Episode 43: Eyeball

What do we see in Umberto Lenzi's final true giallo, 1975's Eyeball/Gatti rossi in un labirinto di vetro? Listen and find out.

CW: Violence, gendered violence, problematic portrayals of LGBTIQ+ characters.

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Giallo Reading List
La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film by Mikel J. Koven

Italian Giallo in Film and Television: A Critical History by Roberto Curti

So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films by Troy Howarth
Volume 1: 1963-1973
Volume 2: 1974-2013
Volume 3: Giallo-Style Films From Around the World

Mario Bava: All the Colours of the Dark By Tim Lucas

Dario Argento: The Man, the Myths & the Magic by Alan Jones

All the Colours of Sergio Martino by Kat Ellinger

Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci by Stephen Thrower

Human Beasts: The Films of Paul Naschy by Troy Howarth

Italian Horrors: Cannibals, Zombies, Strange Vices and Guilty Pleasures! edited by Allan Bryce

Make Them Die Slowly: The Kinetic Cinema of Umberto Lenzi by Troy Howarth