The Bird with the Crystal Plumage 1970  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: Phantom of Terror
Point of Terror
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Eva Renzi, Enrico Maria Salerno, Mario Adorf, Umberto Raho, Renato Romano, Giuseppe Castellano, Pino Patti, Werner Peters
After witnessing a murder attempt in Rome, American tourist Sam Dalmas (Tony Musante) investigates, and his actions put him and girlfriend Julia (Suzy Kendall) in jeopardy when the serial killer Sam spotted begins to stalk them.
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The Card Player 2004  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Stefania Rocca, Liam Cunningham, Claudio Santamaria, Antonio Cantafora, Fiore Argento, Silvio Muccino, Pier Maria Cecchini, Mia Benedetta, Cosimo Fusco, Adalberto Maria Merli, Luis Molteni, Mario Opinato
Anna Mari (Stefania Rocca) teams up with British policeman John Brennan (Liam Cunningham) to track down the serial killer who has contacted her to play poker online. Every time the killer wins, he cuts off another body part of his victim. Now, they race against the clock to put an end to the killer's deadly game.
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The Cat o' Nine Tails 1971 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Karl Malden, James Franciscus, Catherine Spaak, Pier Paolo Capponi, Carlo Alighiero, Vittorio Congia, Horst Frank, Rada Rassimov, Aldo Reggiani, Tom Felleghy, Cinzia De Carolis, Tino Carraro
Franco Arno (Karl Malden) was once a newsman, but now he is blind and writes crossword puzzles for a living. One night, he hears a conversation between two men sitting outside a medical institute in which genetic experiments are performed, and that night an institute guard is killed. More murders ensue, and Franco teams with reporter Carlo Giordani (James Franciscus) to get the real story about what is going on at the institute.
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 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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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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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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 The Phantom of the Opera 1998 R, 103 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Horror / Romance
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Julian Sands, Asia Argento, Andrea Di Stefano, Nadia Rinaldi, Coralina Cataldi Tassoni, Istvan Bubik, Zoltan Barabas, Lucia Guzzardi, Aldo Massasso, Gianni Franco, David D'Ingeo, Kitty Keri, John Pedeferri, Leonardo Treviglio, Massimo Sarchielli
This "Phantom of the Opera" differs from the classic story. In this version, the Phantom (Julian Sands) is an orphan, raised by rats in the sewer, and will stop at nothing to protect his rats from those who would do them harm–especially the chief exterminator, Ignace (Istvan Bubik).
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Sleepless 2001 R, 117 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli, Gabriele Lavia, Rossella Falk, Paolo Maria Scalondro, Roberto Zibetti, Roberto Accornero, Barbara Lerici, Barbara Mautino
A series of murders in 1983 had not been solved by Detective Ulisse (Max von Sydow). Now, 17 years later, the killing starts again, and it appears to be the same person, a dwarf, who is responsible. Ulisse comes out of retirement to hunt down the killer. Dario Argento deviates somewhat from his bloody horror flicks for this one, though there is still some blood to deal with. He even got a name star–Max von Sydow– to play the lead.
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The Stendhal Syndrome 1996 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Marco Leonardi, Luigi Diberti, Paolo Bonacelli, Julien Lambroschini, John Quentin, Franco Diogene, Lucia Stara, Sonia Topazio
Anna Manni (Asia Argento) suffers from Stendhal Syndrome; she becomes dizzy and hallucinates when she sees art masterpieces. But she is a police officer whose assignment is to track down a serial rapist. When he lures her into the Uffizi museum, he will have the upper hand–or will he?
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 Suspiria 1977 R, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Joan Bennett, Alida Valli, Udo Kier, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bose, Barbara Magnolfi, Susanna Javicoli, Eva Axen
Now here's a REALLY frightening movie, not just because of the gore, but the overall mood, by clever use of camera and color, adds to the scene. Horror master Dario Argento is at his best as an American girl (Jessica Harper) arrives at a German ballet school. But this is just a front for some sinister goings-on.
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Trauma 1993 R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Christopher Rydell, Asia Argento, Laura Johnson, James Russo, Brad Dourif, Frederic Forrest, Piper Laurie, Dominique Serrand, Hope Alexander-Willis, Ira Belgrade, Sharon Barr, Isabell O'Connor, Cory Garvin, Terry Perkins, Tony Saffold
After rescuing anorexic Aura (Asia Argento) when she threatened a suicidal leap off a bridge, David (Christopher Rydell) vows to protect her. Aura returns to her parents–Adriana and Stefan (Piper Laurie and Dominique Serrand)–who are professional mediums. That night, during a seance, Adriana is possessed by a spirit that identifies a serial killer in their midst. She runs outside, followed by Stefan and, later, by Aura who spots the killer holding up what she believes to be the severed heads of Adriana and Stefan. A psychopath is on the loose, and David helps Aura solve the mystery.
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Two Evil Eyes 1990  R, 120 min.
Genre: Horror / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Dario Argento, George A. Romero
Cast: Adrienne Barbeau, Ramy Zada, E.G. Marshall, Harvey Keitel, Madeleine Potter, Bingo O'Malley, Martin Balsam, Kim Hunter, Sally Kirkland, John Amos, Jeff Howell, Holter Graham, Tom Atkins, Jonathan Adams
European horror master Dario Argento teams up with George A. Romero ("Night of the Living Dead") to present two adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe's tales: "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" and "The Black Cat." The latter is the better of the two, though both reduce the stories to plenty of gore. Previously made by Roger Corman in 1962 ("Tales of Terror" with Vincent Price).
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| 1. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
aka: Phantom of Terror
aka: Point of Terror
2. The Card Player (2004)
3. The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
4. Deep Red (1975)
aka: The Hatchet Murders
5. Inferno (1980)
6. Mother of Tears (2007)
aka: Mother of Tears: the Third Mother
7. Opera (1987)
aka: Terror at the Opera
8. The Phantom of the Opera (1998)
9. Sleepless (2001)
10. The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
11. Suspiria (1977)
12. Trauma (1993)
13. Two Evil Eyes (1990)
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