It's been a great year for giallo throwbacks (with Piercing, In Fabric and now this). This, by itself, is a wonderful thing. For the uninitiated, giallo is a genre of Italian cult-films (primarily from the 70s), named after the yellow paper of detective novels and defined by their luscious aesthetic (full of 70s kitsch, gloves … Continue reading Knife+Heart (Review)
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NastyPALs Episode 6: Tenebrae
Adam and Stephen stray dangerously into real film territory as they unpick Dario Argento's Tenebrae. Welcome to a new type of video nasty: the prestige nasty! https://soundcloud.com/user-782108692/6-tenebrae
Piercing (Review)
A promising exploitation flick based on a novel of the same name by Ryu Murakami (of Audition fame). It’s a decently nasty little film where a man (Christopher Abbott) decides to kill a sex worker, as per a meticulous plan, and then everything falls apart when he seemingly meets his match (Mia Wasikowska). What follows … Continue reading Piercing (Review)
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