Giallo Essentials - Red Edition

Alongside the spaghetti western, the giallo is one of the most famous Italian export genres: films steeped in mystery and intrigue, delivered with stylized violence and unforgettable musical themes. The Possessed (1965) masterfully combines noir, mystery and giallo tropes in a proto-giallo based on one of Italy's most notorious crimes. It tells the story of a depressed novelist (Peter Baldwin) in search of his old flame (Virna Lisi) who has disappeared under suspicious circumstances, prompting an investigation that finds him plunged into a disturbing drama of familial secrets, perversion, madness and murder. The Fifth Cord (1971) boasts a complex, Agatha Christie-esque plot of investigation into a series of brutal assaults. As the body count rises, whisky swilling journalist Andrea Bild (Franco Nero) finds himself under suspicion, making it all the more imperative he crack the case. The Pyjama Girl Case (1978), inspired by a real-life case that baffles to this day, takes us to Australia, where former inspector Timpson comes out of retirement to crack the case of a young woman, found on the beach, shot in the head, burned to hide her identity and dressed in distinctive yellow pyjamas.

Special Features

Bonus Footage, Commentary: 'The Possessed': Tim Lucas (writer/critic); 'The Fifth Cord': Travis Crawford (critic); 'The Pyjama Girl Case': Troy Howarth (author), Deleted Scenes, Documentaries: 'Richard Dyer On 'The Possessed'; 'Lines and Shadows', Image Gallery, Interviews: Giannetto De Rossi (make-up artist); Dante Ferretti (assistant art director); Francesco Barilli (actor/director); Michael Mackenzie (author/critic); Franco Nero (actor); Eugenio Alabiso (editor); Howard Ross (actor); Alberto Tagliavia (editor); Riz Ortolani (composer), Reversible sleeves, Trailers

Actors: Ray Milland, Wolfgang Preiss, Ira Furstenberg, Silvia Monti, Franco Nero, Salvo Randone, Pia Lindström, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Michele Placido, Peter Baldwin, Valentina Cortese, Peter Baldwin, Valentina Cortese

Audio Languages: Italian, English

Duration: 280 minutes

Number of Discs: 3

Subtitle Languages: English, English

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