So Deadly, So Perverse 50 Years of Italian Giallo FilmsBeginning with the release of Mario Bava's THE GIRL WHO KNEW TOO MUCH in 1963, Italian filmmakers developed and perfected their own peculiar brand of mystery thriller known as the giallo. Named after the yellow (giallo in Italian) covers of the murder mysteries published by Mondadori, the giallo is awash in fetishistic imagery. For many fans, these films popularized in the works by writer director Dario Argento, whose name is synonymous with the