Giallo

by Burgwaechterchen | created - 04 May 2015 | updated - 8 months ago | Public

No Ranking..included in this list is every single(I try to at least)of the Gialli,the exploitative,masterly filmed,superiorusly orchestrated and filthy sexual crimehorrorfilms of the 60's,70's and 80's,until the late Films in the 90's and early 2000's.But it contains neo giallo of nowadays and similar Italian Horrorfilms,too..as well as non-Italian Gialli and the German crime-murder-gentleman-Films of the 50's and 60s,which are the forefathers of the Gialli

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1. The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974)

R | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Sylvia, an industrial scientist, is troubled by strange hallucinations related to the tragic suicide of her mother.

Director: Francesco Barilli | Stars: Mimsy Farmer, Maurizio Bonuglia, Mario Scaccia, Jho Jhenkins

Votes: 2,995

2. Murder Syndrome (1981)

Not Rated | 92 min | Horror, Mystery

A scandal from Michael's past emerges when he visits his mother's house with the director and others from a recent film project.

Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Stefano Patrizi, Martine Brochard, Henri Garcin, Laura Gemser

Votes: 945

3. Tragic Ceremony (1972)

82 min | Crime, Horror

Four young people witness a black mass at a remote English estate, and find themselves terrorized while they attempt to make sense of what they witnessed.

Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Camille Keaton, Tony Isbert, Máximo Valverde, Luigi Pistilli

Votes: 639

4. The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972)

PG | 99 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

Two sisters inherit their family castle, which is said to be haunted by their ancestor, a dark-haired, red-robed woman who is said to take seven lives every hundred years.

Director: Emilio Miraglia | Stars: Barbara Bouchet, Ugo Pagliai, Marina Malfatti, Marino Masé

Votes: 3,220

5. Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)

Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery

An American journalist temporarily stationed in Central Europe searches for his new girlfriend, who has suddenly disappeared.

Director: Aldo Lado | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Jean Sorel, Mario Adorf, Barbara Bach

Votes: 3,669

6. The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)

R | 81 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

An ambassador's wife discovers that one of the men in her life - either her husband, an ex-lover or her current lover - may be a vicious serial killer.

Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: George Hilton, Edwige Fenech, Conchita Airoldi, Manuel Gil

Votes: 5,449

7. The Monster of Florence (1986)

103 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A string of sex murders has been plaguing Florence for almost 15 years, in which a serial killer brutally murders couples who are sneaking "a quickie" in public areas. A writer who is doing... See full summary »

Director: Cesare Ferrario | Stars: Leonard Mann, Bettina Giovannini, Gabriele Tinti, Francesca Muzio

Votes: 284

8. Eyeball (1975)

R | 91 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A maniac killer in a red cape and hood is killing off American tourists on a tour bus by gouging out their eyeballs.

Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Martine Brochard, John Richardson, Ines Pellegrini, Andrés Mejuto

Votes: 1,957

9. They're Coming to Get You! (1972)

R | 87 min | Horror, Thriller

A woman recovering from a car accident in which she lost her unborn child finds herself pursued by a coven of devil worshipers.

Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: George Hilton, Edwige Fenech, Ivan Rassimov, Julián Ugarte

Votes: 4,605

10. Night of the Devils (1972)

Not Rated | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The patriarch of a wealthy family fears that he will show up one day in vampire form. Should this happen, he warns his family to not let him back into his house, no matter how much he begs them.

Director: Giorgio Ferroni | Stars: Gianni Garko, Agostina Belli, Roberto Maldera, Cinzia De Carolis

Votes: 1,613

11. The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)

Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

Having recently escaped the clutches of a hippie sex cult, a beautiful model is pursued by a serial killer whose previous victims include former occupants of her new apartment.

Director: Giuliano Carnimeo | Stars: Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, Paola Quattrini, Giampiero Albertini

Votes: 3,305

12. L'éventreur de Notre-Dame (1975)

Not Rated | 95 min | Horror

A madman conducts a private inquisition to exorcise demons by torturing women to death.

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Lina Romay, Catherine Lafferière, Jesús Franco, Pierre Taylou

Votes: 955

Blood and black Leather

13. Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes (1973)

Not Rated | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

In a small Scottish village, horribly murdered bodies keep turning up. Suspicion falls upon the residents of a nearby castle that is haunted by a curse involving a killer cat.

Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Jane Birkin, Hiram Keller, Françoise Christophe, Venantino Venantini

Votes: 1,628

14. The Bloodstained Shadow (1978)

Not Rated | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The body of a schoolgirl is found in a meadow. The murderer is never caught, and years later, a young man named Stefano returns to the island and is reunited with his brother, the local priest.

Director: Antonio Bido | Stars: Lino Capolicchio, Stefania Casini, Craig Hill, Massimo Serato

Votes: 1,961

Solamente Nero

15. Hands of the Ripper (1971)

R | 85 min | Horror

As a young child Jack the Ripper's daughter witnesses him kill her mother. As a young woman she carries on the murderous reign of her father. A psychiatrist tries to cure her with tragic consequences.

Director: Peter Sasdy | Stars: Eric Porter, Angharad Rees, Jane Merrow, Keith Bell

Votes: 3,025

16. Red Rings of Fear (1978)

Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A detective investigating the murder of a teenage girl begins to focus his suspicions on the three girlfriends of the victim, who call themselves "The Inseparables."

Director: Alberto Negrin | Stars: Fabio Testi, Christine Kaufmann, Ivan Desny, Jack Taylor

Votes: 822

17. Voices from Beyond (1991)

Unrated | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

When a family man is poisoned to death, it's covered up as a stomach hemorrhage and his spirit returns to aid his daughter in finding his killers.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Duilio Del Prete, Karina Huff, Pascal Persiano, Lorenzo Flaherty

Votes: 1,313

18. Delirium (1987)

Unrated | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A 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 ... See full summary »

Director: Lamberto Bava | Stars: Serena Grandi, Daria Nicolodi, Vanni Corbellini, David Brandon

Votes: 2,369

19. Peeping Tom (1960)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.

Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer, Maxine Audley

Votes: 39,254 | Gross: $0.08M

20. What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)

R | 107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A teacher who is having an affair with one of his students is reluctant to present an alibi when his lover witnesses the first in a series of murders connected to their school.

Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: Fabio Testi, Karin Baal, Cristina Galbó, Joachim Fuchsberger

Votes: 5,924

21. The Unnaturals (1969)

83 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

The characters engage in a séance at a mansion while a storm rages outside. During their stay, the film uses an extensive flashback structure to reveal the various criminal acts that each have perpetrated.

Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Marianne Koch, Helga Anders, Claudio Camaso

Votes: 311

22. Jack the Ripper (1976)

R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A serial killer whose mother was a prostitute starts killing streetwalkers as a way of paying back his mother for her abuse.

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Josephine Chaplin, Herbert Fux, Lina Romay

Votes: 1,903

23. Horror Castle (1963)

Unrated | 84 min | Horror

Women are being tortured to death with various torture devices in the dungeon of an old castle by a deformed, hooded, holocaust survivor.

Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Rossana Podestà, Georges Rivière, Christopher Lee, Laura Nucci

Votes: 1,264

24. The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)

GP | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

63 Metascore

Two journalists try to solve a series of murders connected to a pharmaceutical company's secret experiments, becoming targets of the killer themselves.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak, Pier Paolo Capponi

Votes: 13,027

25. The Black Cat (1981)

R | 92 min | Horror

A professor with the psychic ability to communicate with the dead uses his powers on his pet cat in order to take vengeance upon his enemies.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Patrick Magee, Mimsy Farmer, David Warbeck, Al Cliver

Votes: 4,242

26. Manhattan Baby (1982)

Unrated | 89 min | Horror

An archaeologist opens an Egyptian tomb and accidentally releases an evil spirit. His young daughter becomes possessed by the freed entity and, upon arrival back in New York, the gory murders begin.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Christopher Connelly, Laura Lenzi, Brigitta Boccoli, Giovanni Frezza

Votes: 3,214

27. Shock (1977)

R | 93 min | Horror

A couple is terrorized in their new house haunted by the vengeful ghost of the woman's former husband, who possesses their young son.

Directors: Mario Bava, Lamberto Bava | Stars: Daria Nicolodi, John Steiner, David Colin Jr., Ivan Rassimov

Votes: 4,676

28. Murder-Rock: Dancing Death (1984)

R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The owner of a prestigious New York ballet school teams up with a male model to solve a series of bizarre murders of a few of the students.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Olga Karlatos, Ray Lovelock, Claudio Cassinelli, Cosimo Cinieri

Votes: 2,205

29. Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)

Approved | 83 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

When several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the killer may be. All evidence points to Dupin, but soon it becomes apparent that it is someone (or something) stronger and deadlier than a human.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Karl Malden, Claude Dauphin, Patricia Medina, Steve Forrest

Votes: 1,128 | Gross: $1.45M

30. Mill of the Stone Women (1960)

Approved | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

In 19th century Holland, a professor of fine arts and an unlicensed surgeon run a secret lab where the professor's ill daughter receives blood-transfusions from kidnapped female victims who posthumously become macabre art.

Director: Giorgio Ferroni | Stars: Pierre Brice, Scilla Gabel, Wolfgang Preiss, Dany Carrel

Votes: 2,091

31. Blood and Black Lace (1964)

Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Thomas Reiner, Arianna Gorini

Votes: 13,006

32. Don't Look Now (1973)

R | 110 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

95 Metascore

A married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter are in Venice when they encounter two elderly sisters, one of whom is psychic and brings a warning from beyond.

Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason, Clelia Matania

Votes: 62,325 | Gross: $0.98M

33. Who Saw Her Die? (1972)

Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Between a four-year gap in the murder of a young girl, the daughter of a well-known sculptor is discovered dead, and her parents conduct an investigation, only to discover they are much out of their depth.

Director: Aldo Lado | Stars: George Lazenby, Anita Strindberg, Adolfo Celi, Dominique Boschero

Votes: 2,916

34. The College Girl Murders (1967)

Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Police try to track down a hooded serial killer who murders his victims with a combination of acid and poison gas.

Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Uschi Glas, Grit Boettcher, Konrad Georg

Votes: 1,041

35. Room 13 (1964)

82 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A serial-killer is murdering the ladies of a night club. Detective Gray is seeking for the killer but can only find a lot of gangsters. And the killer is about to act again...

Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Richard Häussler, Walter Rilla

Votes: 530

36. Touch of Death (1988 Video)

Unrated | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

A moody, middle-aged gigolo kills off women after he gets bored with dating them and uses their body parts for trophies and for consumption.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Brett Halsey, Ria De Simone, Al Cliver, Sacha Darwin

Votes: 1,783

37. Fascination (1979)

Not Rated | 80 min | Horror

A runaway criminal breaks into an eerie chateau, taking its two frightened chambermaids hostage. As night falls, a group of mysterious aristocratic women arrive and the criminal begins to realize the women are hiding a sinister secret.

Director: Jean Rollin | Stars: Franca Maï, Brigitte Lahaie, Jean-Marie Lemaire, Fanny Magier

Votes: 3,552

38. Devil's Kiss (1976)

Not Rated | 89 min | Horror

Former Countess Clair and Professor Gruber conduct occult research in castle basement of Count Victor, re-animating people to kill for them.

Director: Jordi Gigó | Stars: Silvia Solar, Olivier Mathot, José Nieto, Evelyne Scott

Votes: 363

39. Psycho-Circus (1966)

Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.

Directors: Werner Jacobs, John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Christopher Lee, Leo Genn, Anthony Newlands, Heinz Drache

Votes: 1,471

41. Bloody Pit of Horror (1965)

Unrated | 86 min | Horror

A photographer and models go to an abandoned castle to shoot some sexy covers for horror novels. Unbeknownst to them, the castle is inhabited by a lunatic who believes himself to be the reincarnated spirit of a 17th century executioner.

Director: Massimo Pupillo | Stars: Mickey Hargitay, Walter Brandi, Luisa Baratto, Ralph Zucker

Votes: 2,357

42. When the Screaming Stops (1973)

X | 85 min | Fantasy, Horror

The legendary Loreley has been living for centuries in a grotto beneath the river Rhein in Germany. Every night when the moon is full, she turns into a reptile-like creature craving for ... See full summary »

Director: Amando de Ossorio | Stars: Tony Kendall, Helga Liné, Silvia Tortosa, Josefina Jartin

Votes: 999

43. Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods (1972)

90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

An 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.

Director: Sauro Scavolini | Stars: Erika Blanc, Peter Lee Lawrence, Ezio Marano, Rosario Borelli

Votes: 438

44. The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971)

Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A corpse is found in the trunk of a car that belongs to the Swiss ambassador to the UK. Speculations run wild, as more people around the ambassador keep falling victim to the vicious killer. A former detective is hired to investigate.

Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Luigi Pistilli, Dagmar Lassander, Anton Diffring, Arthur O'Sullivan

Votes: 1,028

45. The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)

Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

An insurance investigator tries to determine any irregularities in the policy of a heiress' dead husband, but soon finds himself suspected of her murder.

Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: George Hilton, Anita Strindberg, Alberto de Mendoza, Janine Reynaud

Votes: 3,570

46. The Reincarnation of Isabel (1973)

Unrated | 98 min | Horror

A group of vampires keep the body of a witch in a castle cellar. They require virgin blood to resurrect her. A party of people arrive and things kick off.

Director: Renato Polselli | Stars: Mickey Hargitay, Rita Calderoni, Raul Lovecchio, Christa Barrymore

Votes: 1,018

47. The French Sex Murders (1972)

Not Rated | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A man is accused of killing his favorite prostitute in a French brothel. He's tried and sentenced to death. He tries to escape but dies during pursuit. Soon, people connected to the case are killed one by one.

Director: Ferdinando Merighi | Stars: Anita Ekberg, Rosalba Neri, Evelyne Kraft, Howard Vernon

Votes: 1,114

48. Killer in the Dark (1973)

Action, Thriller

A man hunts a murderer who's killed several women.

Directors: Tung-Min Chen, Pecnai Naolod | Stars: Pailot Chaising, San Hui, Yeh Fang, Peter Ho-Sun Chan

Votes: 26

49. The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970)

Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The wife of a struggling businessman is blackmailed by a mysterious man into having a sadistic affair with him, or he will leak evidence implicating her husband of murder.

Director: Luciano Ercoli | Stars: Dagmar Lassander, Pier Paolo Capponi, Simón Andreu, Osvaldo Genazzani

Votes: 2,138

50. Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975)

Not Rated | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

When a model dies during an abortion, a series of murders begins, starting with her doctor. The killer wears a suit and a black motorcycle helmet. Will anyone discover the killer's identity before the entire agency dies?

Director: Andrea Bianchi | Stars: Edwige Fenech, Nino Castelnuovo, Femi Benussi, Solvi Stubing

Votes: 3,105

51. Suspiria (1977)

R | 92 min | Horror

79 Metascore

An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé

Votes: 105,426

52. Phenomena (1985)

R | 116 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

57 Metascore

A young girl who has an amazing ability to communicate with insects is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Daria Nicolodi, Dalila Di Lazzaro

Votes: 30,050

53. Inferno (1980)

R | 106 min | Horror

69 Metascore

An American student investigates the disappearance of his sister and the death of a friend, both connected from New York to Rome by an old alchemy book.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Leigh McCloskey, Irene Miracle, Eleonora Giorgi, Daria Nicolodi

Votes: 24,017

54. Mother of Tears (2007)

R | 102 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

52 Metascore

An American art student in Rome accidentally triggers the return of Mater Lachrymarum - the Third Mother - and must use her latent magical powers to end the witch's reign of terror.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Asia Argento, Cristian Solimeno, Adam James, Moran Atias

Votes: 11,139 | Gross: $0.06M

New

55. The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)

Not Rated | 113 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

42 Metascore

A young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man's obsession.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Marco Leonardi, Luigi Diberti

Votes: 9,206

New

56. Trauma (1993)

R | 106 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

64 Metascore

A young man tries to help a teenage girl find the serial killer who murdered her parents before the killer comes after them.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Christopher Rydell, Asia Argento, Piper Laurie, Frederic Forrest

Votes: 8,064

New

57. The Card Player (2003)

Not Rated | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

48 Metascore

A Rome policewoman teams up with a British Interpol agent to find a crafty serial killer who plays a taunting game of cat-and-mouse with the police by abducting and killing young women and showing it over an Internet web cam.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Stefania Rocca, Liam Cunningham, Silvio Muccino, Adalberto Maria Merli

Votes: 5,655

New

58. Do You Like Hitchcock? (2005 TV Movie)

Unrated | 93 min | Mystery, Thriller

A 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.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Elio Germano, Chiara Conti, Elisabetta Rocchetti, Cristina Brondo

Votes: 2,932

New

59. Giallo (2009)

R | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

In 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.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Adrien Brody, Emmanuelle Seigner, Elsa Pataky, Robert Miano

Votes: 6,064

New

60. Aenigma (1987)

Unrated | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance

The spirit of a comatose teenage girl possesses the body of a newcomer to her girls boarding school to enact bloody revenge against the elitist, lingerie-clad coeds responsible for her condition.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jared Martin, Lara Lamberti, Ulli Reinthaler, Sophie d'Aulan

Votes: 3,329

61. Tulpa: Demon of Desire (2012)

Not Rated | 84 min | Horror, Thriller

Lisa Boeri is a successful businesswoman obsessed with her career - on day. But on night, she is visiting private nightclub Tulpa, club where your sickest, most erotic fantasies come true.

Director: Federico Zampaglione | Stars: Claudia Gerini, Michela Cescon, Ivan Franek, Federica Vincenti

Votes: 1,279

New

62. Amer (2009)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

72 Metascore

As 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.

Directors: Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani | Stars: Cassandra Forêt, Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud, Marie Bos, Biancamaria D'Amato

Votes: 6,575

New

63. Masks (2011)

Unrated | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

In the 70s Matteusz Gdula invented an acting method that was supposed to make every actor "shine". Still, lots of his students die mysteriously and Gdula commits suicide. His method gets ... See full summary »

Director: Andreas Marschall | Stars: Susen Ermich, Magdalena Ritter, Julita Witt, Norbert Losch

Votes: 832

New

64. Blackaria (2010)

70 min | Horror

Tormented 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?

Directors: François Gaillard, Christophe Robin | Stars: Aurélie Godefroy, Clara Vallet, Anna Naigeon, Julie Baron

Votes: 193

New

65. The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (2013)

Not Rated | 102 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

53 Metascore

Returning home from a business trip to discover his wife missing, a man delves deeper and deeper into a surreal kaleidoscope of half-baked leads, seduction, deceit, and murder. Does anyone in the building know something?

Directors: Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani | Stars: Klaus Tange, Ursula Bedena, Joe Koener, Birgit Yew

Votes: 4,358 | Gross: $0.01M

Very new

66. Berberian Sound Studio (2012)

Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

80 Metascore

A sound engineer's work for an Italian horror studio becomes a terrifying case of life imitating art.

Director: Peter Strickland | Stars: Toby Jones, Antonio Mancino, Guido Adorni, Susanna Cappellaro

Votes: 17,423

Very new

67. Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)

GP | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A cleaver-wielding bridal designer murders various young brides-to-be in an attempt to unlock a repressed childhood trauma.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Stephen Forsyth, Dagmar Lassander, Laura Betti, Jesús Puente

Votes: 4,324

68. Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

PG | 104 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A musician is stalked by an unknown homicidal maniac, who blackmails him for the accidental killing of another stalker.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Aldo Bufi Landi

Votes: 9,879

69. Tenebrae (1982)

R | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

83 Metascore

An American novelist visiting Rome to promote his latest book is stalked and harassed by an obsessed fan who is committing a string of murders that appear to be tributes to his work.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Giuliano Gemma, John Saxon, Daria Nicolodi

Votes: 27,424

70. Deep Red (1975)

R | 127 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

89 Metascore

A jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the former witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril

Votes: 42,639

71. The Evil Eye (1963)

Not Rated | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance

A mystery novel-loving American tourist witnesses a murder in Rome, and soon finds herself and her suitor caught up in a series of killings.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: John Saxon, Letícia Román, Valentina Cortese, Titti Tomaino

Votes: 5,369

72. Naked You Die (1968)

82 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

People start getting killed at a remote and prestigious boarding school for girls. One of the students helps the police and her friends identify the mysterious killer.

Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Mark Damon, Eleonora Brown, Sally Smith, Patrizia Valturri

Votes: 806

73. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)

GP | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An American expatriate in Rome attempts to unmask a serial killer he witnessed in the act of an attempted murder - and is now hunting him and his girlfriend.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi

Votes: 24,093 | Gross: $0.42M

74. Cold Eyes of Fear (1971)

Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

Respectable 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.

Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Giovanna Ralli, Frank Wolff, Fernando Rey, Julián Mateos

Votes: 924

75. The Dead Are Alive! (1972)

R | 105 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A photographer on an archaeological expedition digging up Etruscan ruins in Italy begins to suspect that not all the Etruscans buried there are actually dead.

Director: Armando Crispino | Stars: Alex Cord, Samantha Eggar, John Marley, Nadja Tiller

Votes: 1,059 | Gross: $0.11M

76. The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)

Not Rated | 99 min | Mystery, Thriller

A popular television presenter is accused of killing a teenage girl in a park, who happens to be his daughter's best friend.

Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Helmut Berger, Giancarlo Sbragia, Ida Galli, Silvano Tranquilli

Votes: 2,066

77. Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)

Not Rated | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

When 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.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas

Votes: 10,693

78. The Murder Mansion (1972)

R | 86 min | Horror, Thriller

A couple lost in thick fog, take refuge in an old mansion next to a cemetery, and strange things start to happen.

Director: Francisco Lara Polop | Stars: Analía Gadé, Ida Galli, Andrés Resino, Lisa Leonardi

Votes: 1,420

79. Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)

Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A 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.

Director: Paolo Cavara | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Claudine Auger, Barbara Bouchet, Rossella Falk

Votes: 3,628

80. Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A series of murders are committed near the estate of a degenerate author and his mistreated wife.

Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Edwige Fenech, Anita Strindberg, Luigi Pistilli, Ivan Rassimov

Votes: 4,687

81. Torso (1973)

R | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A string of appalling lust murders shocks the University of Perugia as a sadistic serial killer strangles to death beautiful college girls with a red and black scarf.

Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Suzy Kendall, Tina Aumont, Luc Merenda, John Richardson

Votes: 7,824 | Gross: $0.74M

82. Death Carries a Cane (1973)

Not Rated | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A 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.

Director: Maurizio Pradeaux | Stars: Robert Hoffmann, Nieves Navarro, Jorge Martín, Anuska Borova

Votes: 790

83. The New York Ripper (1982)

Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jack Hedley, Almanta Suska, Howard Ross, Andrea Occhipinti

Votes: 12,492

84. Opera (1987)

R | 107 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

68 Metascore

A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleson, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi

Votes: 19,490

85. Sleepless (2001)

R | 117 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer who's resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year period.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli, Gabriele Lavia

Votes: 7,493

86. Occhi di cristallo (2004)

107 min | Mystery, Thriller

While 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.

Director: Eros Puglielli | Stars: Luigi Lo Cascio, Lucía Jiménez, José Ángel Egido, Simón Andreu

Votes: 1,138

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87. The House That Screamed (1969)

GP | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A strict headmistress runs a secluded school for wayward girls in 19th century France, whose students are disappearing under mysterious circumstances.

Director: Narciso Ibáñez Serrador | Stars: Lilli Palmer, Cristina Galbó, John Moulder-Brown, Maribel Martín

Votes: 4,124

88. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)

Not Rated | 95 min | Mystery, Thriller

The potentially unhinged daughter of a British politician is accused of killing her hedonistic neighbor after she witnesses the murder in a dream.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Stanley Baker, Jean Sorel, Silvia Monti

Votes: 5,788

89. One on Top of the Other (1969)

R | 108 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An unscrupulous doctor is accused of killing his asthmatic wife as part of an insurance scam, despite discovering that she has a doppelgänger who works as a stripper and call girl.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jean Sorel, Marisa Mell, Elsa Martinelli, Alberto de Mendoza

Votes: 2,674

90. The Psychic (1977)

R | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A clairvoyant woman discovers a skeleton in a wall in her husband's house, and seeks to find the truth about what happened to the victim.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jennifer O'Neill, Gabriele Ferzetti, Marc Porel, Gianni Garko

Votes: 6,396

91. The Pyjama Girl Case (1977)

Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

In Australia, a retired police inspector is called to duty to solve the murder case of a young woman whose partially-burned body has been found on the beach.

Director: Flavio Mogherini | Stars: Ray Milland, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Michele Placido, Howard Ross

Votes: 1,391

92. A Bay of Blood (1971)

R | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The 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.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Camaso, Anna Maria Rosati

Votes: 12,708

93. My Dear Killer (1972)

100 min | Mystery, Thriller

A mysterious decapitation leads Inspector Peretti into a case of blackmail, deceit, and the unsolved kidnapping of a young girl.

Director: Tonino Valerii | Stars: George Hilton, Salvo Randone, William Berger, Manuel Zarzo

Votes: 1,661

94. What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Horror

Police investigate apparent suicide of teen girl and uncover details of a teenage prostitution racket. They go on the hunt for a motorcycle riding killer.

Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: Giovanna Ralli, Claudio Cassinelli, Mario Adorf, Franco Fabrizi

Votes: 2,395

95. The House with Laughing Windows (1976)

110 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Stefano, a young restorer, is commissioned to save a controversial mural located in the church of a small, isolated village.

Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Lino Capolicchio, Francesca Marciano, Gianni Cavina, Giulio Pizzirani

Votes: 5,969

96. L'arma l'ora il Movente (1972)

Not Rated | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A sexually-promiscuous priest is stabbed to death inside a church.

Director: Francesco Mazzei | Stars: Renzo Montagnani, Bedy Moratti, Eva Czemerys, Salvatore Puntillo

Votes: 544

97. Deadly Inheritance (1968)

81 min | Mystery, Thriller

The death of a surprisingly rich railroad worker leads to mysterious murders within his testamentary heirs.

Director: Vittorio Sindoni | Stars: Tom Drake, Femi Benussi, Virgilio Gazzolo, Ernesto Colli

Votes: 319

98. Daughters of Darkness (1971)

R | 87 min | Horror

74 Metascore

While passing through a vacation resort, a newlywed couple encounters a mysterious, strikingly beautiful countess and her aide.

Director: Harry Kümel | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, John Karlen, Danielle Ouimet, Andrea Rau

Votes: 7,049

99. The Centerfold Girls (1974)

R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller

A depraved religious fanatic sets out to punish all the "immoral" women who have posed for the center-fold of a men's magazine.

Director: John Peyser | Stars: Jaime Lyn Bauer, Aldo Ray, Dennis Olivieri, Janet Wood

Votes: 930

100. The Toolbox Murders (1978)

R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

35 Metascore

A ski-masked maniac kills apartment complex tenants with the contents of a toolbox.

Director: Dennis Donnelly | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Pamelyn Ferdin, Wesley Eure, Nicolas Beauvy

Votes: 4,927



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