Episode 13: Stage Fright

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09/25/21 • 57 min

Due signori in giallo

Dave and Jon close out season one with Michele Soavi's 1987 giallo/slasher hybrid Stage Fright, a.k.a. Deliria.

CW: Gendered violence, problematic gender stereotypes.

Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com

Our theme music:
Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu
Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0
Free Download/Stream Music promoted by Audio Library

More information on slasher films:
Legacy of Blood: A Comprehensive Guide to Slasher Movies by Jim Harper

Giallo Reading List
La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film by Mikel J. Koven

So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films by Troy Howarth
Volume 1: 1963-1973
Volume 2: 1974-2013
Volume 3: Giallo-Style Films From Around the World

Mario Bava: All the Colours of the Dark By Tim Lucas

Dario Argento: The Man, the Myths & the Magic by Alan Jones

All the Colours of Sergio Martino by Kat Ellinger

Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci by Stephen Thrower

Human Beasts: The Films of Paul Naschy by Troy Howarth

Italian Horrors: Cannibals, Zombies, Strange Vices and Guilty Pleasures! edited by Allan Bryce

Dave and Jon close out season one with Michele Soavi's 1987 giallo/slasher hybrid Stage Fright, a.k.a. Deliria.

CW: Gendered violence, problematic gender stereotypes.

Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com

Our theme music:
Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu
Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0
Free Download/Stream Music promoted by Audio Library

More information on slasher films:
Legacy of Blood: A Comprehensive Guide to Slasher Movies by Jim Harper

Giallo Reading List
La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film by Mikel J. Koven

So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films by Troy Howarth
Volume 1: 1963-1973
Volume 2: 1974-2013
Volume 3: Giallo-Style Films From Around the World

Mario Bava: All the Colours of the Dark By Tim Lucas

Dario Argento: The Man, the Myths & the Magic by Alan Jones

All the Colours of Sergio Martino by Kat Ellinger

Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci by Stephen Thrower

Human Beasts: The Films of Paul Naschy by Troy Howarth

Italian Horrors: Cannibals, Zombies, Strange Vices and Guilty Pleasures! edited by Allan Bryce

Previous Episode

Episode 12: The Pyjama Girl Case

Dave and Jon find that being set in Australia isn't the only atypical thing about Flavio Mogherini's downbeat 1978 film The Pyjama Girl Case/La ragazza dal pigiama giallo.

CW: Gendered violence, miscarriage, spousal abuse.

Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com

Our theme music:
Silent Night (Dark Piano Version) by myuu
Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0
Free Download/Stream Music promoted by Audio Library

Giallo Reading List
La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film by Mikel J. Koven

So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films by Troy Howarth
Volume 1: 1963-1973
Volume 2: 1974-2013
Volume 3: Giallo-Style Films From Around the World

Mario Bava: All the Colours of the Dark By Tim Lucas

Dario Argento: The Man, the Myths & the Magic by Alan Jones

All the Colours of Sergio Martino by Kat Ellinger

Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci by Stephen Thrower

Human Beasts: The Films of Paul Naschy by Troy Howarth

Italian Horrors: Cannibals, Zombies, Strange Vices and Guilty Pleasures! edited by Allan Bryce

Next Episode

Episode 14: Black Christmas (2021 Christmas Special)

With a Christmas special to record and no festive giallo to be found, Jon and Dave turn instead to Canada (the Italy of North America) and Bob Clark's Black Christmas (1974).

CW: Gendered violence, abortion, rape.

Availability on disc and streaming: Blu-ray.com

Giallo Reading List
La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film by Mikel J. Koven

So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films by Troy Howarth
Volume 1: 1963-1973
Volume 2: 1974-2013
Volume 3: Giallo-Style Films From Around the World

Mario Bava: All the Colours of the Dark By Tim Lucas

Dario Argento: The Man, the Myths & the Magic by Alan Jones

All the Colours of Sergio Martino by Kat Ellinger

Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci by Stephen Thrower

Human Beasts: The Films of Paul Naschy by Troy Howarth

Italian Horrors: Cannibals, Zombies, Strange Vices and Guilty Pleasures! edited by Allan Bryce