Is Alfred Vohrer's 1967 murder mystery caper The College Girl Murders/Der Mönch mit der Peitsche the missing link between German krimi films and Italian gialli? Or is Dave an idiot? Jon has strong feelings on both.
CW: Gendered violence, sexual assault, the Holocaust.
Copyright © 2022 David Thomas and Jon Dear
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Giallo Reading List
La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film by Mikel J. Koven
So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films by Troy Howarth
Volume 1: 1963-1973
Volume 2: 1974-2013
Volume 3: Giallo-Style Films From Around the World
Mario Bava: All the Colours of the Dark By Tim Lucas
Dario Argento: The Man, the Myths & the Magic by Alan Jones
All the Colours of Sergio Martino by Kat Ellinger
Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci by Stephen Thrower
Human Beasts: The Films of Paul Naschy by Troy Howarth
Italian Horrors: Cannibals, Zombies, Strange Vices and Guilty Pleasures! edited by Allan Bryce