While it is true that Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho is one of the earliest precursors to the entire slasher sub-genre, there was a direct influence the film had on cinema that eventually led to slashers ...

Atop a pretty mountain peak at the edge of the Italian Alps lies an unexpected sight: an abandoned hotel that has seen better days. The Grand Hotel Campo dei Fiori sits on Monte Tre Croci at an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Simon is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers film and TV. "I didn't feel obliged to make a sequel at all," explains director ...

Italy's happiest town might not sound like the most obvious venue for a horror film on paper. However, director Paolo Strippoli is turning a place of contentment into a home of nightmares in his ...

Over 50 years after its release, Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, remains one of the most controversial films ever put to the big screen. But in 1975, it wasn't legally possible to screen in most ...

Italy is hopping on the 3D bandwagon with a pair of titles from two of its most well-known directors: horror maestro Dario Argento and soft-porn helmer Tinto Brass. Argento is penning the script for a ...