Horror > Argento, Dario Horror

"I Can Have You When I Want!"

Advantages: A visual masterpiece
Disadvantages: Overlong and slighly naff

...he accepted the Role in Terror at the Opera he was feeling quite ill and realised that something was seriously wrong. Charleson vowed to do something far removed from his previous work and was a big fan of Dario Argento so continued with the project. Shortly after filming he fell even more ill was diagnosed with Aids and died a slow and painful death at the hands of the disease in 1990. An award was named after him in 1991 and is awarded to the best ...
...lose the plot a bit. Terror at the Opera is a prime example of this; normally his films look a bit wooden because of the dubbing, this movie has wood written all over it. Even a talented actor in a lead role could not appear to be well guided. Visually the movie is a treat; fantastic scenery and sets. Long drawn out imaginative killings involving household items, and a continued feel of menace for the films entire length. For most of the film you ...

sghawken 17.04.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Terror At The Opera (Subtitled) (Wide Screen) (DVD)

Non Ho Sonno

Advantages: Tremendous Rip Roaring Horror
Disadvantages: Overpriced

How And Why Sleepless Was Made -------------------------------------------- Dario Argento started his working life on spaghetti westerns; his collaboration with Sergio Leone on Once Upon A Time In The West is possibly his best known monie of that genre. Argento diversified his work by focusing on things that interested him, namely horror. Argento enjoyed the fact that he could take audiences a step further than they wanted to go. His horror work ...
...There is no doubt that Sleepless is not Argento's best work, but it's a really good contender for a top five of his best. From the moment the movie starts, you feel the tension. The feelings that you have about the plot from the start are usually a good indicator of how a Giallo film will end; not predictable, as the story unfolds the things that initially you thought are dismissed only to return later. All this aside you don't have a clue to the ...

sghawken 13.03.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Sleepless (DVD)

Heads Will Roll

Advantages: Quirky horror tale
Disadvantages: Lack of special features.

...in dozens of movies previously Trauma was the first movie in which Asia Argento played a leading part. Here she plays a deeply disturbed young woman with bulimia called Aura. Things from her childhood have bothered her all her life, but she is unable to put her finger on exactly what it is. When her parents decide to hold a séance in their home, things come to a head; quite literally. During the gathering the house is plunged into darkness and Aura ...
...shifts in the case of Trauma it comes off looking a bit tacky. The worst example of this being a small boy chasing after a lizard, while it draws a bit of humour to the centre of the movie it seems very out of place, but in honesty for most of the movie any scene involving this boy seems out of place. The film is all over the place, one minute you’re on the edge of your seat, the next your worried about how much longer the movie is going to go on. ...

sghawken 03.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Trauma (DVD)

Must have boxed set!!!

Advantages: Dario argento movie
Disadvantages: Giallo

for me argento is the best horror director i have all the movies of him because oyou can not find the atmosphere of his films in another movie .when we look at the boexed set included movies : the bird with a christal plummage is one of the best movies of the director, 'The Cat O'Nine Tails' and 'Phenomena'. these are also perfect movies of the director this boxed set is awesome for the fans the genre: GİALLO i am strongly recommend you guys ...

srsenman 01.02.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Giallo Collection (Box Set) (DVD)

Chasing tails

Advantages: Surprisingly good thriller
Disadvantages: Not all that memorable, strange ending

...'cat' in this film - cat o' nine tails refers to the leads that our heroes have to follow). I've seen a number of Italian giallos now, and although giallo refers to crime and mystery, I have come to expect aspects of horror and much sexual behaviour. This film, therefore, came as a bit of a surprise, because it is a straight work of crime fiction with nothing out of the ordinary. Nevertheless, I was impressed by what is actually a gripping detective ...
...the actors was the appearance of Karl Malden as Franco Arno. Karl Malden is best known for his superb role in A Streetcar Named Desire alongside Marlon Brando and I didn't really expect to see him in an Italian giallo. However, he is very good. He plays a blind man very convincingly and, although he sometimes seems to jump to conclusions far too easily, he is generally very realistic. He has a small niece who seems to look after him, and certainly ...

sunmeilan 02.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Cat O'Nine Tails (DVD)