Monday, 22 September 2014

Inspirational writer

Tenebrae (1982)

Directed by Dario Argento this film stars Anthony Franciosa, Fabio Pignatelli and Daria Nicolodi. A writer of violent horror novels is in Italy to promote his new novel where a copy cat killer mimicking his books seems to be on the loose.

There is some interesting stuff going on in this slasher and while it does feature a number of genre staples there is also some thematic depth to it. Unwinding what happened and why does require a bit more thinking than you will find in some other Argento films. The film is well made but is not one of the best show cases of Argento's directorial flair in my opinion.


4/5

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