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Italian Grinders: Lucio Fulci Giallo Retrospective Part II – Excess and Self Awareness
With some exceptions, Italy’s violent thrillers, dubbed giallo due to the yellow coloring of the pulp paperback jackets that the films...
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Gabe Powers
Oct 15, 202017 min read
Italian Grinders: Lucio Fulci Giallo Retrospective Part I – Psychological Dissonance
With some exceptions, Italy’s violent thrillers, dubbed giallo due to the yellow coloring of the pulp paperback jackets that the films...
Gabe Powers
Aug 26, 201911 min read
Italian Grinders: Joe D’Amato Horror Retrospective Part 2 – Video Nasties
Among the many sleazelord kings of European exploitation cinema, two filmmakers stand apart for the sheer quantity of their output –...
Gabe Powers
May 24, 20199 min read
The Sorceress’ Revenge: The Witchy Legacy of Mario Bava’s Black Sunday
Witch trials and the murders that followed them are common fodder for horror and exploitation cinema, as discussed in the previous essay...
Gabe Powers
May 15, 201914 min read
Torture in the Witch Movie: A Brief History
Critic David Edelstein coined the term “torture porn” during a 2005 New York Times op-ed, Now Playing at Your Local Multiplex: Torture...
Gabe Powers
May 13, 20199 min read
Italian Grinders: Joe D’Amato Horror Retrospective Part 1 – Death and Pornography
Because I am somewhat known for my writing on Italian genre films, I will be re-writing/re-edited some of my DVDActive.com work into a...
Gabe Powers
Apr 15, 201913 min read
When is a Giallo a Proto-Slasher?
Italy’s giallo genre, so named for the yellow (giallo) coated covers that adorned the pulp novels they were based on, was born out of...
Gabe Powers
Apr 7, 201916 min read
Proto-Slashers: A Brief History
Welcome to the first-ever companion piece essay to the first-ever Genre Grinder podcast. I’m sure I’ll give these a cute nickname...
Gabe Powers
Mar 27, 20191 min read
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