Giallo Archives - Criminal Element

There are a few very general things in common between Italian giallo films and the pinky violence cinematic fare from Japan that I overviewed in a recent post. See also: Pinky Violence Both sets of movies were established in the 1960s and saw their finest releases come to the fore in the ‘70s. Both lines…

Dario Argento’s Giallo Thriller: The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)

By Brian Greene

June 4, 2014

The term giallo gets thrown around a lot by people talking about certain films. Sometimes I wonder how diverse are the definitions of the genre held by those of us who use the word. I’m sure the description giallo film could be stretched to include a lot of different things, but for me it means…