Unlike his last feature to be released in the U.S., 2018’s Climax (2019’s Lux Æterna is finally getting its debut here this weekend), which placed them right in the middle of the movie, Gaspar Noé‘s Vortex puts the entirety of...
An hour may seem like enough time to adapt an eight-page Poe short story but it’s not nearly enough time for Romero to fully and effectively explore the ambitious themes that he attempted to add to otherwise terse, gothic source...
October month wraps up with Opera, the best example of what makes up a Dario Argento film both for good and ill. But mainly ill. Jim’s done with torturing and objectifying women, thanks very much. Happy Halloween everybody! And please get...
Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria, a remake of Dario Argento’s landmark 1977 horror film, wastes no time establishing precisely what will make it both similar and distinct from the classic. Like Argento’s, Guadagnino starts his film with ominous music and the sound...
Now that we’ve established how to make a giallo, we’ll explore how Dario Argento makes a giallo: with a soundtrack that doesn’t make sense, troubling attitudes towards women, and a monkey that saves the day.
In order to appreciate Dario Argento, one must first fully appreciate the giallo genre. So, Jim sets out to do just that in this episode, analyzing what constitutes good giallo in order to understand what makes The Cat o’ Nine Tails exemplary.
Somehow, Jim and James McCormick of That’s Not Current manage to get sidetracked before the discussion on Argento even begins but the two eventually do get around to talking about the legendary giallo filmmaker. The two discuss what typifies giallo,...
It sometimes seems like there are those who would like to take the whole gorehound segment of horror fandom and cordon them off, dismissing them as only interested in base, cheap thrills. With Opera, Dario Argento of course details spilt blood and sliced...
DARIO ARGENTO SUSPIRIA, OPERA, PHENOMENA Perhaps the most famous of Italian giallo (or pulp horror) directors, Dario Argento has turned images of death and gore into works of art. Beginning his career as a writer, Argento contributed to the story...
