Beyond the Door 1974  R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Beyond Obsession
Director: Ovidio G. Assonitis, Robert Barrett
Cast: Juliet Mills, Richard Johnson, Gabriele Lavia, David Colin Jr., Elizabeth Turner, Barbara Fiorini, Joan Acti, Carla Mancini, Nino Segurini, Luigi Marturano, Vittorio Fanfoni, Ted Rusoff, Robert Booth, George Montage
Jessica (Juliet Mills) is cheating on her record-producer husband (Gabriele Lavia), and her fling with the mysterious Dimitri (Richard Johnson) results in Jessica's pregnancy. But things begin to happen to Jessica and those around her even before the satanic child is born. Two sequels follow.
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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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Remember Me, My Love 2003 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Cast: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Laura Morante, Nicoletta Romanoff, Silvio Muccino, Monica Bellucci, Gabriele Lavia, Enrico Silvestrin, Giulia Michelini, Silvia Cohen, Alberto Gimignani
Giulia (Laura Morante) fights to keep her family together despite crises rising to the fore; for example, husband Carlo (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) rekindles his love for high-school girlfriend Alessia (Monica Bellucci). To add to Giulia's problems, her post-adolescent children are making all the wrong life-altering decisions, and yet Giulia continues to micromanage her family.
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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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| 1. Beyond the Door (1974)
aka: Beyond Obsession
2. Deep Red (1975)
aka: The Hatchet Murders
3. Inferno (1980)
4. Remember Me, My Love (2003)
5. Sleepless (2001)
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