I know we had previously announced that Italian director Sergio Martino was going to be at the Music Box Theatre on the 22nd for a screening of his 1973 epic Torso as the last film in this year’s January Giallo series. But the Giallo Gods have smiled upon us once again and have the Music Box has added another Martino classic, The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971), starring George Hilton, Edwige Fenech, Ivan Rassimov, and Alberto de Mendoza, which I would consider a very essential title in the giallo sub-genre. This screening will be taking place on Tuesday the 23rd, at 7pm.

nce again, Martino will be in attendance for a Q&A after the film. Tickets can be purchased from the Music Box website by clicking HERE. If you haven’t gotten your ticket for this screening, or for Torso, and were planning to, I wouldn’t wait too long since I have a feeling these screenings will set out. Or at least, they should be with an icon like Martino being there.

In the early ’70s, Martino directed a slew of incredibly well-crafted and stylish films that really set him apart from other directors. He gave us such titles like All of the Colors of the Dark (1972), Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972), The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975), Slave of the Cannibal God (1978), and a personal favorite of mine, The Island of the Fishmen (1979).

Hope to you everyone there for these screenings.