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Dario Argento

Dario Argento

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Dario Argento - what members say


  • Suspiria
  • Suspiria review by McClennan from St Helens, Home of The Challenge Cup Holders
    Rated - 4 stars Technically good but not a masterpiece 27 March 2005
    ...Revered Dario Argento horror classic, which I saw for the first time last. Laced with tension and a revamped 5.1 sound mix making it a lot creepier than it would have been. ...  
  • Phenomena
  • Phenomena review by from Manchester
    Rated - 3 stars The Ugly Bug Ball 30 May 2004
    ...Dario Argento's golden period were his three supernatural horrors - 'Deep Red', 'Suspiria' and 'Inferno'. 'Phenomena', a Swiss-set suspenser, is a long way behind them. Even...  
  • The Bird Of Crystal Plumage
  • The Bird Of Crystal Plumage review by from BRISTOL
    Rated - 4 stars 20 August 2004
    ...Dario Argento?s first film may be less gory and stylised than his later work, but this is still a stunning debut. Essentially a good but fairly standard serial killer thril...  

Dario Argento - filmography


  • Stendhal Syndrome on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Asia Argento,  Thomas Kretschmann
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    An undercover policewoman, Anna Manni, visits Florence's Uffizi Gallery and becomes disoriented by the disturbing beauty of the masterpieces on display. Soon thereafter, transfixed before Brueghel's The Flight of Icarus, she faints and plunges into the painting's ocean. A handsome stranger helps ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 500 members
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  • Tenebrae on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Anthony Franciosa,  John Saxon,  Daria Nicolodi
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A virtual style-fest from Italian horror mastermind Dario Argento, TENEBRAE was originally released in butchered form in the United States as UNSANE. Anthony Franciosa portrays Peter Neal, an American mystery novelist promoting his latest release in Rome. It's not long, however, until a killer is ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,601 member
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  • Suspiria (1976)
    Starring: Jessica Harper,  Stefania Casini,  Alida Valli
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Argento's masterpiece of horror, with its assault of garish colors, booming soundtrack and horrifically dreamlike set pieces, is the cinematic equivalent of an exceptionally scary fun house. It tells the story of Susan (Harper) a young, impressionable American who travels abroad in order to study ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 3,971 members
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  • Profondo Rosso on DVD (1975)
    Starring: David Hemmings,  Daria Nicolodi,  Gabriele Lavia
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    An English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal hatchet murder of his neighbor, a psychic. With the help of a tenacious young reporter he tries to discover the killer using very unconventional methods -- and the two are soon drawn into a shocking web of dementia, savagery and violence.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,086 member
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  • Cat O'Nine Tails on DVD (1971)
    Starring: James Franciscus,  Karl Malden,  Catherine Spaak
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Italian master of horror Dario Argento's second directorial effort (and the centerpiece of the "animal trilogy" of giallos--or mystery/thrillers--which includes BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE and FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET) is a suspenseful murder mystery infused with the filmmaker's trademark ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 601 members
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Dario Argento facts

5 most recent films

Mother of Tears - 2.5 stars
Masters Of Horror - Series 1 - Vol.2 - 3.0 stars
The Card Player - 2.5 stars
Sleepless - 2.5 stars
The Phantom Of The Opera - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Inferno - 3.5 stars
Profondo Rosso - 3.5 stars
The Bird Of Crystal Plumage - 3.0 stars
Masters Of Horror - Series 1 - Vol.2 - 3.0 stars
Terror At The Opera - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Interview, The - Documentary - 2.0 stars
Five Days Of Milan - 2.5 stars
Door Into Darkness - 3.5 stars
Four Flies On Grey Velvet - 3.5 stars
The Phantom Of The Opera - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Gabriele Lavia - 4 times - show films
Asia Argento - 4 times - show films
Daria Nicolodi - 4 times - show films
Stefania Casini - 3 times - show films
Stefano Dionisi - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Tobe Hooper - 1 times - show films
none - 1 times - show films
Luigi Cozzi - 1 times - show films
George A. Romero - 1 times - show films
Takashi Miike - 1 times - show films


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