Four Flies On Grey Velvet, 1971. Directed by Dario Argento. Starring Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Bud Spencer, and Calisto Calisti. SYNOPSIS: A man who thinks he accidentally murdered someone he thought was stalking him attempts to unravel a mystery when he discovers there was more behind it. It has been a long time […]
The Gruesome Brilliance of 1980s Italian Horror Cinema
Tom Jolliffe goes back to the 80s to look at a crazy, gore-filled period in Italian horror cinema… There’s a great legacy in Italian horror. Most famously, the giallo films which rose to prominence through the 60’s and 70’s (led first by Mario Bava, and taken to new heights via Dario Argento) put Italian horror […]
Exclusive trailer for Arrow’s Molto Argento: The Dario Argento Collection
Streaming service Arrow is celebrating the works of legendary filmmaker Dario Argento with a collection of the Italian horror maestro’s finest works as part of the Molto Argento: The Dario Argento Collection, and we have an exclusive trailer for the season which includes classics like The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The Cat o’ Nine […]
Movie Review – Dark Glasses (2022)
Dark Glasses, 2022. Co-written and directed by Dario Argento. Starring Ilenia Pastorelli, Asia Argento, Andrea Gherpelli, and Mario Pirrello. SYNOPSIS: Diana, a young woman who lost her sight, finds a guide in a Chinese boy named Chin. Together they will track down a dangerous killer through the darkness of Italy. You’d be forgiven for assuming […]
Daft Punk tapped to score new Dario Argento giallo Black Glasses
Italian filmmaker Dario Argento is working on his first film since 2012’s Dracula 3D, and this is his return to the crime thriller genre he helped shape. The new Giallo film titled Occhiali Neri or Black Glasses will star his daughter and frequent collaborator Asia Argento and feature French music duo Daft Punk as its […]
Dario Argento’s Dreadful Bond gets playable demo
Developer Clod Studio has released an early playable tech demo for their first-person psychological horror title, Dario Argento’s Dreadful Bond, to spark further interest towards their Kickstarter campaign. The tech demo – downloadable here – showcases the game’s black-and-white visual, detailed game objects, and thick giallo atmosphere. Dario Argento’s Dreadful Bond is described as a […]
Filmmaking With No Money and Big Ideas
Tom Jolliffe offers an insight into no budget film-making, and why you should aim as high as those means can reach… I won’t claim to be Steven Spielberg (or even Steven Spielbergo) but aspiring film-makers can learn a lot from not just the industry masters of past and present, but from each other. I’ve spoken […]
Master of Horror: Five Essential Dario Argento Films
Dominic O’Brien selects his Five Essential Films of Dario Argento… Although he has fallen from grace somewhat recently, during the 70s and 80s Dario Argento was the master of suspense and mystery. During this time he managed to craft some of the finest pieces of Italian giallo and genre films. Still, to this day his […]
Through Glasses Darkly: Dario Argento’s Animal Trilogy
Louis Fletcher revisits Dario Argento’s Animal Trilogy… Now available on the horror streaming service Shudder, Dario Argento’s Dark Glasses is a welcome return from the man many thought to have retired. Marking the maestro’s return to the giallo, the genre he pioneered in the 1970s, such an effort inevitably invites comparison with his earlier works, […]
The Joy of a Loving 4K Restoration
Tom Jolliffe on the joy of a loving 4K restoration… In cinema, there’s a progressive fascination with new fangled technology. With every passing year, new tech and new kit is released leaving those with a technological fascination slobbering in anticipation. If you’re a filmmaker with any passing eye upon breaking Netflix you know that the […]
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