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Non-Italian Giallo
I'm attempting to compile a list of the non-Italian/Spanish films that display heavy giallo influence. So far, I've been able to come across the films listed below, but any other recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Obsession Death Proof Phantom of the Paradise The Fury Dirty Harry Magnum Force The Enforcer Sudden Impact The Dead Pool Cruising Hot Fuzz American Psycho American Psycho 2 The Shining Manhunter The Silence of the Lambs Hannibal Red Dragon Hannibal Rising Psycho II Psycho III Psycho IV: The Beginning Basic Instinct Basic Instinct 2 Frenzy Happy Birthday to Me Night School American Nightmare Halloween Terror Train Friday the 13th My Bloody Valentine The Prowler Prom Night Black Christmas Sliver Scream Scream 2 Scream 3 Twisted Ten Little Indians The Last of Sheila The Alphabet Killer Summer of Sam Se7en Zodiac Nightmare Perfect Blue Black Kiss Cure Evil Dead Trap Evil Dead Trap 2 Evil Dead Trap 3: Broken Love Killer Tell Me Something White of the Eye The Fourth Man I Know Who Killed Me Color of Night Long Distance The Rain Killer All-American Murder Malice Knight Moves Killer's Delight Fragment of Fear And Soon the Darkness Bluebeard The Confessional Raising Cain The Black Dahlia Femme Fatale Sisters Blow Out Body Double Dressed to Kill Eyes of Laura Mars Alice, Sweet Alice The Psychopath Twisted Nerve Fright Die Screaming Marianne The Flesh and Blood Show 5 Dead on the Crimson Canvas Fear City Stone Cold Dead Eyes of a Stranger Scream and Die Schizo The Online Kill Mannequin in Red Corpse Mania Schizoid Blowup Don't Look Now Assault He Lives by Night Polish Death Lust for Vengeance Gutterball The Pencil Murders Amer The Playbird Murders Night After Night After Night Madhouse Only Darkness Amsterdamned The Name of the Rose |
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Hot Fuzz? No way... I don't see that at all.
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This list is stupid. That's all.
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Giallo INFLUENCE. And by the way, on that count Psycho is definitely not valid. Psycho influenced Gialli. Not vice versa. Hot Fuzz has more splatstick influence than anything. Also remember that not all Italian crime films are Gialli. Mad Dog and Kidnapped for example don't fall into that category and these are closer to where the Dirty Harry saga is coming from.
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OK, the Dirty Harry series is, admittedly, far more influenced by the other Italian crime genre, poliziotteschi. However, the villains, especially Scorpio from the first film, seem very giallo-esque to me.
As for Hot Fuzz, that's probably the least giallo film on the list, but the churchyard kill just screamed "giallo" to me. And yes, I did mean giallo influence, since there is really no such thing as a non-Italian giallo. As for Psycho/Marnie/Mannequin in Red, I included those films as they, in my opinion, are influential enough to the giallo to warrant mention. Add: Lust for Vengeance |
There seems to be quite a bit of stretch for a lot of these films.
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I think the Shark wore black leather gloves in Jaws 5.
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A friend of mine made a joke similar to that one when we had a similar discussion a while back. Now, I admit, I may be exaggerating the "giallo"-ness of a few of these, but the influence of giallo on most of these films cannot be ignored.
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