Tag: Dario Argento


  • Suspiria: A Fairytale Bathed in Bright Light and Blood

    Dario Argento is a name that will forever be cherished by horror fans, and one film in particular seems to have captured the most black hearts: his 1977 classic Suspiria. Chances are, if you’ve only seen one Argento film, it will have been Suspiria. While receiving mixed reviews on release, it has since become critically…

  • Paganini Horror (1989): When The Devil Demands an Encore

    Let’s get one thing straight before we step into this particular circle of cinematic hell: Italian horror in 1989 was not a place of prestige. It was a graveyard of ambition. The golden age of Mario Bava and Dario Argento had curdled into a landscape of diminishing returns, where the masters were tired, the budgets…