Beloved among cult horror devotees for its signature excesses of sex and violence, Italian giallo cinema is marked by switchblades, mysterious killers, whisky bottles and poetically overinflated titles.
A growing field of English-language giallo studies has focused on aspects of production, distribution and reception.
This volume explores an overlooked yet prevalent element in some of the best known gialli --an obsession with art and artists in creative production, with a particular.