Dario Argento

Dario Argento was born on September 7, 1940, in Rome, Italy, the first-born son of famed Italian producer Salvatore Argento and Brazilian fashion model Elda Luxardo. Argento recalls getting his ideas for filmmaking from his close-knit family from Italian folk tales told by his parents and other family members, including an aunt who told him frighting bedtime stories. Argento based most of his thriller movies on childhood trauma, yet his own--according to him--was a normal one. Along with tales spun by his aunt, Argento was impressed by stories from The Grimm Brothers, Hans Christian Andersen and Edgar Allan Poe. Argento started his career writing for various film journal magazines while still in his teens attending a Catholic high school. After graduation, instead of going to college, Argento took a job as a columnist for the Rome daily newspaper "Paese Sera". Inspired by the movies, he later found work as a screenwriter and wrote several screenplays for a number of films, but the most important were his western collaborations, which included Cimitero senza croci (1969) and the Sergio Leone masterpiece C'era una volta il West (1968). He is known in italy as Master of Horror.

Works

Call My Agent - Italia

Welcome behind the scenes of Italian show business from the point of view of those in charge of managing the careers - and lives - of the stars: the agents. Lea, Gabriele, Vittorio and Elvira are the soul of CMA and they give their souls to it, ready for anything to make their stars shine. Managers, friends, confidants and psychologists: a good agent is all that and more. And they, each with their own style, are the best. Between hectic days and mundane nights, it's their personal lives that lose out -- but deep down they have too much fun to notice. With the departure of founder Claudio Maiorana, however, things will get a little more complicated.

Release Date2023-01-20

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Episode Count1

Vote Count30

Door Into Darkness

Italian anthology horror miniseries conceived by Dario Argento.

Release Date1973-09-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

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Episode Count2

Vote Count12

Suspiria

An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.

Release Date1977-02-01

DepartmentSound

JobOriginal Music Composer

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Vote Count3012

Dario Argento in conversation at the DFF

Dario Argento in conversation at the DFF

Release Date2023-07-18

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Episode Count2

Deep Red

An English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of his psychic neighbor. With the help of a tenacious young reporter, he tries to discover the killer using very unconventional methods. The two are soon drawn into a shocking web of dementia and violence.

Release Date1975-03-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

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Vote Count1506

Tenebre

A razor-wielding serial killer is on the loose, murdering those around Peter Neal, an American mystery author in Italy to promote his newest novel.

Release Date1982-10-28

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Charactersd Narrator (Italian version) / Murderer's Hands (voice) (uncredited)

Vote Count643

Inferno

A young man returns from Rome to his sister's satanic New York apartment house.

Release Date1980-02-07

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

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Vote Count630

Opera

A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.

Release Date1987-12-19

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Charactersd Narrator (Italian version) (voice) (uncredited)

Vote Count494

Innocent Blood

Marie is a vampire with a thirst for bad guys. When she fails to properly dispose of one of her victims, a violent mob boss, she bites off more than she can chew and faces a new, immortal danger.

Release Date1992-09-25

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Vote Count224

Vortex

Lui, a struggling author with a heart condition, and his wife Elle, a retired psychiatrist, find their idyllic life shattered when Elle begins to succumb to the effects of dementia.

Release Date2022-01-27

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Vote Count234

The Five Days

In 1848 Milan, a thief and a baker witness the chaotic final days of the Italian Revolution.

Release Date1973-12-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

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Vote Count37

Pardon, Are You for or Against?

A successful fifty-year-old entrepreneur, Tullio Conforti, opposed to divorce for religious reasons, is in fact separated from his wife and leads a frenetic life divided between numerous lovers.

Release Date1966-12-23

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Vote Count18

Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo

Feature-length in-depth documentary by High Rising Productions chronicling the Giallo film genre from its beginnings as early 20th century crime fiction, to its later influences on the modern slasher film genre. Featuring interviews with Dario Argento, Umberto Lenzi, Luigi Cozzi, Richard Stanley, and more.

Release Date2016-02-23

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Vote Count7

Dario Argento: Master of Horror

A documentary about the films of Italian horror director Dario Argento. Included are clips from many of his films and interviews with friends, actors and colleagues.

Release Date1991-01-01

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Vote Count5

CVLT

In the clip for the song "Cvlt" the rappers Salmo and Noyz Narcos go to the master's house. Things take an unexpected turn.

Release Date2023-10-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

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Vote Count20

The Dead Will Walk: The Making of Dawn of the Dead

Feature documentary which profiles both the 1978 film and the career of director George A. Romero, including extensive interviews with all principle cast members and production personnel.

Release Date2004-09-07

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Vote Count7

The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors

Documentary about Dario Argento, "Profondo Rosso" shop in Rome, and most important works throughout his career.

Release Date1997-01-01

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Vote Count1

Dario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of Phenomena

Five of the main players behind Dario Argento's classic horror shocker Phenomena (1985) sit down to take viewers through this exclusive, epic-sized, 52 minute making of feature documentary. This was compiled and created for the nationwide Arrow UK DVD and Blu Ray release of the film, which hit all British home video stores on March 7th 2011.

Release Date2011-03-07

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Vote Count1

Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta

Release Date2019-09-05

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Vote Count2

Der Fall der vier Fliegen

Luigi Cozzi's memories about the production of Dario Argento's "4 mosche di velluto grigio".

Release Date2012-07-06

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Vote Count2

Il mistero della cattedrale

A retrospective look at the making of Michele Soavi's "The Church" including interviews with cast and crew.

Release Date2017-10-02

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Vote Count1

Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento

Newly edited version of Luigi Cozzi's 1997 documentary "Il mondo di Dario Argento 3: Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento" focusing on the museum-part of the "Profondo Rosso" shop.

Release Date2022-12-02

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Vote Count1

Non risponde più

Release Date2004-01-01

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Vote Count1

The Grand Opening

Interviews with the filmmakers behind the 1996 film Wax Mask.

Release Date2019-09-24

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Tripping The Dark Fantastic

Showcasing a live performance at Earth Theatre, London in 2021 and interviews with the artists he has collaborated with from over 35 years of scoring horror, fantasy and genre films, TRIPPING THE DARK FANTASTIC is a stunning record of musician Simon Boswell’s career. An exciting trip through such classics as PHENOMENA, DEMONS 2, STAGE FRIGHT, SANTA SANGRE, PERDITA DURANGO, LORD OF ILLUSIONS, SHALLOW GRAVE, HARDWARE and many others, peppered with appearances by the likes of directors Dario Argento, Alejandro Jodorowsky, the concert features Simon with his 12 piece band, Caduta Massi, filmed by acclaimed DOP Vince Knight.

Release Date2022-10-29

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A Dark Fairy Tale

A short documentary about the making of Dario Argento's "Phenomena" (1985).

Release Date2008-05-27

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Leçon de Cinéma

Release Date2004-03-20

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Episode Count2

Vote Count1

Domenica In

Domenica In

Release Date1976-10-03

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Episode Count2

Ennio

A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-time Oscar winner and the author of over five hundred unforgettable scores.

Release Date2022-02-17

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Vote Count341

Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America

To mark the recent thirtieth anniversary of Sergio Leone’s death, this documentary sets out to pay tribute to one of the great legends of world cinema. The singular artistic vision of Sergio Leone has transcended national borders, creating the Spaghetti Western genre and transforming the international cinematic panorama forever with his innovative stylistic and narrative solutions, which have now become part of the language of the movies. The film, which is enriched with precious archive footage from the Cineteca di Bologna, including rare audio recordings and film clips shot behind the scenes, sees for the first time the direct participation of the Leone family and has interviews both with Leone’s longtime collaborators and with icons of Hollywood who have been profoundly influenced by his work.

Release Date2022-10-20

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Vote Count55

Friedkin Uncut

An introspective insight into the life and artistic journey of William Friedkin, an extraordinary and offbeat director of cult films such as The French Connection, The Exorcist, Sorcerer, Cruising, To Live and Die in L.A. and Killer Joe. For the first time Friedkin opens up, guiding the audience on a fascinating journey through the themes and the stories that have influenced his life and his artistic career.

Release Date2018-11-05

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Vote Count44

Close Up

More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press Conferences in Cannes, Venice and Berlin, between 1993 and 2002. Presented the first time in 2012 (ten years after the last shooting) in Napoli Film Festival and in 2013 at the Art Institute of California in Santa Ana. An anthropological experiment on the facial expressions of famous people showing the human being aspect. All original footage from Mel Gibson to Peter Jackson, from George Lucas to Catherine Deneuve, from Michael Douglas to Giancarlo Giannini and many others.

Release Date2012-09-30

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Vote Count2

We Are Cinema

An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.

Release Date2021-12-16

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Vote Count1

All the Colors of Giallo

'Giallo' is Italian for 'yellow', the color of the lurid pulp novels that inspired one of the most intense, extreme and influential genres in movie history. In this unprecedented collection, experience the full chronological evolution of giallo with more than 100 rare and classic trailers from such masters as Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, Sergio Martino, Antonio Margheriti, Umberto Lenzi and many more. Then slip on black leather gloves and set the mood with a Bonus CD of legendary soundtrack music from composers that include Ennio Morricone, Riz Ortolani, Bruno Nicolai, Stelvio Cipriani and others, along with all-new featurettes that thrust even deeper into the genre. "But be warned," says Gizmodo.com, "Once you start going down the blood- slicked giallo rabbit hole, you may become dangerously obsessed."

Release Date2019-01-29

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Vote Count21

Dario Argento: Panico

This documentary about the great master of European horror and fantastic films offers an immersive exploration into the life and legacy of the director of Suspiria. Using the writing process of his next film as a starting point, Dario Argento Panico immerses us in the mind of the Italian genius, and offers testimonials from other filmmakers who love his work, all key names in today's world of cinema including Gaspar Noé and Guillermo Del Toro.

Release Date2024-10-14

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Vote Count1

Masters of Horror

Documentary showcasing the work of prominent film directors in the horror genre. Featuring interviews with the directors, behind the scenes footage and clips from popular horror films, and hosted by Bruce Campbell, star of The Evil Dead (1981).

Release Date2002-11-06

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Vote Count13

Italian Kings Of B

Documentary on Italian genre cinema.

Release Date2003-01-01

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Vote Count1

Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss

Actor and writer Mark Gatiss embarks on a chilling journey through European horror cinema, from the silent nightmares of German Expressionism in the 1920s to the Belgian lesbian vampires in the 1970s, from the black-gloved killers of Italian bloody giallo cinema to the ghosts of the Spanish Civil War, and finally reveals how Europe's turbulent 20th century forged its ground-breaking horror tradition.

Release Date2012-10-30

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Vote Count11

Tales of the Uncanny

A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films.

Release Date2020-10-31

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Vote Count10

Dario Argento's World of Horror

Documentary on horror/mystery filmmaker Dario Argento. Features an in-depth interview with Argento and covers his work from 1969 to 1985.

Release Date1985-01-01

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Vote Count11

Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema

A documentary about the Italian cinema as art form and industry.

Release Date1985-01-01

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I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni

A documentary which explores the life and the career of Michelangelo Antonioni, one of the greatest Italian directors, through archival footage and interviews.

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L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo

Release Date2010-09-07

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Vote Count2

Titanus 1904

Release Date2024-10-17

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Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

The greatness, fall and renaissance of Hammer, the flagship company of British popular cinema, mainly from 1955 to 1968. Tortured women and sadistic monsters populated oppressive scenarios in provocative productions that shocked censorship and disgusted critics but fascinated the public. Movies in which horror was shown in offensive colors: dreadful stories, told without prejudices, that offered fear, blood, sex and stunning performances.

Release Date2017-08-06

Charactersd Self - Filmmaker

Vote Count4

Stephen King's World of Horror

This horror documentary is not the same as the 1986 TV special Stephen King's World of Horror nor the 1988 VHS release of the same name, which runs 45 minutes, was distributed by Front Row Entertainment and is about King himself. Instead, This Is Horror (copyright 1989) was a TV special which ran in four 60 minute increments. This new special used some framing footage from the original 'World of Horror' but is primarily newer interviews and behind-the-scenes footage about what was hot in horror in the late 80s. Here in the U.S., a condensed 90-minute version made its way onto video courtesy of Goodtimes in 1990. Elsewhere, the entire special was released as 2 different tapes running 90 minutes apiece. In the UK these were titled This is Horror: A Video Encyclopedia of Horror (Volumes 1 and 2) and in Germany they were called Best of Stephen King's World of Horror (Parts 1 & 2).

Release Date1989-01-01

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Vote Count3

Fear in the Dark

A short documentary on the history of the horror film narrated by Christopher Lee.

Release Date1991-10-29

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Vote Count1

Ban the Sadist Videos!

An in-depth analysis of the "Video Nasty" scandal of the early 1980s in Britain.

Release Date2005-09-06

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Vote Count23

Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror

Documentary that explores Argento's film career.

Release Date2001-04-15

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Vote Count14

Alida Valli: In Her Own Words

A complete and never-before-seen portrait of the life of a young girl from Pula (Istria) who quickly became one of the most famous and beloved actresses of Italian and international cinema, told through the words of her unpublished letters and diaries, photographs, homemade films in 8 mm, and new interviews with her relatives, friends, and collaborators.

Release Date2021-05-17

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Vote Count5

The Last Movie Painter

A fantastic journey through the world of Renato Casaro, one of the most important illustrators that the world’s film poster industry has ever known.

Release Date2020-02-06

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Vote Count10

Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema

The life and work of one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Sergio Leone (1929-89); a rich and fascinating portrait through unpublished testimonies of collaborators, actors, directors and critics who reconstruct every aspect of his creative activity.

Release Date2001-09-22

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Vote Count5

Mario Bava: Operazione paura

Mario Bava Operazione Paura", hosted by Joe Dante, is an hommage of the Master of the Terror, the italian director Mario Bava

Release Date2004-04-30

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Vote Count1

Cult of Terror

A journey of years through many countries and film festivals; a nostalgic, adrenaline-fueled and rock-spirited immersion into the universe of cinephilia, in search of genre specialists, fans and filmmakers who speak of their shared passion for fantastic cinema; a whole international spiritual community united under the cathartic shadow of horror.

Release Date2017-10-14

Charactersd Self - Filmmaker

Vote Count4

Suspiria 25th Anniversary

Documentary about the shooting of 'Suspiria' that details everything that lovers of horror genre can desire, including the inspiration of the plot, the director, the cast, the style, the music and, of course, its worldwide success. Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Jessica Harper, Udo Kier, Stafania Casini, Giuseppe Colombo, Luciano Tovoli and several members of the progressive rock band Goblin (Claudio Simonetti, Fabio Pignatelli, Massino Marante) are interviewed to learn about their work in the film.

Release Date2001-09-11

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Vote Count5

Hanging Shadows

Offers a critical appreciation of Italian horror cinema, pioneered by directors such as Dario Argento and Mario Bava, a genre that influenced filmmakers from Quentin Tarantino to Takashi Miike.

Release Date2007-09-14

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DARIO ARGENTO - The Exhibit

Release Date2022-11-01

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Blood on Méliès' Moon

France, 1890. Inventor Louis Le Prince vanishes under mysterious circumstances right after he created a device that, five years later, the Lumière Brothers will call The Cinematographer. What if they had stolen Le Prince’s idea and wacked him afterwards? The mystery remains for more than a century, until Luigi Cozzi picks up a strange book called “The Roaming Universe” in the horror museum of his pal Dario Argento. The origin of this enigmatic book troubles him. This particular science-fiction novel would have materialized during a spiritual session in modern day Rome. At the session, an old woman revealed that the key to all these mysteries comes from 1895, a time during which the Lumière Brothers had denied lending their camera to Georges Méliès for an obscure movie called "A Trip to the moon". Not only does this film actually exist, but it raises a more intriguing question. Is our world the only one, or are there parallel universes ?

Release Date2016-05-01

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Vote Count6

Linee d'ombra

Release Date2007-10-18

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The Dark Fantastic

The Dark Fantastic is a psychedelic journey into the mind of renowned composer Simon Boswell, blending live performances, striking visuals, and interviews with directors he’s scored for. It celebrates his bold impact on cinema and invites viewers into a surreal fusion of music and storytelling.

Release Date2025-06-15

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Fulci Flashbacks: Reflections on Italy's Premiere Paura Protagonist

This documentary is featured on Arrow Video's 2011 DVD & Blu-ray releases for The Beyond (1981).

Release Date2011-03-14

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Vote Count1

The Making of 'Mother of Tears'

Behind the scenes documentary on the making of the film.

Release Date2008-09-23

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Vote Count1

Du sang sur la neige

Release Date2013-11-15

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Dario Argento: My Cinema

Documentary on the films of Dario Argento from his debut "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage" up until "The Phantom of the Opera".

Release Date1999-01-13

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Vote Count1

Nessuno siamo perfetti

A loving portrait of reclusive comic-book writer Tiziano Sclavi, creator of Dylan Dog

Release Date2015-06-18

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Vote Count2

Homo Cinematographicus

Homo Cinematographicus is a human species whose unit of measurement and point of reference is the cinema and its derivative, television. Filmed at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, the film offers an unspecified number of statements, talking about memories and a thousand fragments of stories, titles and film scenes, the warp of a gigantic collective Chanson de geste.

Release Date1998-06-01

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Conducting Dario Argento's 'Opera'

This documentary is featured on the Limited Edition DVD for Opera, released in 2001.

Release Date2001-09-17

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Vote Count4

Tales Of The Cat

Argento, Morricone, and co-writer Dardano Saccheti offer a thumbnail version The Cat o' Nine Tailsof the circumstances which led to the film's creation, complete with views of its successes and faults.

Release Date2001-07-10

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Masters of Horror

An anthology series written and directed by the most famous names in horror.

Release Date2005-10-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count295

Once Upon a Time in the West

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

Release Date1968-12-21

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count4564

Night Shift

Night Shift

Turno di notte is an Italian television series.

Release Date1987-10-02

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count15

Suspiria

A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.

Release Date2018-10-26

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Film Writer

Vote Count2605

Dario Argento’s Nightmares

Dario Argento’s Nightmares

'Gli incubi di Dario Argento' is a TV series created for Rai's TV program “Giallo” by Enzo Tortora. It is a mini-TV series and the episodes have a duration of approximately 3 minutes each. Among various episodes, Nostalgia Punk has emerged following the criticism raised by the audience after it was broadcast, due to the violent scenes, ending with a reference to Dario Argento.

Release Date1987-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count9

Dawn of the Dead

During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

Release Date1978-09-02

DepartmentWriting

JobScript Consultant

Vote Count2162

Demons

A group of people are trapped in a West Berlin movie theater infested with ravenous demons who proceed to kill and possess the humans one-by-one, thereby multiplying their numbers.

Release Date1985-10-04

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count590

Phenomena

A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.

Release Date1985-01-25

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count849

The Cat o' Nine Tails

A newsman works with a blind puzzle-solver to uncover a deadly conspiracy linked to a genetic research facility.

Release Date1971-02-12

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count428

Demons 2

A group of tenants and visitors are trapped in a 10-story high-rise apartment building infested with demons who proceed to hunt the dwindling humans down.

Release Date1986-10-09

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count293

Dracula 3D

When Englishman Jonathan Harker visits the exotic castle of Count Dracula, he is entranced by the mysterious aristocrat. But upon learning that the count has sinister designs on his wife, Mina, Harker seeks help from vampire slayer Van Helsing.

Release Date2012-11-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count226

Commandos

Sgt. Sullivan puts together a group of Italian-Americans into disguise as Italian soldiers in order to infiltrate a North African camp held by the Italians. After the soldiers have knifed the Italians in their beds, they find a hooker living at the camp. Sullivan's commandos are to hold this camp and its weaponry until an American battalion arrives, all the while these Italian-Americans pretend to be Italian soldiers, often hosting the enemy. Lt. Valli is a young, "green," by-the-book officer who constantly argues with Sgt. Sullivan, who tells his superior that he has no idea what he is doing. One man on the base, probably a touch from Argento, is an entomologist who is needlessly killed. Things go terribly wrong after that.

Release Date1968-11-19

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count28

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city and conducts his own investigation, despite he and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer.

Release Date1970-02-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count790

Four Flies on Grey Velvet

Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He runs away, but he understands his troubles have just begun when the following day he receives an envelope with photos of him killing the man. Someone is killing all his friends and trying to frame him for the murders.

Release Date1971-12-17

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count392

Dark Glasses

Diana, a high-class prostitute trying to escape from a serial killer, suffers a car accident that leaves her blind and kills the family of Chin, a ten-year-old boy.

Release Date2022-02-24

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count190

The Stendhal Syndrome

A young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man's obsession.

Release Date1996-01-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count263

The Sect

A spree of grisly murders is perpetrated in Frankfurt by a group of Satan worshippers. A lonely schoolteacher almost runs over an elderly man and takes him in, unbeknown to her the man has plans for her – plans that involve a permanent future with the Satanic cult.

Release Date1991-03-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count120

Sleepless

An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer whom has resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year hiatus.

Release Date2001-01-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count235

The 5-Man Army

At the behest of local revolutionaries, a mercenary enlists four specialists in various combat styles to help him rob a Mexican Army train carrying $500,000 in gold.

Release Date1969-10-16

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count57

The Church

In a Gothic cathedral built on the mass grave of a Teutonic purge, an ancient discovery by the new librarian will release an unholy maelstrom of madness, violence, and demonic vengeance.

Release Date1989-03-10

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count234

Trauma

A young Romanian woman and a recovering drug addict launch an unlikely investigation after her parents are murdered by a vicious serial killer known as The Headhunter.

Release Date1993-03-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count225

Two Evil Eyes

A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.

Release Date1990-01-25

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count295

Cemetery Without Crosses

A melancholic gunfighter is drawn into a vengeful and tragic kidnapping plot by his widowed ex-lover.

Release Date1969-01-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count70

The Phantom of the Opera

A series of terrifying accidents and brutal murders leave a bloody trail into the subterranean caverns of an Opera house. Below the theatre stalks a man raised by creatures of the underworld.

Release Date1998-11-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count173

Scarlet Diva

A young Italian actress embarks on a self-destructive spree of sex, drugs and other excess while doing some soul searching to find the path for redemption.

Release Date2000-05-26

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count62

Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!

A man, released after a jail term for a crime he did not commit, raises a gang to go after the man who framed him.

Release Date1968-03-28

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count71

The Card Player

Policewoman Anna Mari is forced to play a dangerous game with the title serial killer. If she loses, she witnesses the maniac's tortured victims having their throats cut in explicit close-up detail via webcam. She teams up with British cop John Brennan to find out the identity of the murderer.

Release Date2004-01-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count223

Jenifer

After a detective rescues a mute disfigured woman from being murdered, he takes her into his home to prevent her from staying in a mental hospital, a move which alienates his family and soon turns to obsession.

Release Date2005-11-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count117

Giallo

In Italy, a woman fears her sister has been kidnapped; Inspector Enzo Avolfi fears it's worse. They team up to rescue her from a sadistic killer known only as Yellow.

Release Date2010-03-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count165

She Will

Veronica, an aging film star, retreats to the Scottish countryside with her nurse Desi to recover from a double mastectomy. While there, mysterious forces give Veronica the power to enact revenge within her dreams.

Release Date2022-07-15

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count79

The King of Ads

A collection of European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compiled and produced by Jean-Marie Boursicot.

Release Date1991-11-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count10

The Wax Mask

Paris, 1900: a couple are horribly murdered by a masked man with a metal claw who rips their hearts out. The sole survivor and witness to the massacre is a young girl. Twelve years later in Rome a new wax museum is opened, whose main attractions are lifelike recreations of gruesome murder scenes. A young man bets that he will spend the night in the museum but is found dead the morning after. Soon, people start disappearing from the streets of Rome and the wax museum halls begin filling with new figures...

Release Date1997-04-04

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count53

The Mother of Tears

An ancient urn is found in a cemetery outside Rome. Once opened, it triggers a series of violent incidents: robberies, rapes and murders increase dramatically, while several mysterious, evil-looking young women coming from all over the world are gathering in the city. All these events are caused by the return of Mater Lacrimarum, the last of three powerful witches who have been spreading terror and death for centuries. Alone against an army of psychos and demons, Sarah Mandy, an art student who seems to have supernatural abilities of her own, is the only person left to prevent the Mother of Tears from destroying Rome.

Release Date2007-10-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count438

Possibility Zero

Set in Norway and has a crack team of Allies sent to blow up an underground Nazi factory where the Germans have taken a crashed Spitfire that contains a new radar system that the krauts want to copy.

Release Date1969-05-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count6

Love Circle

A liberal-thinking author watches his wife as she attempts to seduce his best friend at a dinner party. She ends up taking on another man as well, and the writer has an affair with the another dinner guest. Soon the three men and two women are entangled in a confusing series of partner-swapping sex sprees where everyone's morals are challenged in the wake of the sexual revolution.

Release Date1969-04-13

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count20

DeGenerazione

Horror/sci-fi anthology with a punk streak, co-directed by and starring — among other newcomers — Asia Argento.

Release Date1994-07-15

DepartmentCrew

JobThanks

Vote Count6

Battle of the Commandos

A British Colonel is angry with his superiors after his entire platoon is slaughtered by the Germans in what he saw as a suicide mission. So for his next mission, he takes along a platoon a convicted criminals - to prepare the Normandy beaches for the D-Day landings.

Release Date1969-08-12

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count6

Pelts

Jake Feldman is a furrier struggling to build a business while being tormented by his obsession with a stripper. When a sadistic backwoods trapper kills a strange group of pet raccoons, Jake knows their luxurious hides could make a coat that will change his fortunes forever. Only these are no ordinary pelts: the cursed furs will wreak vengeance on anyone who touches them.

Release Date2006-12-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count56

Man Called Amen

A very unlikely trio join forces in order to rob a bank: an ex-bandit called Smith, now a cheerful reverend, a nomadic artist and a pickpocket. Their plan is successful, however, and the three make off with the money from the bank's vaults, only to find themselves robbed of their newly-acquired wealth by a young schoolmistress.

Release Date1972-08-11

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2

Dogman's Rabies: Underdog

Inspired by one of the most savage and violent crimes committed in Rome in the 1980s, "Rabbia Furiosa" is the story of Fabio, a small-time neighborhood crook, known as “Er Canaro” (the Dog Man) who suffers years of abuse and mistreatment from Claudio, a local boss of the criminal underworld. When he is driven to desperation and the brink of madness, he will carry out a terrible and bloody act of vengeance...

Release Date2018-06-07

DepartmentCrew

JobThanks

Vote Count27

The Sandman

THE SANDMAN tells the story of Nathan, a young student in the city who struggles to forget his childhood trauma at the hands of the serial killer dubbed "The Sandman." Nathan killed The Sandman years ago, on Christmas Eve, after he witnessed the murder of his mother... until he sees the beautiful woman who lives in the apartment across the way dying at the hands of that same masked killer. This brutal murder plunges Nathan into an odyssey into the night country of his past, his dreams... and the buried secrets of The Sandman.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Do You Like Hitchcock?

A nerdy film student and lifelong voyeur begins to believe that two lovely young strangers may have conspired to commit a brutal murder.

Release Date2005-03-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count65

Every Man Is My Enemy

When a heist goes wrong, a safe cracker (Robert Webber) looks for the person who's betrayed him...

Release Date1967-01-01

DepartmentCrew

JobAdditional Writing

Vote Count2

The Sexual Revolution

Fourteen people of different ages - seven men and seven women - gather in a comfortable hotel by the sea to carry out an experiment inspired by the theories of an Austrian psychoanalyst. The creator - Professor Emilio Missiroli - wants to show that only a thousand breaking taboos' that stifle the sexual life can liberate man from his existential malaise. Every night, so, for a whole week, men and women of the group will couple through a draw, without giving any importance to their feelings, thus demonstrating that these can and should do without. Based on Wilhelm Reich's The Sexual Revolution.

Release Date1968-11-21

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count4

Masks

In the 70s Matteusz Gdula invented an acting method that was supposed to make every actor “shine”. Still, lots of his students die mysteriously and Gdula commits suicide. His method gets banned. Now: Stella, an ambitious, but rather untalented drama student, gets accepted at the „Matteusz Gdula“-school. When she bears witness to some strange occurrences, she gets drawn into the bizarre and deadly web that surrounds the dark secret of the school...

Release Date2011-07-28

DepartmentCrew

JobThanks

Vote Count33

Macbeth

Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Macbeth" staged by Dario Argento, directed by Marco Scalfi.

Release Date2015-04-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobStage Director

Vote Count3

Season of the Senses

A group of young girls stranded on an island, where they meet the reclusive Luca, who hides a dark secret.

Release Date1969-10-22

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1

Commandments for a Gangster

Northon is a retired gangster wants to avenge the death of his sister, who was married to Frank Cline. Cline disappeared while transporting a large shipment of the Organization's gold, leaving three dead bodies behind him. Northon follows the trail to the sunken ship and tries to beat rival gangsters to the lost gold.

Release Date1968-05-21

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Untitled Dario Argento / Isabelle Huppert Project

A remake of a 1940s Mexican film, rumored to be The Other (1946).

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Lui è peggio di me

Lui è peggio di me

Release Date2021-02-11

Episode Count1

Bits & Pieces

Dive into the Eternal City – see Rome like you’ve never seen it before. Storefront robberies, bizarre murders, career dreamers, and cameos from Italy's foremost directors and actors feature in this star-studded omnibus tale about life and love.

Release Date1996-02-02

Vote Count15

Western all'italiana

"Western all'italiana" is a documentary produced and broadcast by the satellite broadcaster Studio Universal in 2004, on the occasion of the broadcasting of a selection of Italian western films, the so-called "spaghetti westerns". In the course of the video, the birth, evolution and conclusion of the Italian western trend is told.

Release Date2004-01-01

Vote Count1

Deep Argento

Dario Argento is one of the most acclaimed Italian directors in the world, revered as if he were a rock star. At the same time, however, he is a person who has always protected his private life. This documentary breaks that taboo and delves into the most intimate aspects of his life and career, uncovering personal documents and photographs that, until now, had been jealously guarded.

Release Date2023-10-21

The Run

An interactive film. A famous fitness influencer's morning run turns into a fight for survival when she's hunted by killers, and her fate depends on the viewer's choices that determine if she and a local farmer she meets live or die.

Release Date2025-06-20

Tempus fugit

Release Date2006-08-11

Of Flies and Maggots

Feature-length documentary including interviews with co-writer/producer/director Dario Argento, and many of the cast and crew members.

Release Date2017-05-08

Vote Count1

Out of the Shadows

Argento looks back at the making of his stunning debut, THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE

Release Date2005-10-27

Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage

Release Date2016-09-05

Fear at 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess of Suspiria

A short documentary about Suspiria by Dario Argento.

Release Date2009-02-06

Two Masters' Eyes

This documentary features interviews with directors Dario Argento and George Romero, Special Make-Up Effects supervisor Tom Savini, executive producer Claudio Argento, and Asia Argento. The interviewees discuss Edgar Allan Poe's classic writings and their tone, the conception of Two Evil Eyes, and the film's stylistic appearance and production history.

Release Date2003-04-29

Director: Dario Argento

Dario Argento discusses the genesis of The Stendhal Syndrome, the structure of its narrative, the unique atmosphere and tone of the film.

Release Date2007-09-25

When There's no More Room in Hell

Documentary about the making of the European version of George A. Romero's "Dawn of the Dead".

Release Date2004-12-04

Dario Argento : soupirs dans un corridor lointain

Release Date2019-07-03

Vote Count3

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