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A cycle of stylish, psychosexually loaded Italian crime films which peaked sometime in the late '70s. The name means "yellow," and refers to the yellow covers of the pulp detective [[Literature|novels]] which were adapted into the first of the films. Gialli are generally plotted as "puzzle" mysteries (with either [[Police Procedural|police]] or [[Amateur Sleuth|amateurs]] investigating), but with a heavy admixture of [[Horror Tropes|horror]] and thriller elements.
A cycle of stylish, psychosexually loaded Italian crime films which peaked sometime in the late '70s. '''Giallo''' means "yellow," and refers to the yellow covers of the pulp detective [[Literature|novels]] which were adapted into the first of the films. Gialli are generally plotted as "puzzle" mysteries (with either [[Police Procedural|police]] or [[Amateur Sleuth|amateurs]] investigating), but with a heavy admixture of [[Horror Tropes|horror]] and thriller elements.


Major directors of gialli include [[Dario Argento]], Mario Bava, and [[Lucio Fulci]].
Major directors of gialli include [[Dario Argento]], Mario Bava, and [[Lucio Fulci]].


Many American movies have been influenced by gialli. These include ''[[Basic Instinct]]'', ''[[Kill Bill]], Vol. 2'' (when it isn't being a [[Spaghetti Western]]), the ''[[Hostel]]'' movies, and pretty much anything by [[Brian De Palma]]. [[Slasher Movies]] from ''[[Friday the 13th (Film)|Friday the 13 th]]'' onward have appropriated bits and pieces of the giallo sensibility, as well.
Many American movies have been influenced by gialli. These include ''[[Basic Instinct]]'', ''[[Kill Bill]], Vol. 2'' (when it isn't being a [[Spaghetti Western]]), the ''[[Hostel]]'' movies, and pretty much anything by [[Brian De Palma]]. [[Slasher Movie]]s from ''[[Friday the 13th (film)|Friday the 13th]]'' onward have appropriated bits and pieces of the giallo sensibility, as well.


And now you to can create your own, with the [http://www.braineater.com/misc/giallo_intro.html Do-It-Yourself Giallo Kit].
And now you to can create your own, with the [http://www.braineater.com/misc/giallo_intro.html Do-It-Yourself Giallo Kit].


=== Common tropes include: ===
{{tropelist|Common tropes in Giallo films include}}

* [[Acquitted Too Late]]
* [[Acquitted Too Late]]
* [[Animal Motifs]]
* [[Animal Motifs]]
* [[Death By Sex]]
* [[Death by Sex]]
* [[Drop-Dead Gorgeous]]
* [[Drop-Dead Gorgeous]]
* [[Everyone Is a Suspect]]
* [[Everyone Is a Suspect]]
* [[Freudian Excuse]]
* [[Freudian Excuse]]
* [[Going By the Matchbook]]
* [[Going by the Matchbook]]
* [[Hand of Death]]: Almost always the black-gloved version.
* [[Hand of Death]]: Almost always the black-gloved version.
* [[Kensington Gore]]
* [[Kensington Gore]]
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* [[Motive Rant]]
* [[Motive Rant]]
* [[Never One Murder]]
* [[Never One Murder]]
* [[Peek a Boo Corpse]]
* [[Peek-a-Boo Corpse]]
* [[Red Herring]]: Often an incredibly cheap variety in which one character is ''clearly'' extremely suspicious, creepy and weird and end up dead like any other victim without so much as a [[Hand Wave]] as to their odd behavior.
* [[Red Herring]]: Often an incredibly cheap variety in which one character is ''clearly'' extremely suspicious, creepy and weird and end up dead like any other victim without so much as a [[Hand Wave]] as to their odd behavior.
* [[Serial Killer]]
* [[Serial Killer]]
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    A cycle of stylish, psychosexually loaded Italian crime films which peaked sometime in the late '70s. Giallo means "yellow," and refers to the yellow covers of the pulp detective novels which were adapted into the first of the films. Gialli are generally plotted as "puzzle" mysteries (with either police or amateurs investigating), but with a heavy admixture of horror and thriller elements.

    Major directors of gialli include Dario Argento, Mario Bava, and Lucio Fulci.

    Many American movies have been influenced by gialli. These include Basic Instinct, Kill Bill, Vol. 2 (when it isn't being a Spaghetti Western), the Hostel movies, and pretty much anything by Brian De Palma. Slasher Movies from Friday the 13th onward have appropriated bits and pieces of the giallo sensibility, as well.

    And now you to can create your own, with the Do-It-Yourself Giallo Kit.

    Common tropes in Giallo films include
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