Giallo Films (No Particular Order)
Italian giallos and films from outside Italy using the format of a giallo
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- DirectorMario BavaStarsClaudine AugerLuigi PistilliClaudio CamasoThe murder of a wealthy countess triggers a chain reaction of brutal killings in the surrounding bay area, as several unscrupulous characters try to seize her large estate.
- DirectorMassimo DallamanoStarsJohn MillsLuciana PaluzziRobert HoffmannWhile trying to solve a series of murders, a possessive narcotics detective hires a hit-man to kill his unfaithful wife, but the hunter and the hunted soon begin an affair.
- DirectorLamberto BavaStarsAndrea OcchipintiAnny PapaFabiola ToledoA killer stalks a composer staying at a posh Tuscany villa while writing the score to a horror film which has an incriminating clue to the killer's identity.
- DirectorManuel Mur OtiStarsMarisa MellRichard ConteAnthony SteffenA beautiful young woman sets her sights on an aging millionaire. She seduces him, and moves into his mansion with him. She soon tires of him, though, and after she gets rid of him, she goes after his son
- DirectorLeón KlimovskyStarsPaul NaschyErika BlancÁngel ArandaA killer is cleaning up the streets of Milan by murdering those considered as deviant. An ornamental dragonfly, soaked in the blood of the victim, is left on each body.
- DirectorRomano FerraraStarsJohn Drew BarrymoreLuisa RivelliLisa GastoniDavid Lugani live in a house with his wife, his brother Charles, paralyzed, blind and dumb, and Secretary Paul. Brother seems to have a special ability, which would allow him to perceive and predict disasters.
- DirectorCesare CanevariStarsDimitri NabokovMaria Luisa GeisbergerBen SalvadorFour notorious bank robbers - Klaus from Germany, Albert from France, Juan from Spain and Carina from Tangiers meet up in an isolated Castle to divide a large number of diamonds hidden there by their former
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsFlorinda BolkanStanley BakerJean SorelThe potentially unhinged daughter of a British politician is accused of killing her hedonistic neighbor after she witnesses the murder in a dream.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsCarroll BakerJean SorelLuis DávilaA troubled race-car driver plots to kill her ex-husband at the behest of his new wife, but their scheme quickly goes awry.
- DirectorAngelo DorigoStarsSergio CianiMary ArdenIvano DavoliAfter a rich mine worker dies in mine accident, his heirs gather in his house to hear the reading of the will.
- DirectorDemofilo FidaniStarsPaola SenatoreJerry ColmanRaffaele CuriYoung Cristina runs away from home to satisfy her desire for independence and money, much to her father's disappointment. She becomes a call girl, but soon after meeting a pimp called Oskar, some of her new clients meet an untimely demise.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsGeorge HiltonEdwige FenechIvan RassimovA woman recovering from a car accident in which she lost her unborn child finds herself pursued by a coven of devil worshipers.
- DirectorPupi AvatiStarsGianni CavinaFrancesca MarcianoCarlo Delle PianeDante must sell books on the legends related to the noble families of Emilia-Romagna to the descendants of the families themselves. When he arrives at the castle Zanotti, he learns that the head of the family, the Marquis Ignazio, has just died that morning.
- DirectorHélène CattetBruno ForzaniStarsCassandra ForêtCharlotte Eugène GuibeaudMarie BosAs a young girl Ana was a rebellious child. She was also tormented by images of death and a shadowy, ominous figure in black. Now an adult, she is once again tormented by shadowy, other-worldly forms.
- DirectorSilvio AmadioStarsFarley GrangerBarbara BouchetRosalba NeriThe secretary of a writer and his wife investigates the disappearance of her lover - their previous secretary - and finds herself the target of the couple's erotic desires and a murder plot.
- DirectorStelvio MassiStarsTinì CansinoValentina ViscontiFrancesco CasaleArabella is a nymphomaniac. One day, her writer husband finds her with another man. She has a strange reaction: Arabella kills her lover.
- DirectorArmando CrispinoStarsMimsy FarmerBarry PrimusRay LovelockA young pathology doctor interning in a morgue tries to cope with a wave of suicides. A woman she just met kills herself, but she suspects someone close to her might have killed her.
- DirectorPeter StricklandStarsToby JonesAntonio MancinoGuido AdorniA sound engineer's work for an Italian horror studio becomes a terrifying case of life imitating art.
- DirectorPaolo CavaraStarsGiancarlo GianniniClaudine AugerBarbara BouchetA series of victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open, much in the same way tarantulas are killed by the black wasp. The victims all seem to have a connection with a spa.
- DirectorMario BavaStarsMichèle MercierLidia AlfonsiBoris KarloffBoris Karloff hosts a trio of horror stories concerning a stalked call girl, a vampire-like monster who preys on his family, and a nurse who is haunted by her ring's rightful owner.
- DirectorFrançois GaillardChristophe RobinStarsAurélie GodefroyClara ValletAnna NaigeonTormented by erotic visions of her mysterious neighbour, Angela discovers the object of her desire brutally mutilated in her flat. Now, she can see the deranged killer's next victim. Can she escape from a violent destiny written in blood?
- DirectorLuigi BatzellaStarsBrigitte SkayBenjamin LevClaudio GiorgiA spoiled rich girl hatches a plot with her hippie boyfriend and his friends to "kidnap" her so they can get a large ransom from her wealthy father. However, she didn't count on her villainous, money-crazed stepmother to involve herself in the plot, and things begin to go terribly wrong.
- DirectorMario BavaStarsCameron MitchellEva BartokThomas ReinerA masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome.
- DirectorAlberto De MartinoStarsMichael MoriartyPenelope MilfordGeraldine FitzgeraldHaunted by psychic visions of murder, an American man travels to Europe where he learns that a rash of murders are being committed by someone who looks exactly like him.
- DirectorLamberto BavaStarsJoanna PaculaTomas AranaFrançois MontagutA homicide detective realizes that the brutal murders committed by a mysterious serial killer he's after have something to do with the late husband of a beautiful widow.
- DirectorMario CaianoStarsAntonio SabatoLuciana PaluzziGabriele FerzettiStory about a young girl, the daughter a prominent doctor. When the girl goes missing her father gets the police to jump into action because of his class status and wealth.
- DirectorAlfredo RizzoStarsErna SchurerFemi BenussiJacques StanyAn unethical businessman has a series of mistresses while his ill wife remains bed-ridden. He marries his favored one after his wife dies but things don't work out quite as he plans.
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsKlaus KinskiMargaret LeeRosalba NeriA rehabilitation hospital in the Italian countryside which offers treatment for women suffering from various psychological disorders is stalked by a mysterious cloaked killer.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsGiovanna RalliFrank WolffFernando ReyRespectable lawyer Peter picks up Anna, an Italian woman of dubious virtue, from the club and takes her back to his Uncle's place. They soon discover they are not alone. A gunman Quill (Julian Mateos), is waiting for them.
- DirectorFlavio MogheriniStarsSerena GrandiPaul MartignettiVesela DimitrovaWhen Peter's wife, a famous writer, is murdered in a hotel where she spent the night with her lover, the police begin investigating. Peter and his wife didn't get on well and she was thinking of divorcing him. Peter too had a lover, Milena. They had a handicapped daughter... Inspector Ivan Zanova investigates.
- DirectorSergio PastoreStarsAnthony SteffenSylva KoscinaGiovanna LenziA blind pianist tries to figure out who is responsible for a string of murders using a black cat with its claws dipped in curare.
- DirectorTonino RicciStarsPhilippe LeroyElga AndersenIvan RassimovA speed-boat racer suffers amnesia after an boating accident and goes to his isolated villa to recuperate. The relationship with his wife is troubled so he starts an affair (sort of) with another woman which results in one of the three of them being shot.
- DirectorEzequiel EndelmanLeandro MontejanoStarsSilvia MontanariAnahí PolitiErika BoveriBuenos Aires, 1985. It's the first anniversary of the death of Alexis Carpenter, the unstable supermodel who died tragically when she was set on fire while closing a runaway show. Lucia L'uccello - Editor-in-Chief of the most important magazine in Buenos Aires - chooses supermodels Eva Lantier and Irene del Lago to honor Alexis on the cover of the anniversary issues dedicated to the famous model. The night before the photo shoot, Alexis's original dresses that were going to be used by the models are stolen. From that moment, members of the important fashion magazine and the agency begin to disappear, one by one, at the hands of a stealthy, sinister female silhouette in a long black leather raincoat. Is someone seeking revenge? Or has Alexis returned from the grave?
- DirectorStelio FiorenzaStarsMarina SumaRichard HatchBarbara CupistiAnna, a young trombonist, investigates her sister's disappearance with the help of a friend.
- DirectorGiovanni PianigianiStarsYassmin PucciFabrizio CrociLeandro GuerriniDeciet, perversion, and an unseen murderer follow a wealthy socialite through Italy as her mind breaks down into madness.
- DirectorMino GuerriniStarsGeorge ArdissonHalina ZalewskaGünther StollVince Dreyser, an American detective in Rome, agrees to meet an old chemist friend, who is also in the city to marry a woman named Lidia. When his friend fails to show up, Dreyser begins searching for him, only to be attacked by two gangsters.
- DirectorVittorio SindoniStarsTom DrakeFemi BenussiVirgilio GazzoloThe death of a surprisingly rich railroad worker leads to mysterious murders within his testamentary heirs.
- DirectorMaurizio PradeauxStarsRobert HoffmannNieves NavarroJorge MartínA photographer witnesses a murder through a telescope but can't identify the killer. She reports it to police, but other witnesses are found murdered. She may be the next target.
- DirectorLeopoldo SavonaStarsStelio CandelliPatrizia ViottiVeronika KorosecA man finds his wife brutally murdered. He has no alibi so is instructed by his lawyer to go into hiding in an abandoned hotel. Strange occurrences start happening immediately.
- DirectorHarald PhilippStarsDean ReedFabio TestiIni AssmannWhile looking for a stolen diamond necklace, private investigator Bob Martin uncovers a smart serial killer.
- DirectorGiulio QuestiStarsGina LollobrigidaJean-Louis TrintignantEwa AulinThe depraved manager of a high-tech poultry factory - which is genetically engineering boneless chickens - is pulled into a love triangle with his domineering wife and her sexually-liberated cousin, leading to double-crosses and murder.
- DirectorJean JosipoviciAmbrogio MolteniStarsJohn Drew BarrymoreGloria MillandLuisa RivelliA party of young people gather in a mansion for an occult experiment in which deaths are predicted by a psychic. Soon it turns into more than an experiment . . .
- DirectorMaurizio PradeauxStarsLeonard MannRobert WebberVera KrouskaAn Italian fashion photographer is travelling on the Istanbul-Athens train. A woman is murdered with the photographer's letter-opener so that makes him the main suspect. With the help of his Swedish girlfriend he starts investigating in order to prove his innocence.
- DirectorLuciano ErcoliStarsNieves NavarroSimón AndreuPeter MartellDuring a drug-fuelled photoshoot, a model witnesses a brutal murder in the apartment opposite hers, and is forced to become an amateur sleuth to unravel the mystery.
- DirectorLuciano ErcoliStarsFrank WolffNieves NavarroSimón AndreuAfter a French stripper is harassed by a man who wants a cache of diamonds stolen by her late father, she flees to England in the company of a doctor, but danger follows.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsDavid HemmingsDaria NicolodiGabriele LaviaA jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the former witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic.
- DirectorLuciano OnettiStarsLuciano OnettiDaiana GarcíaSilvia DuhaldeAfter murdering a woman, a killer that is traumatized from his childhood memories, gets a mysterious envelope slipped under his door. The hunter becomes the prey when he finds out that the envelope contains photos that show him killing the young woman.
- DirectorRenato PolselliStarsMickey HargitayRita CalderoniRaul LovecchioA respected psychologist who regularly works with the police becomes a suspect in a series of gruesome murders of young women.
- DirectorLamberto BavaStarsSerena GrandiDaria NicolodiVanni CorbelliniA former hooker runs a successful men's magazine. An obsessed admirer systematically slaughters her models (occasionally increasing the magazine's output) and supplies the mistress with pictures of their disfigured corpses taken in front of her semi-nude posters visible in the background. Will she be the psycho's next victim?
- DirectorMario SabatiniStarsSylva KoscinaPier Paolo CapponiLuigi PistilliA wealthy Countess is warned that if she gives a valuable painting away as first prize in a music competition, the only thing handed out will be death. In rapid succession, the painting is stolen, the Countess murdered, her niece kidnapped, and the police baffled as the killings continue.
- DirectorPiero SciumèStarsMarisa MellPhilippe LeroyLea MassariA couple of blackmailers abduct a child from a married couple as a means of coercing the banker husband into funneling a huge sum of cash in their direction.
- DirectorRuggero DeodatoStarsCharlotte LewisMarcello ModugnoMattia SbragiaA psychic finds herself tapping into the "energy" of a deceased phone operator. She also finds that her friends soon begin dying mysteriously. An investigator determines to track down the cause.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsElio GermanoChiara ContiElisabetta RocchettiA college film student, obsessed with the works of Alfred Hitchcock, investigates a murder committed in the apartment building across from his and suspects that his seductive neighbor hired a girlfriend to commit the deed.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsFlorinda BolkanBarbara BouchetTomas MilianWhen a southern Italian town is rocked by a string of child murders, the police and two urban outcasts search for the culprit amid scapegoating within the superstitious community.
- DirectorJosé María ElorrietaStarsMaria PerschySancho GraciaBetsabé RuizA twisted sleazebag stalks and strangles gorgeous women in this Spanish terror classic.
- DirectorMario SicilianoStarsAnthony SteffenRichard ContePilar VelázquezThe police has to face some extremely brutal murders. How is the rich playboy Peter Crane (Jorge Rivero) involved in this? He suffers from horrible nightmares that make him believe that he is responsible for these murders.
- DirectorMario CaianoStarsRosemary DexterAdolfo CeliHorst FrankA woman searches for her missing lover, a psychiatrist who has suddenly vanished for no apparent reason. She ends up at a villa populated by a group of eccentric individuals. A string of murders commences immediately.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsMartine BrochardJohn RichardsonInes PellegriniA maniac killer in a red cape and hood is killing off American tourists on a tour bus by gouging out their eyeballs.
- DirectorGiuliano PetrelliStarsJohn Phillip LawFernando ReyOlga BiseraIvano is a wheelchair-bound man with some strange perversions. He gets his sexual kicks by spying on Arturo, their tenant in the apartment next-door and forcing his sexy accomplice Olga to watch as well. To increase his perverse thrill, Ivano persuades Olga to seduce Arturo and to have sex him as he watches. Unfortunately for all involved, the sex game starts to get very deadly.
- DirectorEros PuglielliStarsLuigi Lo CascioLucía JiménezJosé Ángel EgidoWhile hunting a cultured, intelligent and vicious psychopath, Inspector Amaldi comes face to face with the physical and moral decay of his city as well as the ghosts of his own past.
- DirectorBruno GaburroStarsAnthony FranciosaMiles O'KeeffeTeresa LeopardiWhen fashion model Gloria witnesses a murder she has difficulty persuading the police that what she saw actually happened. A psychiatrist helps her recall parts of the murder she is struggling to remember.
- DirectorAl FestaStarsStefania StellaRick GianasiDavid WarbeckAlex Ritt (Rick Gianasi), a music video director comes to Italy to direct a video for pop sensation Stefania Stella. He soon encounters a mysterious killer who videotapes his victims for the police. As the horrible murders continue, Ritt is unknowingly pushed into the killer's games and he soon becomes a target of the police. The video-killer is on the loose and Ritt must find out the truth before it's too late.
- DirectorRemo AngioliBeppe CinoStarsLoredana RomitoJohn ArmsteadAnn Margaret HughesPaolo Piattelli owns a restaurant, he is married to Silvia and he is unfaithful to her. One day Paolo has a car accident with a motor-cyclist while driving with his lover. Silvia gets engaged to the motor-cyclist Alessio while Paolo is ill. He has to drive her car. But Alessio proves himself a fatal temptation both for Silvia and the waitress Cosetta.
- DirectorMario BavaStarsWilliam BergerIra von FürstenbergEdwige FenechAn industrialist invites his colleagues to his private island so they can exploit a resin formula invented by one of the guests, but a killer within the group disrupts the proceedings.
- DirectorLuigi BazzoniMario FanelliStarsFlorinda BolkanPeter McEneryNicoletta ElmiAfter being tormented by dreams about astronauts on the moon, a translator visits a deserted seaside town whose inhabitants know her, although she does not know them.
- DirectorAlberto De MartinoStarsChristina NagyDavid WarbeckCarroll BlumenbergDavid Warbeck stars as an instructor who marries a traumatized, crippled woman. The wife suffers from PTSD and is tormented by a traumatic event that happened in her past. What is even more unfortunate is that her marriage is a just part of her maniac husband's evil scheme to kill her for her money. It isn't long before the formula is put into action and the gory body count starts to mount.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsMichael BrandonMimsy FarmerJean-Pierre MarielleA musician is stalked by an unknown homicidal maniac, who blackmails him for the accidental killing of another stalker.
- DirectorLuciano OnettiStarsRaúl GederliniLuis Emilio RodríguezSilvina GrippaldiSomeone is viciously murdering people, people with criminal pasts. It appears that the murders may be linked to the disappearance of a young girl 15 years previously.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsAdrien BrodyEmmanuelle SeignerElsa PatakyIn Italy, a woman fears her sister has been kidnapped; Inspector Enzo Avolfi fears it's worse. They team up to rescue her from a sadistic killer known only as Yellow.
- DirectorMario LandiStarsLeonora FaniJeff BlynnGianni DeiIn Venice a detective is on the trail of a killer who commits a double murder (a married couple) then more grisly killings occur. Sex, drugs, gore and perversions are ingredients of this sadistic and sleazy giallo.
- DirectorPedro LazagaStarsGermán CobosPaloma ValdésKatia LoritzEight unsuspecting people seek refuge in a creepy old inn, not knowing a mad killer is out to slay all of them.
- DirectorMario BavaStarsStephen ForsythDagmar LassanderLaura BettiA cleaver-wielding bridal designer murders various young brides-to-be in an attempt to unlock a repressed childhood trauma.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsJoe BaloghJosie BissettJason SaucierSick young man drives around in his daddy's camper, looking for lone stray females to kidnap, torture, rape, and murder.
- DirectorBitto AlbertiniStarsGeorge ArdissonErika BlancAlberto de MendozaA gangster seeks those who killed his brother. A series of murders follow.
- DirectorGino ManginiStarsGiotto TempestiniDiana MartínTony KendallA serial killer called "The Hyena" is finally caught and eventually hanged. However, his body disappears before it can be buried, and soon thereafter dead bodies start turning up in a small village.
- DirectorEugenio MartínStarsJean SorelGötz GeorgeHeinz DracheA hypnotist is murdered in his dressing room; the only "witness" seems to be his ventriloquist puppet, and a boxer and part-time delivery boy is blamed for the murder. Soon another murder occurs. Was the killer human or was the dummy somehow involved? Also released as DUMMY OF DEATH.
- StarsUgo PagliaiMassimo GirottiPaola TedescoMembers of a secret society known as the Legacy fight to protect humankind from occult dangers.
- DirectorSergio BergonzelliStarsEleonora Rossi DragoPier AngeliFernando SanchoThe guests of a villa are killed off one by one by their hosts. Incest, decapitations and a cyanide bath feature amongst the other bizarre delights.
- DirectorGiuliano BiagettiStarsHaydée PolitoffCorrado PaniBeba LoncarA photographer is sailing with his wife, her sister and his nympho-maniacal model. He leaves the three women alone to get a part for his boat. A mysterious man shows up, who might be an escaped criminal the police are searching for. This doesn't alarm the three women too much, and he rapidly seduces all three of them.
- DirectorGiulio BerrutiStarsAnita EkbergAlida ValliMassimo SeratoLegendary Swedish sex bomb Anita Ekberg stars as Sister Gertrude, a cruel nun who discovers depraved pleasure in a frenzy of drug addiction, sexual degradation and sadistic murder.
- DirectorCesare CanevariStarsMarc PorelSonia OteroFulvio RicciardiA murder occurs at a hotel where a phalanx of frisky funeral-goers are staying. Ordered by the police to stay to see if the killer will strike again, the guests get even friskier with one another.
- DirectorYann GonzalezStarsVanessa ParadisNicolas MauryKate MoranParis, summer 1979. Anne is a producer of cheap gay porn. When Lois, her editor and companion, leaves her, she attempts to get her back by making a more ambitious film with the flamboyant Archibald.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsCarroll BakerAlan ScottIda GalliA mute woman finds herself at the center of a series of murders in the mountains of Spain, which police suspect are being committed by a drug-addled Satanist.
- DirectorClaude MulotStarsFlorence GuérinAlexandre SterlingBrigitte LahaieErotic models are stalked by a maniac.
- DirectorHelia ColomboStarsJoseph ArkimFrancisco CortézRichard FieldingDuring an outbreak of violent murders in the area targeting young women, a journalist searching for a female friend gone missing ends up in a villa owned by an eccentric photographer.
- DirectorFrançois GaillardChristophe RobinStarsJulie BaronGuillaume BeylardElina CalmelsIntent on spending a weekend of partying, five friends visit an empty old mansion, completely unaware of the ancient evil and the deranged leather-clad killer who lurk in the manor's dark corners. Can they escape from death's last caress?
- DirectorErnesto GastaldiVittorio SalernoStarsDominique BoscheroMara MarylGiancarlo GianniniA young man visits his ancestral home accompanied by his guardian and their respective wives, where he is plagued by the memories and influence of his murderous, psychosexual father.
- DirectorSauro ScavoliniStarsErika BlancPeter Lee LawrenceEzio MaranoAn old professor rents a mysterious old villa, and finds a tape recorded by a previous occupant, detailing her debauched lifestyle and the events leading to her murder.
- DirectorRino Di SilvestroStarsMaria FioreElio ZamutoKrista NellThey're Italy's notorious "Ladies of the evening" catering to the strange cravings of their kinky, high-paying clients. But suddenly, the girls of the street find themselves being stalked by someone with desires even they can't satisfy. After a series of shocking crimes, the clues lead police to a pornographic film maker and his stable of lovely models and starlets. But can the authorities track down the "Hooker Maniac" before he strikes again?