Italian film director Dario Argento is best known for his work in two closely related genres, the crime thriller and supernatural horror. Approaching Argento's films as rhetorical statements made through extremes of sound and vision, Cooper places Argento in a tradition of aesth…
Commanding a cult following among horror fans, Italian film director Dario Argento is best known for his work in two closely related genres, the crime thriller and supernatural horror. In his four decades of filmmaking, Argento has displayed a commitment to innovation, from his …
Commanding a cult following among horror fans, Italian film director Dario Argento is best known for his work in two closely related genres, the crime thriller and supernatural horror. In his four decades of filmmaking, Argento has displayed a commitment to innovation, from his …
Essays focusing on European horror cinema from 1945 to the present. Features new contributions by distinguished international scholars exploring British, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Northern European and Eastern European horror cinema
Italian horror cinema
Covering the fundamental aspects of Italian horror cinema and written by experts in the field, this book engages with the genres transnational form of production and distribution, critical reception, relationship between horror and Italian art cinema, use of sound and legacy. Ca…
"As one of the most globally recognisable instances of 20th century Eurohorror, Dario Argento's Suspiria (1976) is poetic, chaotic, and intriguing. The cult reputation of Argento's baroque nightmare is reflected in the critical praise it continues to receive almost 40 years afte…
As one of the most globally recognisable instances of 20th century Eurohorror, Dario Argento's Suspiria (1976) is putic, chaotic, and intriguing. The cult reputation of Argento's baroque nightmare is reflected in the critical praise it continues to receive almost 40 years after …
A critical evaluation of director Dario Argento's 1975 giallo cult classic Profondo rosso (Deep red).
Tracing Deep Red's history of censorship, re-edited releases, and its subsequent celebration by cult film audiences, this book considers how these competing discourses have helped to transform the film's cultural status and to fashion it as an exemplar of cult cinema.