Tag: Deep Red
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These Are the Scariest 5 Minutes in Any Giallo Horror Movie
Before horror’s slasher craze of the 1980s came another subgenre that took over the imagination of fright fans: giallo. The Italian style of horror, which had its heyday during the late ’60s and into the mid -’70s, didn’t have the popularity of later American slasher films, but its uniqueness helped to inspire what was to…
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On Every Film Dario Argento Asks His Actors For The Same Two Things
Italian director Dario Argento is a master of suspense and of subgenre now called giallo — an Italian style of horror that combines elements of mystery and suspense with over-the-top gore. He is most well known for his dizzyingly kaleidoscopic film “Suspiria” about a young woman who begins to question if the dance academy where…
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Humor Influenced Dario Argento Just As Much As His Horror
Alfred Hitchcock will forever be remembered for his horror, but every good Hitch fan knows that the world-famous director also had a wicked sense of humor. The Italian filmmaker Dario Argento was inspired by Hitch’s talent for hilarity as well as suspense. Because of Hitchcock, Argento understood that every good horror film has a healthy…