Including Malignant and Cold Hell, the best neo giallo horror movies evoke the frightening magic of classics like Suspiria and Deep Red.
Horror is one of cinema’s oldest genres, and it has undergone many re-inventions to stay fresh over the decades with one of its most visually arresting subgenres being the giallo films which rose to prominence during the 1970s in Italy. The intriguing subgenre is defined by its colorful, stylistic intensity, its mixture of murder mystery and slasher horror , as well as its psychological elements and sexploitation.
9 'The Last Matinee' A true horror spectacle for the genre’s most passionate and adoring fans, The Last Matinee thrived as a love letter to cinematic thrills and cinema itself. Set in 1993 in a declining movie theater, the final screening of a horror movie becomes a nightmare when a murderer stalks the cinema, killing cinema goers with only the projectionist’s daughter recognizing something strange is afoot.
The psychological horror thrives as a taut and interesting thriller due to its confronting content and Mia Wasikowski’s mystic performance, but it also has a certain element of con artist fun. In the end, it is a far more accessible film than its story would suggest, and it leans into the aesthetic of giallo cinema to undercut its most disturbing ideas with a layer of surrealism.
The creeping murder mystery arguably could have milked more from its enigmatic core story, but it still managed to leave a mark on audiences with its stylistic flair. It also introduced ideas of body horror and camp thrills to the fold and boasted a truly sensational twist to boot. 4 'Bliss' Functioning as a look at addiction through the lens of vampire horror, Bliss mixed supernatural intrigue with the erratic mania of an intense trip. It follows a hard-partying and reckless artist in Los Angeles struggling to rejuvenate her stagnating career when her drug use spirals out of control, and she finds herself with an unquenchable thirst for blood.
2 'Berberian Sound Studio' While being a British production, Berberian Sound Studio was able to embroil itself in the heart of giallo’s foundation as it was set in the Italian horror film industry of the 1970s. It stars Toby Jones as Gilderoy, an English sound engineer who is hired by a film studio in Rome and finds his mental health suffering as complications arise in the production.
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