There is an amusing anecdote regarding Sergio Martino’s first giallo film, The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971), which reports that an “h” had to be added to the title character’s last name because a ...

Mrs. Julie Wardh returns to Vienna with her husband Neil Wardh, who is an investor in Wall Street. Julie and Neil have been married for one year but they do not love each other. Julie has a trauma ...

Gialli, or Italian mystery-thrillers, have long been a curiosity of mine, but in the past year they’ve become an outright obsession. Born out of a German subgenre called krimi (crime), the giallo ...

Directed by one of the best Giallo helmsmen - Sergio Martino and starring fan favourite scream queen - Edwige Fenech, The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh was hugely successful because it exploited the genre ...

When it comes to the art of cinema, Italy has long been a force to be reckoned with. When last I checked, 14 different Italian movies have nabbed the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, more ...

One new movie – No Hard Feelings – made it into the Top 5 at the weekend box office, while Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse climbed back up to first place. No Hard Feelings is hilarious and ...

A diplomat’s wife who’s just arrived in Vienna begins to wonder if a recent surge of slasher killings in the city is the work of her sadistic ex-boyfriend. Italian exploitation regular Sergio Martino ...

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Check what’s new this week on streaming services such as Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, Paramount+ and more, plus new DVD and Blu-ray releases. Bad Boys: Ride or Die new box office champion ...