Giallo Month: 10 Hotties For an August Night!

Names like Edwige French, Dagmar Lassander, Anita Strindberg, Barbara Bouchet and Marisa Mell (among many others) should be known to Horror fans as the gorgeous women who gave Giallo films their heart, beauty, and sexiness. Since the movies that they populate are decades old, it's understandable how a younger generation might not have a clue that they even exist.

We are here to right that wrong for you.

In addition to their stunnign leading ladies, the typical Giallo featured plenty of other gorgeous women in smaller parts, but brief or not, they all made the movies they starred in that much better.

So take a look at the ladies below, and click their pics to find out more about the movies that they made sexier.

A Giallo Month Quick Review: Amuck (1972)

"A true showcase on just how gorgeous Barbara Bouchet is."

After seeing Barbara Bouchet in The Red Queen Kills Seven Times and Don't Torture a Ducking, we decided to check out Amuck, because come on, she's frigging gorgeous, and if she's going to be in another Giallo, then why would we not watch it?

Principles, people. You've got to have them.

And let it be known that while Amuck does contain plenty of the elements that make the typical Giallo film a Giallo, that they're sparse enough that it actually plays more like an erotic thriller than it does a typical Giallo. For that reason, we're giving the the Picturebook Review treatment.

If you're expecting an Argento-level experience here, you may well be disappointed.

The story of Amuck revolves around a hot chick named Greta who heads to a sex mansion to find out what happened to her lesbian lover who disappeared. Everyone gets naked, a few people get killed, and there's a rapey gardener who just might be a homicidal mongoloid in heat. 

GRETA ARRIVES AT FINGERBANG MANOR.

SHE'S NOT FOOLED BY ANYONE'S SMOOTH TALK. SHE WILL DISCOVER THE TRUTH!

IT SOON BECOMES APPARENT THAT FINGERBANG MANOR HOLDS MORE DANGER THAN SHE ANTICIPATED.

NEVER FEAR THOUGH, THE BEAUTIFUL ELEANORA IS THERE TO ROOFIE HER TROUBLES AWAY...

AND KISS THEM AWAY...

AND SCISSOR THEM AWAY...

FLASHBACK: NEVER SO DIRTY, NEVER SO CLEAN.

GRETA AVOIDS ANOTHER NEAR-RAPE/MURDER.

A LOT OF THIS MOVIE IS BARBARA BOUCHET STARING OFF INTO SPACE, AND WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

HOW'S THAT NEW ANNE MURRAY ALBUM WORKING OUT FOR YOU?

NOTHING GOOD CAN COME OF THIS.

SHE'S TRAPPED IN A QUAGMIRE OF DECEIT AND REPRESSED SEXUALITY.

CAN SHE HANDLE THE TRUTH?

...BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T.

"WHY AREN'T YOU LOOKING AT MY BIKINI?"

THAT'S A WEIRD WAY TO SLEEP.

SHE COULD HAVE GOTTEN ON THAT TRAIN...

...BUT THEN SHE'D MISS ALL OF THE ROMANCE.

IT ALWAYS ENDS IN TEARS, DOESN'T IT?

It might not be the best Giallo that we've ever seen, but Amuck is worth the price of admission just to see Barbara Bouchet and Rosalba Neri in the same movie together. It's got FAR more nudity on display than it does gore, so someone looking for a hardcore Giallo flick might not feel satisfied here. The Blu-ray by 88 Films makes the film watchable in truly gorgeous fashion though, so if you're in the mood for some old school Italian eroticism, then you've hit the visual jackpot.

It's a fun flick, and this is the best that the film has ever looked on disc, bar none. Plus, Barbara Bouchet is captivating to watch, in any kind of movie.

C+

Amuck is available on Import Blu-ray.

Barbara Bouchet, Rosalba Neri, and Patrizia Viotti.

Giallo Month: 10 Black-Gloved Killers!

Black-gloved killers are synonymous with Gialli. Sometimes they wear red gloves, or go au naturale, but for the most part, the slicing, dicing, and strangling are done by hands that wear tight, black leather gloves.

Why? Maybe it adds an air of mystery, or maybe it just looks cool.

Here are 10 black-gloved killers from 10 Giallo films that just might be worth your time. Click on the pics for more info on the flicks.