A truly essential collection of giallo films from Arrow Video. The ‘Yellow’ box features three films from essential directors in the genre, each one dripping with the style, sexuality, and violence that make up this fundamental slice of Italian cinema.
First and foremost in the collection is Sergio Martino’s Torso. Martino may not be as well known as Bava or Argento, but it may just be that no director loved the idea of giallo more. His films are in every way, a celebration of the tropes and cliches that set the genre apart. A group of wealthy co-eds, a remote villa, a hacksaw... the stage set for exploitation horror.
By comparison, Massimo Dallamano made just a handful of films. His first notable giallo picture came in 1970, an adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray. His most notable film followed shortly afterward, the 1972 picture What Have You Done to Solange?
What Have They Done to Your Daughters? might just be Dallamo’s best of the batch. Gorgeous camerawork and set design elevate a solid murder mystery plot, buoyed as well by an energetic score. More police procedural perhaps than true giallo madness, but also a really well made, stylish film.
Finally, Strip Nude for Your Killer is a major sleazefest from horror maestro Andrea Bianchi. I won’t pretend it’s the best of the lot, but it’s got that extra shock factor that the other films in this collection lack.
Special Features (via arrowvideo.com)
- 2K restorations from the original camera negatives of What Have They Done to Your Daughters?, Torso and Strip Nude for Your Killer
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of each film
- Two versions of Torso, the original 94-minute Italian cut and 90-minute English cut
- Original lossless mono Italian and English soundtracks*
- English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks
- Reversible sleeves for each film featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Adam Rabalais and Graham Humphreys
DISC ONE: WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOUR DAUGHTERS?
- Audio commentary by Troy Howarth, author of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films
- Video essay by Kat Ellinger, author and editor-in-chief of Diabolique Magazine
- Eternal Melody, an interview with composer Stelvio Cipriani
- Dallamano's Touch, an interview with editor Antonio Siciliano
- Unused hardcore footage shot for the film by Massimo Dallamano
- Alternate English opening titles
- Italian theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
DISC TWO: TORSO
- Audio commentary by Kat Ellinger, author of All the Colours of Sergio Martino
- Video interview with co-writer/director Sergio Martino
- Video interview with actor Luc Merenda
- Video interview with co-writer Ernesto Gastaldi
- Video interview with filmmaker Federica Martino, daughter of Sergio Martino
- 2017 Abertoir International Horror Festival Q&A with Sergio Martino
- Video interview with Mikel J. Koven, author of La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film
- Option to view the film with the rare alternate US opening title sequence
- Italian and English theatrical trailers
DISC THREE: STRIP NUDE FOR YOUR KILLER
- Audio commentary by HORRORPEDIA.com's Adrian J. Smith and David Flint
- Sex and Death with a Smile, a video essay by author and critic Kat Ellinger on giallo and sex comedy icon Edwige Fenech
- A Good Man for the Murders, an archival video interview with actor Nino Castelnuevo
- The Blonde Salamander, a video interview with actor Erna Schurer
- The Art of Helping, a video interview with assistant director Daniele Sangiorgi
- Jack of All Trades, a video interview with actor and production manager Tino Polenghi
- Two versions of the opening scene: tinted and untinted viewing options
- Original Italian and English theatrical trailers
- Image gallery
