Mass After Midnight

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Best Giallo Films of All Time

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Italian genre cinema at its most stylized: razor-gloved killers, POV murder sequences cut to prog-rock, and plots that deliberately fall apart under scrutiny. Giallo is less interested in who did it than in how it looks and feels while you're watching. These are the essential films for anyone trying to understand the form, from its Mario Bava origins through Argento's peak period and beyond.

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Suspiria
Suspiria

1977 · Dario Argento · 99 min

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Deep Red
Deep Red

1975 · Dario Argento · 127 min

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The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

1970 · Dario Argento · 96 min

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Tenebre
Tenebre

1982 · Dario Argento · 101 min

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Blood and Black Lace
Blood and Black Lace

1964 · Mario Bava · 88 min

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A Bay of Blood
A Bay of Blood

1971 · Mario Bava · 85 min

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Don't Torture a Duckling
Don't Torture a Duckling

1972 · Lucio Fulci · 105 min

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Four Flies on Grey Velvet
Four Flies on Grey Velvet

1971 · Dario Argento · 104 min

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The Cat o' Nine Tails
The Cat o' Nine Tails

1971 · Dario Argento · 112 min

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Opera
Opera

1987 · Dario Argento · 107 min

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The House with Laughing Windows
The House with Laughing Windows

1976 · Pupi Avati · 110 min

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What Have You Done to Solange?
What Have You Done to Solange?

1972 · Massimo Dallamano · 107 min

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Inferno
Inferno

1980 · Dario Argento · 107 min

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