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 […]
October Horrors 2021 – Opera (1987)
Opera, 1987. Directed by Dario Argento. Starring Cristina Marsillach, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi, Ian Charleson, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni and William McNamara. SYNOPSIS: A young soprano is forced to contend with a sadistic killer stalking the halls of the opera house in which she sings. Ah, Opera. The height of high culture and home to some of […]
October Horrors 2021 – Inferno (1980)
Inferno, 1980. Directed by Dario Argento. Starring Irene Mircale, Leigh McCloskey, Eleonora Giorgi, Daria Nicolodi, Sacha Pitoeff, Alida Valli and Veronica Lazar. SYNOPSIS: A young man investigating the disappearance of his sister discovers that her home rests upon the lair of an ancient and powerful witch. Our second film this month from Italian horror maestro […]
Garish Colour, Prog Rock, Masked Killers and a Glass Fetish: Dario Argento’s Glory Years
Tom Jolliffe on the years, and films, which defined Dario Argento… Looking back over his peak years, whilst Dario Argento may not have been the first pioneer of Giallo horror, he followed in the footsteps of the great Mario Bava and popularised Italian horror around the world in a way even Bava could only dream […]
Arrow bringing Dario Argento’s The Bird with the Crystal Plumage to 4K Ultra HD
Arrow Video has announced that Dario Argento’s 1970 directorial debut The Bird with the Crystal Plumage is set for a limited edition 4K Ultra HD release this June; check out the cover artwork, contents and special features below… In 1970, young first-time director Dario Argento (Deep Red, Suspiria) made his indelible mark on Italian cinema […]
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 […]
Arrow Video releasing new 4K restorations of Demons and Demons 2
Arrow Video has announced the upcoming February 22nd release of Lamberto Bava and Dario Argento’s classic 80s horror films Demons and Demons 2 in a limited edition box set featuring brand new 4K restorations of both movies from the original camera negatives, as well as a host of special features. In the early 1980s, Dario […]
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 […]
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 […]
October Horrors 2019 Day 9 – The Bird with The Crystal Plumage (1970)
The Bird with The Crystal Plumage, 1970. Directed by Dario Argento. Starring Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi, Umberto Raho, and Renato Romano. SYNOPSIS: An American writer living in Rome finds himself in a cat mouse game with a brutal serial killer whose latest attack he is the sole witness to. After […]