Am I missing something?
What or who is a "GIALLO?" Pardon my ignorance.
shareGiallo is an Italian sub-genre of thriller film that first arose in the '60s and hit its stride in the '70s.
They're murder mysteries with a bit of Agatha Christie/Hitchcock, generally mixed with lurid violence and sex.
They can be seen as a precursor to the slasher movie, and I believe the reason why the genre declined was because of the slasher's runaway success at the end of the '70s.
A typical plotline of a giallo, one that this movie seems to share, is that the main character witnesses a murder and ends up next on the hit list.
Thanks for updating my Film history.
Sorry, are you being sarcastic?
I took your first question seriously, which may have been stupid of me. Just trying to help.
No..not at all. I feel very knowledgeable about films and film history and genre's. I just somehow missed the Giallo thing. I guess I just never came across that genre name. So no, I was not being sarcastic. Thanks for asking though.
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