All the Colors of the Dark + Messiah of Evil

All the Colors of the Dark + Messiah of Evil
Podcast: Double Feature
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Deepcuts for giallo-lovers. All the Colors of the Dark, a giallo favorite. Dream-giallo. Everything you can do when you're not worrying abou...

Posted February 17, 2022
Hosted by Alice Thirteen & Michael Koester
Tags:All PodcastsYear 14

Episode Notes

Deepcuts for giallo-lovers. All the Colors of the Dark, a giallo favorite. Dream-giallo. Everything you can do when you’re not worrying about story. The great Edwige Fenech, cult sensation and absolute icon. The makeup! Two covers that did the job. Messiah of Evil as a hypothetical American giallo-adjacent horror film out of California. After the psychological but before the franchises, there was 1970s horror. Wandering through California grocery stores at 3am.

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All the Colors of the Dark

All the Colors of the Dark


Released: February 28, 1972
Runtime: 87 min | IMDB | Wikipedia

Director: Sergio Martino
Writer: Ernesto Gastaldi, Sauro Scavolini
Starring: George Hilton, Edwige Fenech, Ivan Rassimov

Jane lives in London with her boyfriend Richard. Her mother was murdered when she was young, she recently lost a baby in a car crash and she's plagued by nightmares of a knife-wielding man. Richard thinks that the cure is vitamins, while Jane's sister recommends psychiatric help. But a new neighbour promises that if she participates in a Black Mass, all her fears will disappear, instead it just seems to bring her nightmares to life.

Messiah of Evil

Messiah of Evil


Released: May 2, 1973
Runtime: 90 min | IMDB | Wikipedia

Director: Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz
Writer: Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz
Starring: Michael Greer, Marianna Hill, Joy Bang

A young woman goes searching for her missing artist father. Her journey takes her to a strange Californian seaside town governed by a mysterious undead cult.

 
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