Originally Posted by swiss tony (Post 641574)

yeah they are murder mysteries albeit extremely violent murder mysteries. i know a lot of you already know this but for those that don't; the popular italian best selling murder mystery novels of the 50's and 60's (i think) were predominantly published with yellow covers. the subsequent fad for italian directors to make movies in the style of these books needed a name. hence, the italian word for yellow was employed. so, by definition a giallo can only be murder mystery. just cause argento, for example, makes a movie, doesn't mean it has to fall into that category, it could be horror. basically, if the movie flows like ruth rendell but with extremely violent murders its giallo. horror and giallo are mutually exclusive. IMO. almost forgot, suspiria is a horror, tenebrae isn't

Originally Posted by tom smud (Post 641575)

i think giallos are a beautifully unique form of movie making

i wouldnt like to call it a "sub-genre"

it would be like calling "rock and roll" a sub-genre of "blues ","skiffle",and"country"

by the way ,we seemed to have kept the "rock"element ...wat happened to "roll" music ?

Originally Posted by tom smud (Post 641588)

just take this as a bit of flippant rhetoric............................but.....get a 70 year old ruth rendall lovin' granny...stick her in front of tenebrae and tell me she wouldnt be HORRORFIED !

Originally Posted by swiss tony (Post 641779)

nice! that is one social experiment i'd pay to see :)