Here is a collection of Italian Giallo
masterpieces on PAL VHS, A bulk of this collection is from the
REDEMPTION & SALVATION collections which were released in the 90s,
There are also some Italian Imports.
The
majority of the tapes look like they have been watched once, The tapes
are flush & even, No bumpy uneven tape from constant rewinding back
& forth on different machines. Super minty & everything, boxes.
sleeves, crisp.
Spot checked on a Nicam PAL VHS machine No issues with playback, No snapped or chewed up tapes.
I
would say before playing any tape, Make sure your playback machine has
clean heads from a dab of iso & the tape is aligned by fast
forwarding to the end & then rewinding back to the start which will
match up your machines spool height with the head, The tension of the
tape is then also sorted out ready to enjoy the show. You don't want to
be chewing up the tape or damaging it with a poorly setup machine & a
slack tape wipe out half way in.
It's
a great collection of obscure but great movies, The soundtracks are
amazing also, Many of the vinyl versions of these soundtracks are
£200/£300+, They sound very good from the videotape, Some of the
soundtracks are unavailable on any format apart from on the actual
movies. Lots of great Ennio Morricone stuff. The amazing 'Spaghetti
Westerns' like Once Upon A Time In The West, Fistful Of Dollars &
The Good The Bad & The Ugly are all Italian movies dubbed into
english, Many people involved in these Giallo also worked on them too.
You
can see Quentin Tarantino has taken a lot of 'inspiration' from these
Giallo thrillers when you watch them, Like the spaghetti western source
he got so much from only more out there. Great source material to
reference if you are making movies, lots of inspiring stuff but a lot of
it used up already LOL.
Some
of these are dubbed into english & some are subtitled there's no
linear formula with the English language released versions.
We
searched around online for availablity & completed items sold, We
couldn't see many, Any titles we did find only 1 or 2 copies were for
sale globally & asking £20/£30 on average per cassette then £20-£30 on postage. It's a good
oportunity to stock up on Giallo movies especially if you trade in this
marketplace, An Italian bookseller had one of the titles for £60, That
gives an indication of the scarcity of these things, Especially outside
of Italy.
Didn't even look at DVD's but my guess these are so esoteric they're scarse in any format.
The list is as follows:
L'Assassino Ha Riservato 9 - Giuseppe Bennati (Italian Issue with booklet) OST Carlo Savina
Una Farfalla Con Le Ali Insanguinate - Duccio Tessari (Italian Issue) OST Gianni Ferrio
Nude Per L'Assasino - Andrea Bianchi (Italian Issue) Edwige Fenech + Fermi Benussi OST Berto Pissano
Five Dolls For An August Moon - Mario Bava (Redemption UK issue) OST Piero Umilani
Devils Nightmare - Jean Brismee (Redemption UK issue) OST Alessandro Alessandroni
The Frightened Woman - Piero Schivazappa (Salvation UK issue) OST Stelvio Cipriani
What Have They Done To Your Daughters - Massimo Dallamando (Salvation UK issue) OST Stelvio Cipriani
Curse Of The Vampire - Jose Maria Elorietta (Salvation UK issue) OST Aldo Piga
The Pyjama Case Girl - Flavio Mogherini (Salvation UK issue) OST Riz Ortolani
Forbidden Photos Of A Lady Under Suspicion - Luciano Ercoli (Salvation UK issue) OST Ennio Morricone
Cold Eyes Of Fear - Enzo G Castellari (Salvation UK issue) OST Ennio Morricone
Venus In Furs - Massimo Dallamondo (Salvation UK issue) OST Gian Franco Reverberi
In The Folds Of The Flesh - Sergio Bergonzelli (Salvation UK issue) OST Jesus Villa Rojo
Who Saw Her Die? - Aldo Lado (Salvation UK issue) OST Ennio Morricone
The Fifth Cord - Luigi Bazzoni (Salvation UK issue) OST Ennio Morricone
My Dear Killer - Tonino Valerii (Salvation UK issue) OST Ennio Morricone
Good Little Girls - Jean Claude Roy (Jezebel UK issue) OST Maurice Lecoeur