Tag Archives: Dario Argento

Pete’s Peek | Dario Argento’s lost masterpiece Four Flies on Grey Velvet gets a 40th anniversary release

Posted on 27 January 2012 by peter

For Dario Argento fans there’s really no need to review Shameless Screen Entertainment‘s latest release, because it’s destined to become a collector’s item. Practically unseen since the 1970s, Four Flies on Grey Velvet is being released for the first-time on … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Dario Argento’s purr-fectly stylish 1970′s whodunit The Cat O’Nine Tails claws its way to blu-ray

Posted on 7 October 2011 by peter

Following the success of his 1970 film debut The Bird With the Crystal Plumage, Dario Argento directed another puzzling-titled whodunit, The Cat O Nine Tails, the following year, starring Karl Malden (The Streets of San Francisco) and James Franciscus (Beneath … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Final Destination 5 is a 3D thrill ride that’s worth the price of admission

Posted on 31 August 2011 by peter

You know what you’re getting when you’re watching a Final Destination film – big elaborate death scenes that get more shocking, more surprising and more inventive in sequel after sequel. And so we have Final Destination 5 in 3D. The … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Dario Argento’s violent Tenebrae is a visceral visual feast on Blu-ray

Posted on 6 July 2011 by peter

After his shock masterpieces Suspiria and Inferno, Dario Argento returned to his beloved thriller (giallo) genre for Tenebrae, a disturbing psychosexual murder mystery about the horrors of unexplained violence. On a book signing tour in Rome, famed crime novelist Peter … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Dario Argento’s genre-busting psycho-thriller The Bird With the Crystal Plumage on Blu-ray

Posted on 8 June 2011 by peter

Back in 1970 Dario Argento‘s directorial debut The Bird With The Crystal Plumage paved the way for a new wave of cinematic terror when the then 29-year-old auteur fused the traditional thriller and whodunit with shock and spectacle for the … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | The hills are alive with the sound of screaming in Dario Argento’s Phenomena

Posted on 13 March 2011 by peter

Before gaining fame battling David Bowie’s bewigged King Jareth in 1986’s Labyrinth, a 15-year-old Jennifer Connelly starred in Dario Argento’s peculiar horror Phenomena – not to be confused with the dreadful John Travolta film of the same name. Sent to … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Amer is a stylish, sensual love letter to the Italian giallo genre

Posted on 2 February 2011 by peter

When it comes to suspense, horror and the fantastique, the calibre of film-making can range from slick, big-budget blockbusters to fan-made, blink-or-you’ll-miss-it, endeavours. I love them all equally but, only occasionally, does something come along that really touches me. One … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Dario Argento’s Deep Red on Blu-ray is giallo perfected

Posted on 2 February 2011 by peter

Every Dario Argento fan has their favourites from his oeuvre, but if I were to choose it would have to be Suspiria (for its bewitching blend of the surreal and the fantastique) and Deep Red (for its brilliantly inspired cinematic … Continue reading →

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Giallo alert! The stylish and perverse Amer gets a special screening in London

Posted on 7 January 2011 by peter

Now, here’s a treat for giallo fans. At the ICA cinema in London this Sunday (9 January, 4pm), there’s a special screening of the wonderfully perverse thriller Amer, as part of a double-bill presentation with Dario Argento’s masterful 1982 murder … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Dario Argento’s fantastique Inferno is still horror at its purest

Posted on 13 September 2010 by peter

Argentophiles rejoice, Arrow Video continue their love for all things Dario Argento with the release of Inferno, the Italian maestro’s 1980 follow-up to his cult horror classic Suspiria. Inferno is without doubt Argento’s most complex and original horror offering, and … Continue reading →

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