Liam Neeson in A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)

Gloria Stuart, Alan Dinehart, Richard Dix, and J. Carrol Naish in The Whistler (1944)

A summary of the gialli I have seen once or several times the last 20 years. Based on notes and vivid memory.

Jami Gertz, Corey Haim, Jason Patric, Kiefer Sutherland, Brooke McCarter, Alex Winter, and Billy Wirth in The Lost Boys (1987)

Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968)

Giallo  is the Italian term designating mystery fiction and thrillers. The word giallo is Italian for yellow. The term derives from a series of cheap paperback mystery and crime thriller novels with yellow covers that were popular in Italy.

In the context of 20th-century literature and film, especially among English speakers and non-Italians in general, giallo refers specifically to a particular Italian thriller-horror genre that has mystery or detective elements and often contains slasher, crime fiction, psychological thriller, psychological horror, sexploitation, and, less frequently, supernatural horror elements.

Valentina Cortese and John Saxon in The Evil Eye (1963)

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