When it comes to the films of Dario Argento, Mario Bava, Lucio Fulci and Sergio Martino, all of whom are pioneers of the glamorous and bloody giallo genre of Italian horror films, it can be said that they would be nothing if it weren’t for their leading ladies. Actresses such as Dagmar Lassander, Barbara Bouchet, Edwige Fenech, Carla Brait and Marisa Mell have become legends thanks to their striking looks, killer wardrobes and the ability to maintain it all whilst being stalked, blackmailed and hunted.

For her first hardcover photo book, Californian photographer Kristin Gallegos has created her very own giallo. In a series of interconnected vignettes featuring models Cora Keegan, Dani Dolinger, Chavi St. Hill, Ashley Smith, Alix Brown and others, Gallegos stages imagined film stills in a distinctly giallo style whilst paying tribute to the individual leading ladies who defined the genre. Her book, Eight Dolls for an Autumn Moon, takes its title from Mario Bava’s 1970 classic Five Dolls for an August Moon starring Edwige Fenech.

Photos Courtesy of Kristin Gallego / Snap Collective