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I think Footprints is a really good one. I've watched ot at least a couple of times, for bits I missed. Plus Florinda is easy on the eyes.
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Dec 31, 2023 - 1:18 AM
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A litttle ramble down a byway about Nicoletta Elmi, who plays the little red-headed girl in Footprints. She’s also George Lazenby’s unfortunate daughter in Who Saw Her Die; one of the brats at the end of Bay of Blood; and pops up in Deep Red. A more grown-up version of her can be seen as the usherette Ingrid in Lamberto Bava’s Demons, by which point she’s more grown into her looks.
Her performances in the earlier gialli were always slightly off-kilter to me, no doubt deliberately so by the directors, inward-looking and other-worldly. The practice of dubbing robs the viewer sometimes of being able to properly assess acting ability, so the jury’s out on that one, probably never to return, but the strikingly unusual looks from an early age were clearly enough to win her several gigs.
According to IMDb she quit in the late 80s to become a doctor, good for her. She’ll be 60 this coming year.
Look out for more inane muttering about the actors in the strangely wonderful genre of the giallo over the coming weeks. Do some yourselves, if you like.
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I also remember her from Il Medaglione Insanguinato with Richard Johnson. She certainly had a look about her.
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All this blood and guts, Booz and naked women.
bad music,ect,ect,ect.
How did you do it? In a.few words you have managed to
describe my lounge/ living room in about 3 1/2 hours. 
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Happy New Year gentlemen!
(I would say ladies and gentlemen but well, let’s
not fool ourselves)
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Jan 13, 2024 - 12:02 AM
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The House With [or Of] Laughing Windows (Pupi Avati 1976)
And a happy new year to you too! This long-sought-after film suddenly appeared on Prime out of nowhere, and I wasted no time in watching it, lest it drops off again equally abruptly.
This always gets good write-ups but is only just a giallo. It verges on neo-gothic horror. Stefano, an impoverished artist, is lured to a god-forsaken Italian village to restore a church fresco depicting a martyr being stabbed to death. All the local characters are unappealing (even the new teacher that Stefano ends up tupping is really only attractive in comparison to the rest of the cast) and it isn’t long before sinister doings occur, leading to a fascination with the original dead artist, last seen blundering into the woods having set himself on fire… but where do his repulsive sisters fit in? Who’s the paraplegic in Stefano’s lodgings? And how is the town’s permanently drunken taxi driver still insurable?
The answers to few of these questions emerge in this very creepy effort.
Funky music - no, mainly sombre with some tender piano-led almost romantic underscore
Twist ending - yes, huge and unexpected
Witness of murder - yes, with big knives
Striptease - nope
Killer’s POV - yes
Man slaps woman - no, but a couple that deserved it
Overloud or inappropriate music - not at all
Outrageous title - yes
J&B bottle - not spotted
Naked woman - you wouldn’t want to
Death by stabbing - yes
Red herring - yes
Black-gloved killer - no
Goofy police inspector - no, just ineffective and perhaps crooked
Important picture - yes, as it draws the “hero” into the story
Woman takes bath or shower - no, thankfully
Blackmail - no
Gay/lesbian character - not obviously
Important memory - yes
Random scene in Italian - couldn’t say, watched it in Italian
Ooh ooh music - none
Death by razor - no
Childhood trauma - yes, albeit a minor character
Killer’s footsteps - no
Nine points - more than I expected while watching it, but very few of the classic giallo tropes.
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Jan 13, 2024 - 12:15 AM
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DOGBELLE
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The House With [or Of] Laughing Windows (Pupi Avati 1976)
And a happy new year to you too! This long-sought-after film suddenly appeared on Prime out of nowhere, and I wasted no time in watching it, lest it drops off again equally abruptly.
This always gets good write-ups but is only just a giallo. It verges on neo-gothic horror. Stefano, an impoverished artist, is lured to a god-forsaken Italian village to restore a church fresco depicting a martyr being stabbed to death. All the local characters are unappealing (even the new teacher that Stefano ends up tupping is really only attractive in comparison to the rest of the cast) and it isn’t long before sinister doings occur, leading to a fascination with the original dead artist, last seen blundering into the woods having set himself on fire… but where do his repulsive sisters fit in? Who’s the paraplegic in Stefano’s lodgings? And how is the town’s permanently drunken taxi driver still insurable?
The answers to few of these questions emerge in this very creepy effort.
Funky music - no, mainly sombre with some tender piano-led almost romantic underscore
Twist ending - yes, huge and unexpected
Witness of murder - yes, with big knives
Striptease - nope
Killer’s POV - yes
Man slaps woman - no, but a couple that deserved it
Overloud or inappropriate music - not at all
Outrageous title - yes
J&B bottle - not spotted
Naked woman - you wouldn’t want to
Death by stabbing - yes
Red herring - yes
Black-gloved killer - no
Goofy police inspector - no, just ineffective and perhaps crooked
Important picture - yes, as it draws the “hero” into the story
Woman takes bath or shower - no, thankfully
Blackmail - no
Gay/lesbian character - not obviously
Important memory - yes
Random scene in Italian - couldn’t say, watched it in Italian
Ooh ooh music - none
Death by razor - no
Childhood trauma - yes, albeit a minor character
Killer’s footsteps - no
Nine points - more than I expected while watching it, but very few of the classic giallo tropes.
Want to know if the Mrs. is out with the Girls for Girls knight out?
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Ortolani score there, TG
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