DIRECTORS: Dario Argento

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The films of Dario Argento

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L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo (The Bird With the Crystal Plumage) 1969,  PG)
L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo (The Bird With the Crystal Plumage)
Really fantastic Giallo and the birth of Dario Argento as a horror auteur.

Beautiful cinematography by Vittorio Storaro and shockingly, a story you can actually understand.
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Cat O'Nine Tails 1971,  R)
Cat O'Nine Tails
Decent Giallo from Argento. Couple of good kills, a great ending fight sequence and Karl Malden turning in an interesting performance
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet (4 mosche di velluto grigio) 1971,  PG)
4
Door into Darkness 1974,  Unrated)
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Deep Red (Profondo rosso) 1975,  R)
Deep Red (Profondo rosso)
Great Giallo... Argento is at the top of his game
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Suspiria 1977,  R)
Suspiria
One of the most beautiful movie ever made. The last 3 strip techno-color film to be shot. Haunting and terrifying with a kick ass Goblin soundtrack
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Inferno 1999,  R)
Inferno
Not nearly as good as Suspiria, but creepy with beautiful lighting.
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Phenomena (Creepers) 1984,  R)
Phenomena (Creepers)
Like most Argento films it's awesomely atmospheric.
Like most Italian horror films the ending is bat shit insane.
Lets just say it involves a swarm of flies, a flaming deformed retarded kid and a razor wielding monkey.
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Opera 1987,  R)
Opera
Worth seeing for the slow mo bullet through the eye shot alone.

Overall very effective and enjoyable., but marred by a ridiculous ending. The acting and story are also a little shoddy at times, but that's par for the course in this sub genre.

Argento's moving camera in this film is stunning. Easily on par with Scorcese & Ballhau's and Coen & Levinson's work.
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Tenebre (Unsane) 1982,  R)
Tenebre (Unsane)
It's no Bird with the Crystal Plumage, or Deep Red (or Suspiria for that matter), but Tenebre is still one hell of a giallo.
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Two Evil Eyes 1990,  R)
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Trauma (Dario Argento's Trauma) 1993,  R)
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La sindrome di Stendhal (The Stendhal Syndrome) 1996,  Unrated)
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Il Fantasma dell'Opera (The Phantom of the Opera) 1998,  R)
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Non ho sonno (Sleepless) 2001,  R)
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Dario Argento's The Card Player ,  Unrated)
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Ti piace Hitchcock? (Do You Like Hitchcock?) 2005,  Unrated)
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La Terza Madre (Mother of Tears: The Third Mother) 2007,  R)
La Terza Madre (Mother of Tears: The Third Mother)
Please don't let me down Argento...please?
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Giallo 2009,  R)

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