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Film
Shock Treatment: Piercing Director Nicolas Pesce’s Favourite Gialli
From its lurid aesthetics to its pulsing soundtrack, director Nicolas Pesce's second feature, Piercing, is a homage to the great Italian horror movies of the 1970s. Here he takes us through ten of his favourites, from Dario Argento to Lucio Fulci and beyond
In Conversation
Giallo Can You Go? Talking Italian Horror With Spector
You might not guess it from his besuited and bespectacled exterior, but Spector singer Fred Macpherson is a devotee of Italian horror cinema. The BBC Sound Of 2012 nominee reveals more in conversation with Dario Argento biographer James Gracey. Photo by Joe Tovey Frost
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God-Killer’s Alive: Owen Pallett Interviewed
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