Due signori in giallo
36 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsDue signori in giallo (Two Gentlemen in Yellow), a podcast about giallo films.
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Episode 34: A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
March 15, 2024 12:00 - 58 minutes - 89.2 MBAn array of giallo regulars, and Stanley Baker, are confounded by a murder-within-a-dream in Lucio Fulci's bloody, brilliant 1971 classic A Lizard in a Woman's Skin/Una lucertola con la pelle di donna. CW: Sexualised violence, suicide, drug use, gaslighting, animal cruelty, gore. Copyright © 2024 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free ...
Episode 33: A Dragonfly for Each Corpse
February 09, 2024 12:00 - 54 minutes - 81.9 MBDave and Jon ponder another fateful meeting with Paul Naschy in Italy, no honest, it is, in León Klimovsky's A Dragonfly for Each Corpse/Una libélula para cada muerto (1975). CW: Sexualised violence, problematic LGBTIQA+ stereotypes. Copyright © 2024 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download/Stream Music promoted by Audio Library...
Episode 32: Starcrash
December 23, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBJon and Dave asked for Star Wars for Christmas but the shops were were all sold out, so instead our nans got us Luigi Cozzi's delightful space opera shambles Starcrash/Scontri stellari oltre la terza dimensione (1978) instead. Copyright © 2023 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download/Stream Music promoted by Audio Library Giallo...
Episode 31: The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh
November 24, 2023 12:00 - 45 minutes - 66.7 MBThere's a voice reaching out in a piercing cry. It's definitely a case of "Argh! Vienna!" as Jon and Dave tackle the tantalising Edwige Fenech (if only) in Sergio Martino's The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh/Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh (1971). CW: Sexualised violence, suicide, gaslighting, sexual assault. Copyright © 2023 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu Creative Commons — Attribution...
Episode 30: Delirium
November 03, 2023 12:00 - 50 minutes - 92.5 MBOne of the eighties-est gialli ever, a story of boobs, intrigue, boobs, hallucinations, boobs, murder and boobs. It's Lamberto Bava's Delirium/Le foto di Gioia from 1987. CW: Gendered and sexualised violence, sexual assault, probkematic portrayals of LGBTIQ+ characters and people with disabilities. Copyright © 2023 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unport...
Episode 29: Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes
July 14, 2023 11:00 - 54 minutes - 100 MBThere are terrible crimes being committed in an ancient castle - and that's just the Scottish accents. Dave and Jon tackle Antonio Margheriti's Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye/La morte negli occhi del gatto from 1973. CW: Gendered violence, animal cruelty. Copyright © 2023 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download/Stream Music prom...
Episode 28: Four Flies on Grey Velvet
June 16, 2023 11:00 - 51 minutes - 92.7 MBWho is the mysterious masked figure terrorizing TV's Michael Brandon? And what is the strange connection between Dario Argento and Thomas the Tank Engine? All will be revealed as Dave and Jon tackle 1971's Four Flies on Grey Velvet/4 mosche di velluto grigio. CW: Gendered violence, mental illness, homophobic portrayals of LGBTIQ+ characters. Copyright © 2023 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myu...
Episode 27: Footprints on the Moon
April 28, 2023 11:00 - 56 minutes - 97.5 MBDue signori season three is here. Jon and Dave are lost in space in Luigi Bazzoni's baffling, beautiful Footprints on the Moon/Le orme (1975). CW: Mental illness, gaslighting, Klaus Kinski Copyright © 2023 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download/Stream Music promoted by Audio Library Giallo Reading List La Dolce Morte: Vernacu...
Episode 26: Dressed to Kill
January 13, 2023 12:00 - 51 minutes - 97.6 MBSeason two comes to a bloody climax with one of the quintessential gialli, which bizarrely was made by a Hollywood director in the USA. Jon and Dave spend a New York minute delving into Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill (1980). CW: Gendered and sexualised violence, victimisation of sex work, problematic and invalid depictions of trans characters Copyright © 2023 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by ...
Episode 25: The Corruption of Chris Miller (2022 Christmas-ish Special)
December 24, 2022 12:00 - 47 minutes - 90.2 MBA rather tangiential festive episode as Jon and Dave discover the rain in Spain falls mainly on the deranged, with Jean Seberg and Marisol competing to have it away in a manger with Barry Stokes, in J.A. Bardem's 1973 film The Corruption of Chris(tmas?) Miller/La corrupción de Chris Miller. CW: Sexual violence, rape, gendered violence, PTSD, the killing of a child. Copyright © 2022 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Our special Christmas theme musi...
Episode 24: What Have You Done to Solange?
November 25, 2022 12:00 - 49 minutes - 93.5 MBGraphic violence, illicit liasons and chunky knitwear all feature prominently in this episode's film. Jon and Dave ponder who is killing the girls at an exclusive Catholic school in Massimo Dallamano's 1972 thriller What Have You Done to Solange?/Cosa avete fatto a Solange? CW: Gendered violence, rape, abortion, mental illness. Copyright © 2022 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu Creative Co...
Episode 23: Amuck!
November 03, 2022 11:49 - 49 minutes - 91.6 MBTwo beautiful giallo queens, a faded Hollywood star, a remote Venetian island and a heavy sigh from Jon. It's Silvio Amadio's Amuck!/Alla ricerca del piacere, literally 'In Pursuit of Pleasure,' from 1972. Did we find any? Listen and see. CW: Gendered violence, rape. Copyright © 2022 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download/Stre...
Episode 22: Frenzy
October 14, 2022 11:00 - 49 minutes - 102 MBJon and Dave venture back to the days when London's Covent Garden had several actual apple stores instead of an Apple Store, in Alfred Hitchcock's 1972 return to form Frenzy. Lovely! CW: Gendered violence, rape, mental illness. Copyright © 2022 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download/Stream Music promoted by Audio Library Gial...
Episode 21; The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave
September 23, 2022 11:00 - 52 minutes - 99.2 MBDungeons, thigh boots, heroic serial killers and plot holes you could fit several pairs of tits through? Jon and Dave come up against Emilio P. Miraglia's 1971 trashfest The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave/La notte che Evelyn uscì dalla tomba. CW: Gendered violence, rape, sex work, animal cruelty, mental illness. Copyright © 2022 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu Creative Commons — Attr...
Episode 20: Short Night of Glass Dolls
September 02, 2022 11:00 - 49 minutes - 85.8 MBHow did we manage to do twenty of these things?? For their 20th discussion, Jon and Dave delve into the dark delights of Aldo Lado's 1971 classic Short Night of Glass Dolls/La corta notte delle bambole di vetro. CW: Gendered violence, gaslighting, lucid surgery. Copyright © 2022 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download/Stream Mu...
Episode 19: Perversion Story
August 19, 2022 11:00 - 49 minutes - 82.9 MBDave and Jon talk Hitchcock influence, movie strip clubs, and somewhat bizarrely the TV career of Emily Booth as they break down Lucio Fulci's swinging '69 giallo Perversion Story/One on Top of The Other/Una sull'altra. CW: Gendered violence, gaslighting, the death penalty, exhumation. Copyright © 2022 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Giallo Reading List La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film by Mikel J. Koven So Deadly, So...
Episode 18: Orgasmo
July 15, 2022 11:00 - 53 minutes - 91.6 MBA welcome return to familiar territory (and Carroll Baker) for Dave and Jon with Umberto Lenzi's not-at-all-awkwardly-named Orgasmo (1969), also known as Paranoia. Not to be confused with Lenzi/Baker's other giallo called Paranoia. Sigh... CW: Gendered violence, alcoholism, implied incest. Copyright © 2022 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY...
Episode 17: The College Girl Murders
July 03, 2022 11:00 - 52 minutes - 89.1 MBIs Alfred Vohrer's 1967 murder mystery caper The College Girl Murders/Der Mönch mit der Peitsche the missing link between German krimi films and Italian gialli? Or is Dave an idiot? Jon has strong feelings on both. CW: Gendered violence, sexual assault, the Holocaust. Copyright © 2022 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Giallo Reading List La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film by Mikel J. Koven So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Ye...
Episode 16: Blowup
June 17, 2022 11:00 - 50 minutes - 86.3 MBThis time, Jon and Dave take a sidestep into Proper Film™ as we attempt to ascertain if a movie that influenced a lot of gialli, Michelangelo Antonioni's legendary Blowup (1966), is itself a giallo. Also, whether anything happens in the movie. CW: Homophobic language, sexual assault. Copyright © 2022 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 F...
Episode 15: The Murder Clinic
June 03, 2022 11:00 - 50 minutes - 85.7 MBIt's season 2 of Due signori in giallo! We're back to (almost) the beginning with the Italian gothic/giallo hybrid The Murder Clinic, a.k.a. La lama nel corpo (1966), directed by Lionello De Felice and Elio Scardamaglia. CW: Gendered violence, mental illness. Copyright © 2022 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download/Stream Music...
Episode 14: Black Christmas (2021 Christmas Special)
December 16, 2021 19:30 - 1 hour - 105 MBWith a Christmas special to record and no festive giallo to be found, Jon and Dave turn instead to Canada (the Italy of North America) and Bob Clark's Black Christmas (1974). CW: Gendered violence, abortion, rape. Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Giallo Reading List La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film by Mikel J. Koven So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films by Troy Howarth Volume 1: 196...
Episode 13: Stage Fright
September 25, 2021 12:00 - 57 minutes - 95.4 MBDave and Jon close out season one with Michele Soavi's 1987 giallo/slasher hybrid Stage Fright, a.k.a. Deliria. CW: Gendered violence, problematic gender stereotypes. Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download/Stream Music promoted by Audio Library More information on slasher films: Legacy of Blood: A Comprehensi...
Episode 12: The Pyjama Girl Case
September 10, 2021 13:00 - 53 minutes - 90.6 MBDave and Jon find that being set in Australia isn't the only atypical thing about Flavio Mogherini's downbeat 1978 film The Pyjama Girl Case/La ragazza dal pigiama giallo. CW: Gendered violence, miscarriage, spousal abuse. Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download/Stream Music promoted by Audio Library Giallo Re...
Bonus Mini-Episode: Credits
August 20, 2021 16:00 - 3 minutes - 4.54 MBBonus mini-episode/shameless filer: actors find work in some strange projects, much to the amusement of Jon and I.. CW: Gendered violence, animal cruelty. Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download/Stream Music promoted by Audio Library
Episode 11: Deep Red
August 06, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBDave and Jon finally arrive at maybe the greatest of all gialli, Dario Argento's 1975 masterwork Deep Red/Profondo rosso. CW: Gendered violence, childhood trauma, gender stereotypes, animal cruelty. Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download/Stream Music promoted by Audio Library Giallo Reading List La Dolce Mort...
Episode 10: Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll
July 23, 2021 11:00 - 58 minutes - 99.3 MBDave and Jon are lost in an oddly Gallic version of Spain in Carlos Aured and Paul Naschy's 1974 giallo Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll/Los Ojos Azules de la Muñeca Rota. CW: Gendered violence, rape, animal cruelty. Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download/Stream Music promoted by Audio Library Giallo Reading List...
Episode 9: What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
July 09, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutes - 96.8 MBInspector Dave and District Attorney Jon investigate a dark and disturbing sex crime ring in Massimo Dallamano's What Have They Done to Your Daughters?/La polizia chiede aiuto (1974). CW: Child sexual abuse, sexualised violence, coercion, rape. Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com More information: So Deadly, So Perverse: Volume 2: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films Vol. 2 1974-2013 by by Troy Howarth La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema...
Episode 8: The Perfume of the Lady In Black
June 25, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutes - 98.6 MBDave and Jon wonder what's real and what isn't in Francesco Barilli's The Perfume of the Lady in Black/Il profumo della signora in nero (1974). CW: Childhood trauma, mental illness, rape, racial stereotyping, gaslighting, suicide. Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com More information: La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film by Mikel J. Koven Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu Creative Co...
Episode 7: Don't Torture a Duckling
June 11, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBDave and Jon find the countryside less than relaxing in Lucio Fulci's magnificent 1972 rural giallo Don't Torture a Duckling/Non si sevizia un paperino. CW: Gendered violence, child killing, underage sex, drug use, mental illness. Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com More information: Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci by Stephen Thrower La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film by Mikel J. Koven Our theme m...
Episode 6: All the Colours of the Dark
May 28, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBDave and Jon have their first encounter with giallo queen Edwige Fenech in Sergio Martino's 1972 classic All the Colors of the Dark/Tutti i colori del buio. CW: rape, gendered violence, sexualised violence, animal cruelty, gaslighting. Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com More information: All the Colours of Sergio Martino by Kat Ellinger La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film by Mikel J. Koven Our theme music...
Episode 5: The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
May 14, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutes - 73.8 MBThe giallo comes alive in Dario Argento's legendary 1970 film The Bird with the Crystal Plumage/L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo. CW: gendered violence, sexualised violence, animal cruelty. Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com More information: Dario Argento: The Man, the Myths & the Magic by Alan Jones La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film by Mikel J. Koven Our theme music: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version...
Episode 4: The Sweet Body of Deborah
April 30, 2021 11:00 - 58 minutes - 80.1 MBPop art explodes in an orgy of gaslighting, funkadelic disco sounds and unfortunate body suits in Romolo Guerrieri's 1968 treat The Sweet Body of Deborah/Il dolce corpo di Deborah. CW: gendered violence, suicide, gaslighting. Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com (the various German blu-ray releases contain the Italian track with English subtitles but no English dub) More information: So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo ...
EPISODE 4: THE SWEET BODY OF DEBORAH
April 30, 2021 11:00 - 58 minutes - 80.1 MBPop art explodes in an orgy of gaslighting, funkadelic disco sounds and unfortunate body suits in Romolo Guerrieri's 1968 treat The Sweet Body of Deborah/Il dolce corpo di Deborah. CW: gendered violence, suicide, gaslighting. Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com (the various German blu-ray releases contain the Italian track with English subtitles but no English dub) More information: So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo ...
Episode 3: The Possessed
April 16, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 85.3 MBDarkness rolls in to engulf Jon Dear and Dave Thomas as they examine Luigi Bazzoni and Franco Rossellini's 1965 arthouse thriller The Possessed/La donna del lago. CW: gendered violence, unwanted pregnancy, suicide Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com More information: So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films: Volume 1 1963-1973 by Troy Howarth La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film by Mikel J. K...
Episode 2: Blood and Black Lace
April 02, 2021 11:00 - 56 minutes - 77.7 MBIn their sophomore outing, Dave Thomas and Jon Dear discuss Mario Bava's classic 1964 body-count masterpiece Blood and Black Lace/6 donne per l'assassino. TW: gendered and sexualised violence Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com More information So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films: Volume 1 1963-1973 by Troy Howarth MARIO BAVA: ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK By Tim Lucas La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Ita...
Episode 1: The Girl who Knew Too Much
March 18, 2021 12:56 - 1 hour - 95.5 MBIn the first episode of Due Signori in Giallo, Dave Thomas and Jon Dear discuss Mario Bava's seminal 1963 thriller The Girl Who Knew Too Much/La ragazza che sapeva troppo, a.k.a. The Evil Eye. TW: gendered violence, gaslighting Copyright © 2021 David Thomas and Jon Dear Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com More information So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films: Volume 1 1963-1973 by Troy Howarth MARIO BAVA: ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK By Tim Lucas La Dolce ...