thriller &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:thriller @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:43:13 +0200 みな殺しの霊歌 [Minagoroshi no reika / I, the Executioner] (Tai Katō, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-7hcf <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" みな殺しの霊歌 [Minagoroshi no reika / I, the Executioner] (Tai Katō, 1968)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 3/div div class="occasion" 1968/div div class="img" しの霊歌 (1968)/div div class="caption" A newspaper headline for April 3, 1968: "COMPANY DIRECTOR'S WIFE NEWEST VICTIM". DP: Keiji Maruyama./div div class="txt" "With bar hostesses, there's a type who are likely to be murdered." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #TaiKatō #MakotoSatō #HajimeKaburagi #KeijiMaruyama #crime #thriller #rape #revenge #SerialKillers #Japan #1960s ★★★★★/div /section ]]>

みな殺しの霊歌 [Minagoroshi no reika / I, the Executioner] (Tai Katō, 1968)

Apr

3

1968

しの霊歌 (1968)

A newspaper headline for April 3, 1968: “COMPANY DIRECTOR'S WIFE NEWEST VICTIM”. DP: Keiji Maruyama.

“With bar hostesses, there's a type who are likely to be murdered.”

#FilmDuJour #April #TaiKatō #MakotoSatō #HajimeKaburagi #KeijiMaruyama #crime #thriller #rape #revenge #SerialKillers #Japan #1960s ★★★★★

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-7hcf Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200 The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock, 1934) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-rrvw <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock, 1934)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 21/div div class="X" /div div class="img" The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)/div div class="caption" Abbott (Peter Lorre). DP: Curt Courant./div div class="txt" "Stand by, there's trouble coming soon." ### – Bob Lawrence\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #AlfredHitchcock #Hitchcock #PeterLorre #LeslieBanks #ArthurBenjamin #CurtCourant #crime #thriller #UK #1930s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock, 1934)

Mar

21

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

Abbott (Peter Lorre). DP: Curt Courant.

“Stand by, there's trouble coming soon.”

– Bob Lawrence

#FilmDuJour #March #AlfredHitchcock #Hitchcock #PeterLorre #LeslieBanks #ArthurBenjamin #CurtCourant #crime #thriller #UK #1930s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-rrvw Sat, 21 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Paranoia [A Quiet Place to Kill] (Umberto Lenzi, 1970) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ky1l <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Paranoia [A Quiet Place to Kill] (Umberto Lenzi, 1970)/div div class="month" Feb/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 13/div div class="occasion" J&B/div div class="img" Paranoia (1970).png)/div div class="caption" Carroll Baker as Helen pours herself a stiff drink while a guy in lettuce-coloured pants struts in. She's deserves it. Damn it, we ALL deserve it! DP: Guglielmo Mancori./div div class="txt" "You represent everything I detest in a man." ### – Lily Harmer /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #JandB #whisky #UmbertoLenzi #CarrollBaker #JeanSorel #LuisDávila #AlbertoDalbés #GregorioGarcíaSegura #NinoRota #GuglielmoMancori #giallo #crime #thriller #Italy #France #Spain #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Paranoia [A Quiet Place to Kill] (Umberto Lenzi, 1970)

Feb

13

J&B

Paranoia (1970)

Carroll Baker as Helen pours herself a stiff drink while a guy in lettuce-coloured pants struts in. She's deserves it. Damn it, we ALL deserve it! DP: Guglielmo Mancori.

“You represent everything I detest in a man.”

– Lily Harmer

#FilmDinner #JandB #whisky #UmbertoLenzi #CarrollBaker #JeanSorel #LuisDávila #AlbertoDalbés #GregorioGarcíaSegura #NinoRota #GuglielmoMancori #giallo #crime #thriller #Italy #France #Spain #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ky1l Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:03:47 +0100 Night Must Fall (Karel Reisz, 1964) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-n6qg <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Night Must Fall (Karel Reisz, 1964)/div div class="month" Feb/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 2/div div class="occasion" roast/div div class="img" Night Must Fall (1964).png)/div div class="caption" A man mostly off screen carves meat of some sort. Surely it's symbolic. DP: Freddie Francis./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #roast #meat #KarelReisz #EmlynWilliams #AlbertFinney #MonaWashbourne #SusanHampshire #SheilaHancock #RonGrainer #FreddieFrancis #theatre #drama #crime #thriller #UK #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Night Must Fall (Karel Reisz, 1964)

Feb

2

roast

Night Must Fall (1964)

A man mostly off screen carves meat of some sort. Surely it's symbolic. DP: Freddie Francis.

 

#FilmDinner #roast #meat #KarelReisz #EmlynWilliams #AlbertFinney #MonaWashbourne #SusanHampshire #SheilaHancock #RonGrainer #FreddieFrancis #theatre #drama #crime #thriller #UK #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-n6qg Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:11:49 +0100 黒の試走車 [Kuro no tesuto kā / Black Test Car] (Yasuzō Masumura, 1962) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-9twb <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 黒の試走車 [Kuro no tesuto kā / Black Test Car] (Yasuzō Masumura, 1962)/div div class="month" Jan/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 18/div div class="X" /div div class="img" 黒の試走車 (1962).png)/div div class="caption" We watch over a man's shoulder. He's behind a table, wearing a pinstripe suit. In front of him drinks and chopsticks on a chopstick rest. He's signing the top leaf of a chequebook. DP: Yoshihisa Nakagawa./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #YasuzōMasumura #ToshiyukiKajiyama #JirōTamiya #JunkoKanō #EijiFunakoshi #HideoTakamatsu #YōsukeTakemura #SeiIkeno #YoshihisaNakagawa #capitalism #drama #thriller #BookAdaptation #Japan #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

黒の試走車 [Kuro no tesuto kā / Black Test Car] (Yasuzō Masumura, 1962)

Jan

18

黒の試走車 (1962)

We watch over a man's shoulder. He's behind a table, wearing a pinstripe suit. In front of him drinks and chopsticks on a chopstick rest. He's signing the top leaf of a chequebook. DP: Yoshihisa Nakagawa.

 

#FilmDinner #YasuzōMasumura #ToshiyukiKajiyama #JirōTamiya #JunkoKanō #EijiFunakoshi #HideoTakamatsu #YōsukeTakemura #SeiIkeno #YoshihisaNakagawa #capitalism #drama #thriller #BookAdaptation #Japan #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-9twb Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:26:35 +0100 Que la bête meure [The Beast Must Die] (Claude Chabrol, 1969) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-67s7 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Que la bête meure [The Beast Must Die] (Claude Chabrol, 1969)/div div class="month" Jan/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 3/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Que la bête meure (1969).png)/div div class="caption" A hand writes 3 janvier in red ink on quad paper. DP: Jean Rabier./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #January #ClaudeChabrol #CecilDayLewis #MichelDuchaussoy #CarolineCellier #JeanYanne #AnoukFerjac #MarcDiNapoli #LouiseChevalier #PierreJansen #JeanRabier #drama #revenge #thriller #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Que la bête meure [The Beast Must Die] (Claude Chabrol, 1969)

Jan

3

Que la bête meure (1969)

A hand writes 3 janvier in red ink on quad paper. DP: Jean Rabier.

 

#FilmDuJour #January #ClaudeChabrol #CecilDayLewis #MichelDuchaussoy #CarolineCellier #JeanYanne #AnoukFerjac #MarcDiNapoli #LouiseChevalier #PierreJansen #JeanRabier #drama #revenge #thriller #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-67s7 Sat, 03 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Canon City (Crane Wilbur, 1948) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-27h5 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Canon City (Crane Wilbur, 1948)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 30/div div class="occasion" 1947/div div class="img" Canon City (1948)/div div class="caption" A calendar page. It's December 30, 1947. DP: John Alton./div div class="txt" "We're not here to play dominoes." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #December #CraneWilbur #ScottBrady #JohnAlton #drama #crime #JailBreak #FilmNoir #DocuDrama #thriller #HomeInvasion #CanonCity #Colorado #USA #1940s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Canon City (Crane Wilbur, 1948)

Dec

30

1947

Canon City (1948)

A calendar page. It's December 30, 1947. DP: John Alton.

“We're not here to play dominoes.”

#FilmDuJour #December #CraneWilbur #ScottBrady #JohnAlton #drama #crime #JailBreak #FilmNoir #DocuDrama #thriller #HomeInvasion #CanonCity #Colorado #USA #1940s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-27h5 Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Le pacha [Pasha / Showdown] (Georges Lautner, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-yw2w <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Le pacha [Pasha / Showdown] (Georges Lautner, 1968)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 19/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Le pacha (1968).png)/div div class="caption" Jean Gabin and Dany Carrel in a still on the cover of Serge Gainsbourg's Requiem pour un con 7" (via). DP: Maurice Fellous./div div class="txt" "Écoute les orgues Elles jouent pour toi Il est terrible, cet air-là J'espère que tu aimes C'est assez beau, non ? C'est le requiem pour un con" ### – Serge Gainsbourg, Requiem pour un con (1968) /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #December #GeorgesLautner #JeanLaborde #JeanGabin #DanyCarrel #AndréPousse #RobertDalban #JeanGaven #LouisArbessier #GérardBuhr #MauriceGarrel #SergeGainsbourg #MauriceFellous #crime #action #thriller #drama #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Le pacha [Pasha / Showdown] (Georges Lautner, 1968)

Dec

19

Le pacha (1968)

Jean Gabin and Dany Carrel in a still on the cover of Serge Gainsbourg's Requiem pour un con 7” (via). DP: Maurice Fellous.

“Écoute les orgues Elles jouent pour toi Il est terrible, cet air-là J'espère que tu aimes C'est assez beau, non ? C'est le requiem pour un con”

– Serge Gainsbourg, Requiem pour un con (1968)

#FilmDuJour #December #GeorgesLautner #JeanLaborde #JeanGabin #DanyCarrel #AndréPousse #RobertDalban #JeanGaven #LouisArbessier #GérardBuhr #MauriceGarrel #SergeGainsbourg #MauriceFellous #crime #action #thriller #drama #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-yw2w Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Panic in the Streets (Elia Kazan, 1950) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-d6dk <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Panic in the Streets (Elia Kazan, 1950)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 13/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Panic in the Streets (1950).png)/div div class="caption" A bunch of tough-looking guys at a table with what may be a sandwich. Even the sandwich is up to no good.. DP: Joseph MacDonald./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #EliaKazan #RichardWidmark #PaulDouglas #BarbaraBelGeddes #JackPalance #ZeroMostel #DanRiss #TommyCook #AlfredNewman #JosephMacDonald #crime #outbreak #drama #thriller #FilmNoir #USA #1950s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Panic in the Streets (Elia Kazan, 1950)

Dec

13

Panic in the Streets (1950)

A bunch of tough-looking guys at a table with what may be a sandwich. Even the sandwich is up to no good.. DP: Joseph MacDonald.

 

#FilmDinner #EliaKazan #RichardWidmark #PaulDouglas #BarbaraBelGeddes #JackPalance #ZeroMostel #DanRiss #TommyCook #AlfredNewman #JosephMacDonald #crime #outbreak #drama #thriller #FilmNoir #USA #1950s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-d6dk Sat, 13 Dec 2025 16:24:26 +0100 Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/psycho-1960 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 11/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Psycho (1960)/div div class="caption" Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) in front of the family motel. DP: John L. Russell./div div class="txt" "The mattress is soft and there're hangers in the closet and stationary with "Bates' Motel" printed on it in case you want to make your friends back home envious." ### – Norman Bates\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #December #AlfredHitchcock #Hitchcock #BatesMotel #AnthonyPerkins #JanetLeigh #BatesMotel #BernardHerrmann #JohnLRussell #BookAdaptation #RobertBloch #crime #horror #thriller #USA #1960s/div /section ]]>

Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)

Dec

11

Psycho (1960)

Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) in front of the family motel. DP: John L. Russell.

“The mattress is soft and there're hangers in the closet and stationary with “Bates' Motel” printed on it in case you want to make your friends back home envious.”

– Norman Bates

#FilmDuJour #December #AlfredHitchcock #Hitchcock #BatesMotel #AnthonyPerkins #JanetLeigh #BatesMotel #BernardHerrmann #JohnLRussell #BookAdaptation #RobertBloch #crime #horror #thriller #USA #1960s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/psycho-1960 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100