Explore Giallo through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Giallo meaning
- A genre of Italian cinema mixing mystery and thriller with psychological elements.
- A film in this genre.
Using Giallo
- The main meaning on this page is: A genre of Italian cinema mixing mystery and thriller with psychological elements. | A film in this genre.
Context around Giallo
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Giallo
- In this selection, "giallo" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, style, bloodiest, top, featuring, almost and touches stand out and add context to how "giallo" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 70s style giallo practical horror and citation yellow giallo in italy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "giallo" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with giallo
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Giallo almost always involves crime, including murders, deception, and sometimes investigation. (11 words)
Perkins himself directed which contained more of an over the top, Giallo-style atmosphere. (14 words)
Another pioneer is Dario Argento, whose later giallo output includes Do You Like Hitchcock? (14 words)
Featuring Kung Fu sound effects and a score that sounds like it belongs in an Umberto Lenzi film, Ikeda’s gory fever dream sometimes feels like a Giallo featuring special effects from Rob Bottin. (34 words)
Terrifier 3 combines ’70s-style Giallo practical horror with Harpo Marx-ian slapstick acting expression that leaves one’s skin crawling and funny bone tickled. (25 words)
The Maya glyph for "yellow" (k'an) also means "precious" or "ripe". citation *Yellow" (" giallo "), in Italy, refers to crime stories, both fictional and real. (25 words)
Another pioneer is Dario Argento, whose later giallo output includes Do You Like Hitchcock? (14 words)
Example sentences (11)
Featuring Kung Fu sound effects and a score that sounds like it belongs in an Umberto Lenzi film, Ikeda’s gory fever dream sometimes feels like a Giallo featuring special effects from Rob Bottin.
Giallo almost always involves crime, including murders, deception, and sometimes investigation.
Stylistically, McCarthy’s giallo touches — frenzied zoom-ins, gasps, saturated red and purple cinematography — are delicious.
This Italian horror film is a pastiche of a variety of horror genres, from giallo, to folk horror, to found footage.
Terrifier 3 combines ’70s-style Giallo practical horror with Harpo Marx-ian slapstick acting expression that leaves one’s skin crawling and funny bone tickled.
High praise aside, is Italian horror master Mario Bava's bloodiest giallo, and particularly graphic in comparison to the rest of the subgenre.
Perkins himself directed which contained more of an over the top, Giallo-style atmosphere.
Another pioneer is Dario Argento, whose later giallo output includes Do You Like Hitchcock?
Unlike most giallo films, is a period piece which was rare for the genre.
For his devotion to Mussolini, the satirical magazine Il Becco Giallo used to call him P. Randello (randello in Italian means club ).
The Maya glyph for "yellow" (k'an) also means "precious" or "ripe". citation *Yellow" (" giallo "), in Italy, refers to crime stories, both fictional and real.