Remi Andre

This is part of my “Watching every Dario Argento movie, ever” category. Here I go through all the movies written and directed by Dario Argento, and provide you with the pleasure of reading my views on them!

I enjoy the movies of Dario Argento. So much, in fact, that I’ve decided to review every Argento movie chronologically on this very site. Probably much to the excitement of my four readers!

For those not familiar with Argento, he is an Italian writer/director, whose most famous screenplay isn’t for an “Argento movie,” but for Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West, currently ranked #23 on IMDb’s top movie list. For fans of horror movies, however, titles like the murder mystery Deep Red and the surrealistic dream-like Suspiria are titles that instantly are connected to his name. Adjectives like “gory” and “bloody” might also come to mind to most Argento followers, though in an age of Hostels and Saws, his gore is decidedly artistic looking as opposed to realistic.

To truly appreciate Argento’s best work, though, you don’t need to enjoy conventional horror movies. There isn’t much conventionality in the man who has been dubbed — and while this is supposed to be complimentary, there aren’t many similarities between the two directors  — “The Italian Hitchcock.” Argento, at his best, delivers visually stunning movies with pounding soundtracks. The stories might not always make sense, nor are they supposed to, and the acting and dialogue might be eclectic at best at times, but when it’s all said and done, that is all part of the charm. Argento is an acquired taste, kind of like tripe.

In other words, get ready to have your minds blown starting tomorrow, when I start my journey through Argento’s movie landscape with 1970’s The Bird with the Crystal Plumage. You will love it.