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MCT:July 12, 2008
Great giallo murder-mystery. One thing that was distracting was that maybe 1/4 or 1/3 of the dialog was in Italian for no reason I could discern and most of these movies aren't on Criterion or anything fancy, so there are no subtitles, at least I couldn't get any. Crazy-awesome camera movement, fantastic camera angles (are they POV shots? you never know), great score by Goblins - who I'm starting to kind of dig.
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MCT:June 21, 2008
I always wanted to see a horror film like this. Speacially after watching all the crap has been made since the Friday's 13th to the nowadays japanese bad remakes. This genre is usually considered only to the teenagers and therefore the stories and the creation of the film is only focused on showing young people being killed or childish ghost haunting them no matter how clever are the reasons or the way it is shown on the screen. I think Argento goes beyond that.
Que mal que las películas de terror de ahora no sean como ésta. En el cine de hoy la película de miedo que más me ha gustado es El Orfanato, y ésta es total mente opuesta: muy violenta, con sangre irrealmente brillante e intensa por todas partes, música de sintetizador perfectamente espantosa y una historia simple, pero qué buena manera de mezclarlo para conseguir terror. Es la primera que veo de Dario Argento y ya quiero ver las demás. -
MCT:May 7, 2008
Yeah, Dario is the man. The over of the movie scarred the heck out of me as a child when I saw it in the video store... The movie itself had a couple of darn creepy scenes, but it was not as scary as I was hoping. I liked the plot though, how such a simple thing can become a seemingly impossible riddle.
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MCT:May 1, 2008
Deep Red is one of the most bizarre mysteries you have seen and definitely memorable in terms of creating a mix between horror and suspense. The plot is interesting and very well handled. As usual Argento doesn't avoid bloody murders, extremely tense moments and his classical "camera in the eyes of the assassin" sequences.
The score was brilliant and extremely creepy. The only thing I find that lets it down is its pacing, which at times was extremely slow, which kind of ruined the almost perfect mood of the film.
Overall is a brilliant movie, with great acting , storyline , killings and even at this time of teen slasher movies or overdone special effects it still succeeds to shock and scare. -
MCT:April 22, 2008This movie was extremely confusing. Even though we are given some explanations as to who the killer was, we aren't told the whole story, so we don't know how everything fits together. Plus, there were a lot of scenes where the characters mainly spoke Italian, so I had no idea what was going on in those scenes.
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MCT:April 9, 2008Dario Argento has a thing for evil mother's I think.
After finding out who the killer was at the end all the random kills and how the mother knew where Mark was going to be made all the sense in the world.
From the very start I had thought it was the reporter who was the killer, she seemed suspicious enough to me.
So after I found out it wasn't her I really liked to see that there was a sub plot going on.
The music was spectacular, as it always is in Argento's films.
I really love Argento's use of set's and costume design.
He is able to take very simple things and make them stand out like a bleeding thumb, so gorgeously portrayed you can't take your eyes off the screen.
The film was a bit hard to follow at points but that's because the version I have is in both English and Italian (I believe)
I did appreciate this version more because of all the description and extra dialogue the film I believe needed to have.
I liked the build up of the characters, the way they were shot made their strengths and weaknesses show over the full length of the movie.
Which is always nice to see because then you can relate more to these characters situations.
I thought the deaths were very well planned out, because everyone has burned them selves in hot water, or ran into the corner of a table, or nicked themselves on broken glass.
They were really well done, and made you cringe because you knew at one point how that felt in the smallest of ways.
In regards to set and props I really liked the painting in the parasitologist's house, and all the beautiful buildings used.
The puppet in the closet was ghastly but very interesting to look at.
This film was very well done, I can see why Dario Argento is so proud of it. -
MCT:March 10, 2008It`s amazing only seeing some Posters of the Movies like this, reminds me of some friends who are die Hard Zombie Movie s Fans. lol. 70`s Horror hhmm. Will give it a try. If I find it somewhere on DVD.
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MCT:March 8, 2008
Dario offers here a really smartly filmed movie that, for some reasons, reminds me of The Eyes of Laura Mars, except that this one is better.
I couldn't insist too much on the fact that this flick is technically superb: almost every frame is a work of art. And the music is excellent, too. So we've got here an obscure gem (that was my conclusion, lol). -
MCT:March 3, 2008
Deep Red is one of Argento's best movies. Although the colors aren't that extreme, the style is still very unique and subtle. It's not too scary, but there are some really good moments of gore and suspense.
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MCT:February 23, 2008
This movie felt like Scooby Dooby Doo for beginners. It was a thriller where at the end there was only one character left who could be the killer. Those are the kind of odds I like! Other than that it wasn't that bad, but after watching Argento's other films I felt sort of let down. Still think you should watch it though, it's not that bad. I only watched it because it was between this and trying to watch "Black Moon Rising" again. *shudder*
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MCT:February 21, 2008An awesome plot-twist, and wicked killings. I loved how it was done in the end. The movie moves slowly in the start, the murders are not all over but in paces, but it eventually comes to an end and you just go 'Sweet' and then, you know this was an awesome movie by an awesome man.
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MCT:January 30, 2008Just awful. Some interesting camera work, but everything else was so bad. I'm almost embarrassed to admit I watched it. Stay away.
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MCT:January 24, 2008
Renamed THE HATCHET MURDERS for many American markets, this is a classic Argento suspense/horror, as a man witnesses a brutal murder and must find the killer before the killer finds him. Lots of twists and turns...and blood....LOTS of blood in that great Italian horror way.
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MCT:January 24, 2008
Original horror/suspense film showcases Argento's masterful technique, especially during his ambitious and creative murder scenes. This could be considered an influence to later slasher movies, but is much more complex and less mindless than some of that genre. Things don't take long to get going when a psychic is killed after receiving a vision, as an unknown murderer tries to cover up his/her grisly secret. The main narrative then takes off when a pianist, an eye-witness of the murder, is determined to solve the mystery with help from a reporter and detective. What makes this stand out is some of the horrific imagery throughout, with the doll scene in particular, sending chills. I liked the subtle cleverness of the movie as well, but there were some faults that dragged it down. The half-dubbed in English dialogue drove me crazy, and I feel I missed important clues, so I may have slightly underrated it. Other things that could have been better was the score, which was a little off mood, and the often meandering plotline. The positives defnitely out-weigh the negatives though, and this was a memorable movie.
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MCT:December 30, 2007
Watched it again tonight and it's far better than I remembered. Argento in great form is something to behold and look at in awe. It's unfortunate he does not (nor does the movie industry not) make movies as great as this anymore. The comedy, although jarring, worked well for me and I give it much kudos. It suffers from 2nd act slowness, but it thankfully was a shorter period than I thought. Yay. :D So I suggest it, for sure.
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MCT:November 25, 2007Wel I guess you have to be a cult Dario Argento's Film Fan to have enjoyed this one, I would have enjoyed it but the actors sometime spoke in english sometime in Italian, very fustrating for me, so I lost interest about 1/2 way. Now I have seen other Argento films and did think they were better. Sorry guys.
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MCT:November 8, 2007
Wonderful suspense thriller with nice gore effects and excellent acting. I definitely need to see more Argento films!
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MCT:November 4, 2007
A name that the folk who run in horror circles know (if they've been around long enough and are worth their salt) is that of Dario Argento. Anyone else has probably never even heard of him. Not definitely, no, there are always exceptions, but probably. I can think of about three people I know who read my reviews at all who might have some prayer in hell of knowing who he is--and any of those three have seen more Argento than I have.
Profondo Rosso is a giallo, which is an Italian word for "yellow," referring to the covers of the cheap pulp paperbacks that led to the term--they're all crime mystery novels, but the term has now come, at least in America, to be most closely associated with film. Gialli, as films, are murder mysteries which tend to have elaborate and fairly gory murder scenes with fairly unusual set-ups. Argento was no stranger to them by this film, having previously directed a handful, well-known amongst his followers--L'Uccello dalle piume de cristallo, Il gatto a nove code, 4 mosche di velluto grigio*--but this is perhaps the most well-known and best thought of.
Marc Daly (David Hemmings) is a British jazz pianist teaching piano in Italy when he happens to witness a the murder of psychic Helga Ulmann (Macha Méril) and feels that he saw some valuable clue in the process. He begins attempting to put this together to ease his mind with the help of reporter Gianna Brezzi (Daria Nicolodi, a near-regular in Italian horror between Mario Bava's Schock and many collaborations with Dario Argento--not only acting, but also helping to script the classic Suspiria, and on one of their most eye-pleasing collaborations--daughter Asia Argento). He assembles clues in a very standard mystery/thriller fashion--here's a picture in a book about a story that's reminiscent of the story that they think might have inspired the murder (you wonder how they happen to pick exactly the right one sometimes...) and so on. He occasionally compares notes with Ulmann's companion Professor Giordani (Glauco Mauri).
The story is nothing to write home about, it's a murder mystery, and there's only so much that can be done with that, though of course this is a lot of murders and they're still occurring, which is something (or was, at the time of filming, comparatively). But then it usually ISN'T much to write home about when dealing with gialli--they're all about style. And Argento has style. Gobs of it. He's most notorious for his use of colour, which, while visible, seemed less instantly apparent in this particular film. More present was his use of cameras that roll and swoop, as well as extreme close-ups and strange, low and high angles. The composition and construction of the shots (yes, especially the murders!) is stunning and beautiful, with the camera often casually but steadily gliding along a few inches above the floor, as if it were an extremely sure-footed rat or other small animal, simply seeing the murders occur but taking no interest in them. The low angles on one character as she speaks into the phone and the bottom of the frame is even with the bottom of her eye, completely skewing our normal view, leaving us with only what is present above and beside that point, instead of her whole face. Mirrors and coloured surfaces are perfectly placed, spaced and sized for maximum viewing impact; more than one bathroom is actually present in the film, the first being a dingy white one with more space on all sides than one might expect, giving the viewer a strange feeling of too much openness, of vulnerability, the later one in a mirrored and partly dark bathroom, here a slick, wet mess of claustrophobia. The man was a master of these things; while the scenes between could drag on a bit (I was also pretty tired, in fairness), it was worth waiting for every single carefully constructed thrilling sequence, even the ones that weren't murders. Daly discovering the hidden secrets of a dilapidated home, for instance.
Oh, there's one other thing to note. Some crazy band called "Goblin" did the soundtrack.
Yeah, THAT Goblin.
If you know me, you know that's false ignorance. You also probably saw this coming. I LOVE Goblin. This is one of their finest soundtrack works, especially with the way Argento has married it to the visuals, even when the visuals are just an uncomfortably close stroll through a string of objects the killer has strewn around and carefully placed on a solid black surface. Simonetti's pounding keyboard lines and warping synth sounds carry the tension admirably over Marangolo's rapid, dancing, shifty drums as Morante's guitar adds an extra chord of force to the melody, Pignatelli's bass rolling it altogether and giving it momentum. It is absolutely fantastic, as should be no surprise from such a wonderful group. Giorgio Gaslini's contributions are modest but very effective, and I shouldn't do anything to discredit the work he did on the film before those wonderful lads took over, but it is a bit more run-of-the-mill. As good as Argento's images are--and they are VERY good--they are only enhanced by Goblin's music. It's like an instant infusion of energy and power into every scene they occur in. It's an almost visceral experience to see these carefully constructed stalking and murder scenes carried out to this wild, vaguely jazzy and extremely hard rocking soundtrack.
I remember when I first watched this, it was a bad, pirated VHS of, I imagine, this very DVD--it was the uncut version and included the now infamous switch between subbing and dubbing. This is because many scenes were never dubbed for the English cut (which was a good 28 minutes shorter!) and so no English audio exists. If I had thought about it, I would have watched it in Italian and just kept the flow of continuous subtitles, but it worked well enough without I'd say. Knowing that now, I took no issue with it and watched it happily as it switched back and forth, and I'm not too upset I missed the chance at cohesive voice acting, as I did get to hear Hemmings' actual voice. One must realize that Argento does indeed maintain the Italian style of film-making--every actor is speaking their native language and no audio is recorded natively. There is no "Additional Dialogue Recording" with his films, there's just "Dialogue Recording." As such, yes, it's difficult to judge acting. All of the physicality felt right and all of the voices were at least competent and never felt stilted or wooden, but it's difficult to reconcile the fact that they are obviously not related to the character. Here, again, though, we come to the fact that this is more something to SEE, something to HEAR, something to EXPERIENCE, than something to watch for performances or story. Both are definitely passable and are not distracting, but don't go in expecting fireworks from either.
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MCT:September 8, 2007Profundo Rosso...Argento is a sick and perverted cunt overly obsessed with his own daughter, the only decent film he ever made was Tennebrae
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MCT:August 25, 2007
First of all I must say that the only reason that I originally wanted to see this movie was because it starred the gorgeous David Hemmings. The I got into the movie even though it is subtitled. David plays an American jazz pianist who witnesses a brutal, bloody murder from afar and turns detective to find the killer. Kooky Italian journalist Daria Nicolodi joins him as comic relief and tepid romantic interest, but the real costar is director, Argento's high style: gliding camera, razor-sharp editing, and gorgeous but gruesome set pieces. The story is convoluted, to say the least but hic imagery is perfect for a thriller driven by haunting memories. A WHO DUNNIT WITH A DIFFERENCE
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MCT:August 7, 2007
Giallo watermark. full of suspense, excitement and violence. uneven but effective soundtrack. likeable performances. stylish lighting, atmosphere and art direction. twisted fun ride.
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MCT:August 1, 2007
With this film, Argento raised the bar for Giallo's. With it's spanning plot, complete with highly inventive ideas and intriguing theme; Profondo Rosso is an absolute highlight in the sub-genre. The film follows a female medium who, while giving a lecture, senses the presence of a murderer in the room that is transmitting murderous thoughts to her. Pretty soon after, she is brutally murdered by an unknown assassin, under the watchful eye of Mark (David Hemmings); a professional piano player. As you would expect from Giallo, Mark then takes it upon himself to get to the bottom of the murder and, along with a nosey female journalist (Daria Nicolodi), he conducts his own investigation. However, things are never that simple and aside from trying to solve the murder, he also finds himself being pursued by the maniac...will he be able to discover the truth before it's too late?
Profondo Rosso is, in the collective eyes of the horror fanatics, Argento's number two (Suspiria being number one). I don't actually agree with that; as I think that Tenebre, Opera and Bird With the Crystal Plumage belong in front of this one, but Profondo Rosso is definitely up there, so who am I to complain? This film features a lot more bloodshed than anything Argento had made previously, and that is definitely a good thing. However, the plot does slow down at times, and it's not paced as well as Bird with the Crystal Plumage is. It's also somewhat wayward, with it spending lots of time on certain things, such as the investigation in the haunted house, and not a lot of time on other things that are just as important to the mystery. Despite there being quite a few death scenes, I do feel that Argento would have been better served either adding another one to increase the excitement, or maybe cutting the film down a little to make it run more smoothly. The murders that Dario does give us, however, are brutal to say the least! We've got a woman burned to death in a bath of scolding water, another woman smashed through a glass window, a man having his teeth smashed against a table (not too dissimilar to the 'curb' scene in American History X) and, of course, the final death, which has to be seen to be believed - an amazingly over the top scenario to say the least!
David Hemmings take the lead role in Profondo Rosso, and does a very good job of it. Hemmings is, of course, most famous for his role in Blow-Up, and his role here isn't too different from that one. Starring alongside Hemmings is Daria Nicolodi, the actress that has starred in a number of Argento's films (Opera, Inferno and Tenebre to name three) and also collaborated with Argento on another fine creation. I'm sure you know who I'm talking about. Also getting in on the fun is Gabriele Lavia, whom Argento fans will remember from Inferno (also, curiously, called Carlo). Dario Argento's direction here is nothing short of sublime. His use of the camera is more than assured and some of the camera angles and images that are presented on screen are amazing. Dario Argento deserves every piece of praise that he gets and anyone that sees this film will not find it hard to see why.
Overall, Profondo Rosso ranks as an absolute must see. It's one of the finest Giallo's ever made and is a career highlight for everyone involved. Highly recommended viewing for all. -
MCT:July 22, 2007
One of the best horror films ever made. Insane cinematography and art direction. Also the Goblin score is just perfect.
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MCT:June 14, 2007
Stylish Argento Giallo. Visually it is so beautiful, maybe more so than Suspiria, because it relies less on lighting, and more on shot composition, which to me is far more... fulfilling.
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supdawg1985posted 36 days ago -
What a trip...not the best script, but very great direction and photography. Italian horrors rule.
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An awesome score by Goblin, dude. They've scored most of Dario Argento's films. Their music for Suspiria and No Ho Sonno is also amazingly good.
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