SPLIT PERSONALITIES! BURIED TRAUMA! DEMANDING CAREERS! SHITTY BOYFRIENDS! COLD-BLOODED MURDER! IT'S HARD OUT HERE FOR A WOMAN!!

 

We've already talked about the giallo movies released during the genre's peak year of 1971 with Patrick and covered several of the American films found in the pages of Kier-La Janisse's House of Psychotic Women with Bill, so why not join Gabe and first-time guest host Sharon Gissy for a look at the female-centric gialli also found in Janisse's autobiographical topography of female neurosis in horror and exploitation film?

 

This month's titles include Francesco Barilli's The Perfume of the Lady in Black (Italian: Il profumo della signora in nero, 1974), Carlos Aured's Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll (Spanish: Spanish: Los ojos azules de la muñeca rota; aka: House of Psychotic Women, 1973, released in '74), Armando Crispino's Autopsy (Italian: Macchie solari, 1975), and Luigi Bazzoni's Footprints (Italian: Le orme, 1975). 

 

Please note that the podcasting app I use mistakenly recorded Sharon's laptop's built-in microphone instead of the one she was using, so there are some muffling and static issues with her audio. I've done what I could to correct this, but be ready for some minor crackles, pops, and inconsistencies.

 

00:00 – Intro

7:58 – Perfume of the Lady in Black

32:08 – Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll

52:55 – Autopsy

1:17:44 – Footprints

1:47:39 – Outro, including the other giallo titles in Janisse's book

 

Visit the Mental Filmness website: https://mentalfilmness.com/

Check out Kier-La Janisse's House of Psychotic Women website: https://houseofpsychoticwomen.com/

Read Michael Mackenzie's essay Gender, Genre and Sociocultural Change in the Giallo: 1970-1975: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/4730/

Outro song: "Walking on the Moon" by Rabbit Junk

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Releasedatum: 10-2-2026 17:00:00