Deep Red is My Favorite Giallo Film

 



I have spoken about Giallo in the past, explaining why I love these films so damn much. I love how artistic these films portray themselves, including the kills that can be pretty brutal at times. 

Dario Argento’s Deep Red is still my favorite Giallo film of all time. I recently watched the film again this week, and I still love how the mystery of the killer is slowly building up to the reveal. The kills are absolutely delightful, and I know that makes me sound crazy, but these kills are pretty gory and tough to watch. 

I think these kills have to be Dario Argento’s most violent deaths that made me cringe from watching them onscreen. This is how bad each death was:

  • A psychic is stabbed with a cleaver, and she is shoved against a glass window that breaks, and she impales herself on the blades. 
  • A man is beaten, his mouth and teeth are based against rough surfaces, and then he is stabbed through the neck to finish the job. 
  • A woman is knocked against a bathroom wall, and then her face is shoved inside of a bathtub with steaming hot water. 
  • A dude is dragged by a garbage truck, and then his head hits a sidewalk. While is barely conscious and severely injured, a car does not stop in time, and the tire runs over his head. 
  • A woman’s necklace gets caught in an elevator, and her head is removed offscreen. 
See what I mean? Those deaths are next level brutal.

And during my second watch, I noticed something different about the film. 

I couldn’t believe I had missed it the first time when I saw this film 7 years ago. 

The killer’s identity was revealed in the beginning of the film. 

I cannot believe I had missed that reveal the first time I saw the movie. My jaw dropped during the second viewing, as the main character is passing a mirror, with the killer pretending to be a part of the painting. 

Like bruh, how did I miss that???

And I have now found another reason why I love this slasher so dang much. 

I never thought I would become a hardcore Giallo fan, and it’s all thanks to Dario Argento!

Deep Red was my first introduction of his work, and I have been hooked on the Giallo genre ever since that day!

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