▶ watchcultThe Black Abbot
1963 · France/West Germany · 89m
The standard-issue Wallace krimi. Hood, abbey, inheritance, fog.
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▶ watchcultThe Sinister Monk
1965 · West Germany · 87m
A whip-wielding monk killing heiresses. Closest the krimi got to giallo.
▶ watchcultThe Dead Eyes of London
1961 · West Germany · 98m
Blind killers, insurance fraud, and the best fog in the series.
▶ watchcultThe Inn on the River
1962 · West Germany · 92m
The Rialto Wallace machine at full tilt: fog, a harpoon and Klaus Kinski looking guilty.
▶ watchcultThe Creature with the Blue Hand
1967 · West Germany · 89m
Kinski playing both twins and a killer's claw that snaps shut like a bear trap. The krimi going out swinging.
▶ watchcultThe Fellowship of the Frog
1959 · West Germany/DK · 89m
The first Rialto Wallace krimi, and the reason the other thirty exist.
▶ watchcultThe Indian Scarf
1963 · West Germany · 86m
Ten heirs in a Scottish castle, strangled one at a time. Kinski included.
▶ watchcultThe College Girl Murders
1967 · West Germany · 88m
The point where the black-and-white krimi tips over into full-colour giallo delirium.
▶ watchknownThe Girl Who Knew Too Much
1963 · Italy · 86m
The one usually called the first giallo. Still half a krimi.