10 Essential Films by Italian Horror Master Dario Argento

Italian horror legend Dario Argento’s twentieth film, Dark Glasses—his first function in 10 years—can be arriving on Shudder this fall. While we wait (and feverishly hope it’s a return to type after 2012’s regrettable Dracula 3D), we’re wanting again at 10 movies which have outlined his profession thus far.

Fans of Argento—who additionally wrote, co-wrote, or tailored the movies he directed which can be on this listing—are already nicely conversant in the thrill of his giallo thrillers and horror epics. Their logos are unmistakable: eerie soundtracks (his early giallos function Ennio Morricone, whereas his horror movies favor Goblin, members of Goblin, Keith Emerson, and others, with the occasional heavy metallic tune tossed in for further affect); POV pictures that inevitably provide a glimpse of murderous black leather-based gloves; and colorfully putting visuals and manufacturing design—highlighted by exquisitely staged violence. Sometimes the dubbing isn’t nice, typically the appearing is uneven, and typically (OK, typically) there are plot holes, but it surely’s onerous to nitpick within the midst of such sensory and stomach-turning delights.