"Technically the word giallo just means “yellow” in Italian. These films were named in honour of a series of popular pulp thriller and mystery novels published from the late twenties onwards by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, which went out under the series header Il Giallo Mondadori. Amongst the collection were Italian translations of novels by Agatha Christie, Edgar Wallace, and Cornell Woolrich. And although the film genre kept certain formula from the Mondadori literary predecessor, it’s the series’ covers — yellow, with very lurid artwork — that share the biggest cosmic link to the later cycle of inspired cinema. This story has been told ad nauseam in relation to the genre, and I really wish I didn’t have to repeat it again, but I think it is important to highlight that in light of this, the giallo doesn’t necessarily have to feature black gloved killers or formulaic murder as some believe. The title really just refers to a pulp aesthetic and mystery element more than anything else." - Kat Ellinger

Music Box of Horrors is proud to be back for another installment of January Giallo, in partnership with our friends at Cinematic Void! This year we offer up three Italian heavy-hitters from some stalwarts of the genre plus a still underloved Spanish Giallo gem from the genre master Eloy de la Iglesia, & what we consider to be one of the finest examples of the American Giallo starring Clint Eastwood! Grab your J&B, and strap in for some salacious, twisty, mind-bending gems culled from the most decadent and delicious of all horror sub-genres; the mighty Giallo.