finally got my act together. I've posted the majority of my collection over these last couple of years, but I've still got a few locandine left. I'll post a couple each week over the next couple of months. For those of you who feel a bit sceptical, not all that suprising considering I promised to be back in august in the last post, there's no need. I've sorted out all the photos and written the majority of the posts already.

Quick round-up of giallo related news since the last update:

• Fin de Siecle has finally released their great looking DVD of Romolo Guerrieri's Il Dolce corpo di Deborah. Make sure you support them and buy it. You can order it here (and make sure you pick up the soundtrack for Omicidio per Vocazione while you're at it)
  
  

• My favourite release of 2009 however is Shameless release of Footprints that was mentioned in the previous post. The DVD turned out just as great as I hoped and I'm very pleased to finally have this excellent film on DVD. Make sure you pick this one up as well.

• One that has been releases before but that I've supplied scans for is Neo Publishing's Lo Strano vizio della Signora Wardh DVD. I've also supplied scans for a few other upcoming releases (but since I'm not sure if the scans will be used or not I'll hold off mentioning them for now)

Hopefully we'll see more great giallo relases in 2010! There are still quite a few great titles that haven't been released on DVD anywhere yet.

I'm getting rid of some of my doubles that I've got 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 on the individual posters.

The posters up for sale are:

Spasmo
Shadow of Death
The Card Player
Mystere
Knife of Ice
In the Eye of the Hurricane
The Iguana with a Tounge of Fire
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
Opera
Naked Girl Killed in the Park
The Weapon, the Hour & the Motive
Double Face

Deep Red
Updated 100130: Added Deep Red locandina

Ok, that's it for now. I'll have the next locandina up by New Years Day!

Have a great summer!

Like last year I'm not going to post anything during summer, so this will be the last post for a while. I'll start posting sometime in august again. Thanks to everybody who's visited the blog during and even bigger thanks to those who have posted comments or linked the blog.

I'll leave you with the cover for the upcoming Shamless release of Le Orme/Footprints for which I've supplied the artwork. It looks like this will be the definitive version of this fantastic film. Both Italian and English audio, trailer and alternate opening titles. Make sure your copy from Amazon.

Have a great summer and hope to see you back here in August!

Chi l'ha vista morire (Who Saw Her Die?)

Chi l'ha vista morire is one of my favourite gialli. Excellent performances by the cast (both George Lazenby and Anita Strindberg deliver career best perfomances here), great soundtrack by Morricone and the Venice locations are beautifully shot by Franco Di Giacomo (Four Flies on Grey Velvet). Poster art by Enzo Nistri.

Giallo Napoletano (Atrocious Tales of Love and Death)

The three posters for Sergio Corbucci's Giallo Napoletano. The top poster and the title are a bit misleading since the film is more a comedy with thriller elements rather than a giallo. The last and third one even includes a picture of Hitchcock to push the the thriller aspect of the film.

I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised by it the first time I saw it though. Marcello Mastroianni is great as the hapless mandonlin player Raffaele drawn in to a murder mystery. No info on the poster artists.

Il Diavolo nel cervello (Devil in the Brain)

Sergio Sollima is best known for his excellent westerns and poliziotteschi, but Il Diavolo nel cervello is a great murder mystery that unfolds in a series of flashbacks. It also features one of Morricone's most beaautiful scores. No info on the poster artist.

Malocchio (Evil Eye)

Mario Siciliano's Malocchio (or Eroticfollia as it is also known) is a unusual mix of giallo and supernatural horror. I love a good hallucination/nightmare sequence and since this starts off with one I got my hopes up the first time I watched it. Unfortunately the mix of genres isn't entierly successful and the end result turns out to be a fairly average. Pretty cool score by Stelvio Ciprianni though.
No info on who did the top poster. The one blow is by Ferrari (Studio Paradiso)

The last and third certainly pushed the erotic angle the furthest. I don't really have a clue as to which order the came, but my guess would be the third one is a fairly desperate attempt to sell the erotic angle after the frist two failed to make a dent at the box office. Again, this is purely speculation.

Giochi erotici di una famiglia perbene (Thrilling Story)

Giochi erotici di una famiglia perbene is yet another one I haven't seen but considering the story and screenplay is by Renato Polselli and it stars Erika Blanc, I'm sure it's must see.