 Deep Red 1975  R, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror / Thriller / Mystery
aka: The Hatchet Murders
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Clara Calamai, Macha Meril, Glauco Mauri, Eros Pagni, Giuliana Calandra, Piero Mazzinghi, Aldo Bonamano, Liana Del Balzo, Vittorio Fanfoni, Dante Fioretti, Geraldine Hooper, Jacopo Mariani
English pianist Mark Daly (David Hemmings) witnesses the murder of a psychic and, with the help of reporter Gianna Brezzi (Daria Nicolodi), goes after the killer when he becomes a target. Additional murders convince Mark that there is more to this puzzle than he had thought. One of Dario Argento's best, with excellent mood-setting and musical score.
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Delirium 1987  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: Photo of Gioia
Director: Lamberto Bava
Cast: Serena Grandi, Daria Nicolodi, Katrine Michelsen, Capucine, Sabrina Salerno, Vanni Corbellini, David Brandon, George Eastman, Karl Zinny, Lino Salemme
Former prostitute Gioia (Serena Grandi) now models for a men's magazine. When models are murdered in bizarre ways and she receives photos of them in front of one of her posters, there is cause for great concern on her part.
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Inferno 1980  R, 107 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Leigh McCloskey, Irene Miracle, Eleonora Giorgi, Daria Nicolodi, Alida Valli, Sacha Pitoeff, Veronica Lazar, Gabriele Lavia, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Leopoldo Mastelloni, Ania Pieroni, James Fleetwood, Paolo Paoloni
Rose (Irene Miracle) buys a book from an antique dealer and, while reading it, learns about a supernatural force in her New York apartment building. Written by architect E. Varelli (Feodor Chaliapin Jr.), Rose's book gives details about the houses Varelli built for three witches: The Three Mothers. Rose writes to her brother Mark (Leigh McCloskey) in Rome, but, before he can respond, Rose is killed. Mark comes to New York to investigate his sister's murder and, in the process, discovers secret passages within the apartment building and then uncovers the shocking truth about The Three Mothers.
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Macaroni 1985 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ettore Scola
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Marcello Mastroianni, Daria Nicolodi, Isa Danieli, Maria Luisa Santella, Patrizia Sacchi, Bruno Esposito, Orsetta Gregoretti, Marc Berman, Jean-Francois Perrier
Years after his experience as a soldier in Italy during World War II, aerospace executive Bob Traven (Jack Lemmon) returns to Naples and meets Antonio (Marcello Mastroianni), the brother of his lover from the past.
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Mother of Tears 2007 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Fantasy / Thriller
aka: Mother of Tears: the Third Mother
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Asia Argento, Cristian Solimeno, Adam James, Moran Atias, Valeria Cavalli, Philippe Leroy, Daria Nicolodi, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Udo Kier, Robert Madison, Jun Ichikawa, Tommaso Banfi, Massimo Sarchielli
In this, the final film of Dario Argento's trilogy, American art student Sarah Mandy (Asia Argento) is visiting Rome when she breaks the seal on an ancient urn and, in the process, unwittingly unleashes terror in the form of a plague of witches. Now, Sarah must use her own psychic powers to stop the most powerful witch, "Mother of Tears," from destroying Rome. The first two films in the trilogy are " Suspiria" (1977) and "Inferno" (1980).
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Opera 1987 R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: Terror at the Opera
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleson, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi, Coralina Cataldi Tassoni, Antonella Vitale, William McNamara, Barbara Cupisti, Francesca Cassola, Maurizio Garrone
Director Argento comes through with lots of gore again, this time with loud rock music in the background. In fact, the gore may be more than his usual, if that is possible–some is downright revolting. A young opera singer, Betty (Cristina Marsillach) takes over the lead in a Verdi opera after the previous lead was run over by a car, and now a psychopath pursues her.
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Scarlet Diva 2000 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Asia Argento
Cast: Asia Argento, Jean Shepard, Vera Gemma, Fabio Camilli, Joe Coleman, Selen, Herbert Fritsch, Justinian Kfoury, Vanessa Crane, Daria Nicolodi
Asia Argento wrote, directed, and starred in this, her near-autobiography. Anna (Argento), an up-and-coming superstar, does not feel good about herself and feels unloved. Thus, she begins a global trek, living on sex and drugs in search of something–what that something is seems to be elusive. It could lead to self-destruction.
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Shock 1977  R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Beyond the Door II
Director: Mario Bava
Cast: Daria Nicolodi, John Steiner, David Colin Jr., Ivan Rassimov, Nicola Salerno, Paul Costello
Young Marco (David Colin Jr.) lives with his troubled mother, Dora (Daria Nicolodi), and her second husband, Bruno (John Steiner). Marco has supernatural powers, and his dead father who has been killed and is walled up in the basement, connects with Marco to seek revenge. Another unique Mario Bava film with his eerie photography–the last film for the master Italian horror director.
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Sinbad of the Seven Seas 1989  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Enzo G. Castellari, Tim Kincaid
Cast: Lou Ferrigno, John Steiner, Romano Puppo, Yehuda Efroni, Alessandra Martines, Donald Hodson, Stefania Girolami Goodwin, Cork Hubbert, Daria Nicolodi, Ennio Girolami, Roland Wybenga
Legendary sailor Sinbad (Lou Ferrigno) sets sail for Basra to retrieve the five sacred gems that are needed to defeat the evil Jaffar (John Steiner).
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| 1. Deep Red (1975)
aka: The Hatchet Murders
2. Delirium (1987)
aka: Photo of Gioia
3. Inferno (1980)
4. Macaroni (1985)
5. Mother of Tears (2007)
aka: Mother of Tears: the Third Mother
6. Opera (1987)
aka: Terror at the Opera
7. Scarlet Diva (2000)
8. Shock (1977)
aka: Beyond the Door II
9. Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)
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