OK, if two Giallo movies count as “a fistful,” that’s how many I covered at 366Weird lately and haven’t had the time to blog-blab about it yet. Forgive me if I burrow under the icebergs once in awhile, I am a busy penguin. That’s reviews of The Fifth Cord (1971) and All the Colors of the Dark (1972).
I loves me some Giallo, so much so that the editors at 366Weird pretty much leave everything in that genre up to me now. Even though I’ll be the first to admit that Giallo movies are often hokey, derivative, and usually out of their mind, I can’t get enough of the atmosphere, arty filming, and pulp fiction vibe from this charming little corner of cinema.
By the way, I don’t do this often enough, but, speaking of 366 Weird Movies… there’s a book coming out, and it’s going to be the BIG book of reviews of the entire list of 366 weirdest movies ever made, ranked by open vote, and covered by several staff writers at 366Weird including yours truly. It will take some time, but this is exciting!
In fact, if any of you out there are a-hankerin’ for some Penguin Pete on your bookshelf, 366Weird has released yearbooks every year, some of which include my reviews whenever I post there during that year. Besides me, you get that Algonquin round table of other expert authors there all waxing gooey over hideous abominations and charming quirk-fests in cinema, past and present.
