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Disperse Home Media is celebrating January Giallo with a collection of apparel dedicated to Dario Argento, with a portion of proceeds going toward Los Angeles fire relief.

A filmography design highlighting all 20 of the Italian horror maestro’s features — from The Bird with the Crystal Plumage to Dark Glasses — comes on black or crimson tees for $34.

Stab into two of Argento’s classic giallo films, Deep Red (also known as Profondo Rosso) and Tenebrae, with shirts for $36 each or $62 for the pair.

The Deep Red design is also available on long sleeves for $50. Complete the look with a Deep Red or Tenebrae dad hat for $30.

Pre-orders are open through Sunday, January 12, and will ship 5-6 weeks later.

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Featuring: Dario Argento, Marisa Casale, Fiore Argento, Cristina Marsillach, Michele Soavi, Lamberto Bava, Luigi Cozzi, Asia Argento | Written by Simone Scafidi, Giada Mazzoleni, Davide Pulici | Directed by Simone Scafidi

Dario Argento Panico takes its title from an old interview where he said he didn’t want to create a sense of fear in viewers, he wanted to go beyond it and leave them in a state of panic. Its form is also taken from its subject’s past, following him as he isolates himself in a hotel to finish his latest script, something he frequently did early in his career.

I’m not sure that you really can isolate yourself with a film crew looking over your shoulder, but director Simone Scafidi uses this to frame his questions for the interview portions of the film. We actually only see about three seconds of him writing, and are never told what script he’s finishing,...

"I do what I do because I want to be loved!" Shudder has revealed an official US trailer for the documentary film titled Dario Argento Panico (also called just Panico). "Experience the world of Dario Argento like never before." This originally premiered at the 2023 Venice Film Festival last year in the "Venice Classics" section. It is the first biopic doc ever dedicated to Argento. The film zooms in on titular Italian filmmaker Dario Argento as he finishes writing the script for his last feature in a hotel as a film crew shoots a movie about him. "It is an immersive deep dive into the creative process and life of Argento and features exclusive interviews with the legendary filmmaker and insight from other acclaimed directors like Gaspar Noé, Guillermo del Toro and Nicolas Winding Refn about his impact on the horror genre and generations of other directors." Argento is now 83 years...

Genre icon Dario Argento is the focus on the documentary Dario Argento Panico, which had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival back in September – the same time we got our hands on the trailer embedded above. Today, Deadline reports that Dario Argento Panico has been acquired by the Shudder streaming service, and they’re planning to start streaming the in film the U.S., Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand on February 2nd.

Before we reach that date, the documentary is set to have its U.S. premiere at the IFC Center in New York during their theatrical retrospective Panic Attacks: The Films of Dario Argento, which is set to run from January 31st through February 8th.

Directed by Simone Scafidi and produced by Paguro Film, Dario Argento Panico is said to offer an insightful journey through the life and legacy of the legendary Italian filmmaker,...

Of all the leading Italian horror filmmakers, including auteurs like Mario Bava and Lucio Fulci, Dario Argento is the most recognized and widely renowned. Per Deadline, the Giallo Maestro will be featured in Dario Argento Panico, a documentary retrospective acquired by Shudder.

The documentary will arrive on Shudder on February 2, 2024, after making its world premiere at the 2023 Venice Film Festival.

Dario Argento Panico follows “an insightful journey through the life and legacy of the legendary Italian filmmaker, revealing his profound impact on horror and his lasting influence on cinema. It was in the secluded ambience of hotel rooms that Argento crafted his greatest cinematic creations, seeking solace from the outside world to delve into his nightmares. Now, he finds himself in a hotel room to return to the very setting that ignited his creative fervor to conclude his latest script and participate in an intimate interview, all while being followed...

Genre icon Dario Argento is the focus on the documentary Dario Argento Panico, which is having its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival – and with that premiere to take place this Saturday, September 2nd, a trailer for the documentary has arrived online! You can check it out in the embed above.

Directed by Simone Scafidi and produced by Paguro Film, Dario Argento Panico is said to be an immersive deep dive into the creative process and life of Argento. It features exclusive interviews with the legendary filmmaker and insight from other acclaimed directors like Gaspar Noé, Guillermo del Toro and Nicolas Winding Refn about his impact on the horror genre and generations of other directors.

Fiore Argento, Asia Argento, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Lamberto Bava, Luigi Cozzi, Michele Soavi, Claudio Simonetti, Marisa Casale, Cristina Marsillach, Floriana Argento, Franco Ferrini, and of course Dario Argento himself also appear in the documentary.

"Dario Argento is fear!" Italian master of horror / giallo filmmaker Dario Argento finally gets the biopic documentary treatment. Premiering at the 2023 Venice Film Festival underway now in the "Venice Classics" section is Dario Argento Panico (also known as just Panico), a new documentary by filmmaker Simone Scafidi. The first biopic dedicated to Argento. The film zooms in on titular Italian filmmaker Dario Argento as he finishes writing the script for his last feature in a hotel as a film crew shoots a movie about him. "It is an immersive deep dive into the creative process and life of Argento and features exclusive interviews with the legendary filmmaker and insight from other acclaimed directors like Gaspar Noé, Guillermo del Toro and Nicolas Winding Refn about his impact on the horror genre and generations of other directors." Argento is currently 82 years old and continues to make films - Dark Glasses was out last year.

Before horror's slasher craze of the 1980s came another subgenre that took over the imagination of fright fans: giallo. The Italian style of horror, which had its heyday during the late '60s and into the mid -'70s, didn't have the popularity of later American slasher films, but its uniqueness helped to inspire what was to come. The king of giallo was and always will be Dario Argento. The 82-year-old director's career continues today, with his first film in a decade, Dark Glasses, coming out last year. He is the man responsible for so many giallo classics, from Suspiria to Phenomena, but his masterpiece will always be 1975's Deep Red. It's the epitome of what giallo represents, but one scene with a creepy-looking doll takes it from being a well-filmed proto-slasher into something so intense that it'll make you scream out loud.

Stars: Peter Stephen Wolmarans, Sandra Pizzullo, Penelope Sangiorgi, Rocco Marazzita | Written and Directed by Alessandro Antonaci, Daniel Lascar, Stefano Mandalà

Sound of Silence was written and directed by Alessandro Antonaci, Daniel Lascar, and Stefano Mandalà who work collectively under the label of T3. They previously made the feature You Die and several shorts including the 2020 short Sound of Silence which they’ve now expanded into a feature. But can the concept survive going from three minutes to ninety-three minutes?

An old man, Peter (Peter Stephen Wolmarans) is puttering around in his attic when he finds an old, possibly antique, radio. He becomes so intent on fixing it that he ignores his wife (Sandra Pizzullo) telling him dinner is ready. He should have listened to her because once the radio is working it unleashes something that attacks them both.

In New York City, Emma (Penelope Sangiorgi), an aspiring singer, freezes at an audition.

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Jurassic Park Virtual Pets from Tamagotchi

Ready for a double dose of ’90s nostalgia? Tamagotchi – the beloved virtual pet keychain from our youth – is celebrating Jurassic Park’s 30th anniversary with dinosaur virtual pets. Due out in March, amber and egg versions are available to pre-order for 20.99.

Depending on how you interact with your baby dino, they may evolve into over 20 different dinosaurs, including rarities. If you don’t take proper care of them, they’ll leave you. When your prehistoric pal is in a bad mood, give them a snack (leaves and nuts for herbivores; meat and fish for carnivores) or play one of three mini-games.

Holly by Stephen King

Stephen King will publish Holly on September 5 via Scribner.

Last year at the Berlinale we had the pleasure of interview the maestro that is Dario Argento, for the release of his latest feature – which is now available to stream of Shudder. We also spoke to his daughter, and star, Asia Argento, who sat besides Ilenia Pastorelli, as we spoke about the project at hand, from the ensemble, the rigours and demands, what it’s like working with your family. And on Daft Punk, of course. Watch both interviews in their entirety below.

Dario Argento

Ilenia Pastorelli & Asia Argento

Synopsis

Diana, a young woman who lost her sight, finds a guide in a Chinese boy named Chin. Together they will track down a dangerous killer through the darkness of Italy.

Dark Glasses is available to watch on Shudder now

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Italian director Dario Argento is a master of suspense and of subgenre now called giallo — an Italian style of horror that combines elements of mystery and suspense with over-the-top gore. He is most well known for his dizzyingly kaleidoscopic film "Suspiria" about a young woman who begins to question if the dance academy where she has recently enrolled is really as innocent a place as it seems. But Argento's career is also filled with other films that have made a name for themselves amongst horror fans like "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage" and "Deep Red." Most recently, he has returned to the giallo form with his new film "Dark Glasses," about a young sex worker who, after losing her sight, must do everything she can to outsmart the mysterious killer that is determined to end her life.

Over the years, Argento has worked with a variety of actors — even...

One of director Dario Argento's first jobs was writing the script for Sergio Leone's celebrated Western "Once Upon a Time in the West." Argento also wrote multiple other thrillers and genre films in his native Italy before directing his first feature "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage" in 1970. It proved to be the first of three amazing gialli that would prove to be Argento's calling card. The other two would be "Cat o' Nine Tails" and "Four Flies on Gray Velvet," completing what is now called The Animal Trilogy.

"The Bird with the Crystal Plumage" is about an American couple vacationing in Rome, when one of them (Tony Musante) witnesses a murder in an art gallery. The man is so shaken by what he saw that he ends up joining the police investigation. There are many plot reveals involving who was buying and selling paintings from the gallery,...

Dark Glasses sees Dario Argento returning to the Giallos that made his name, but while it's his best work in many years, it's far from perfect. Before becoming a director, Argento began his career as a screenwriter, penning the likes of Sergio Leone's Once Upon A Time In The West. It was his Giallo thrillers that made Argento a name, with films like Four Flies On Grey Velvet or 1975's Deep Red combining stylish, colorful direction with elaborate murder setpieces. While he's dabbled in other genres - notably, supernatural horror with Suspiria or the disappointing Mother Of Tears - he's considered a master of the Giallo.

After a decade-long absence, Argento has returned with a new Giallo dubbed Dark Glasses, currently available on Shudder. This follows Italian sex worker Diana (Ilenia Pastorelli) who is blinded following a car crash and finds herself stalked by a serial killer. Dark Glasses...

On October 13, Shudder premiered “Dark Glasses,” the highly anticipated return from the master of horror, Dario Argento. Fleeing her predator, a young escort (Ilenia Pastorelli) crashes her car and loses her sight. She emerges from the initial shock determined to fight for her life, but she is no longer alone. Defending her and acting as her eyes is a little boy, Chin (Andrea Zhang), who survived the car accident. But the killer won’t give up his victim. Who will be saved?

Reviews for the thriller are mixed, earning it a current score of 58 on Rotten Tomatoes to date. But what exactly are critics saying about Argento’s latest?

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Hope Madden of MaddWolf cheers Argento’s gory return. “There are some inventive kills, gore aplenty, and loads of reminders of...

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

Center Stage (Stanley Kwan)

Following her breakout with Jackie Chan in Police Story and before her iconic roles in the films of Wong Kar-wai and Olivier Assayas, Maggie Cheung delivered one of the best performances of her career in Stanley Kwan’s lush, definitive, and boldly conceived biopic Center Stage, also known as Actress. Now gorgeously restored in 4K from the original negative, and approved by Kwan himself, the film follows Cheung as iconic silent film star Ruan Lingyu, who committed suicide at the age of 24 in 1935 after a tumultuous private life that was frequent fodder for the vicious Shanghai tabloids—and began to mirror the melodramas that brought her fame. With Cheung receiving the Best Actress award at Berlinale, the film...

After making the poorly received Dracula 3D (watch it Here), legendary filmmaker Dario Argento went ten years without directing another movie. Now he’s back with Dark Glasses, which will be available to watch on the Shudder streaming service sometime this fall (you can read our own Tyler Nichols’ review of Dark Glasses at This Link) – and he has already lined up his next project. While at Frightfest back in August, Argento said his next film will be shot in Paris and is a remake of a Mexican thriller that was released in the 1940s. Now, ChaosReign.fr reports that Argento talked some more about his next project at the Sitges Film Festival, revealing that filming will begin in the spring of 2023… and Isabelle Huppert has signed on to star in the movie!

An Oscar nominee for her performance in Paul Verhoeven’s 2016 thriller Elle, Huppert has racked up almost...

Can you believe we’re already less than three weeks until Halloween? What does that mean for horror fans? Well, it means A Whole Lot of brand new releases are headed our way!

In fact, another 14 Brand New Horror Movies are releasing this week alone, including the return of a horror master and the final battle between two iconic horror legends.

Here’s all the new horror releasing October 10 – October 16, 2022!

Another Hulu Original horror movie has arrived for the Halloween season, with Hulu unleashing the meme-based Grimcutty to kick off the week’s new releases just yesterday.

In the new Hulu horror movie, “A suburban teen girl and her little brother must stop a terrifying internet meme brought to life by the hysteria of their parents.”

John Ross (“The Birch”) directed Grimcutty for Hulu’s “Huluween” lineup this year.

Usman Ally (Veep, A Series of Unfortunate Events), Shannyn Sossamon (Wayward Pines,...

Dario Argento has been shocking audiences for five decades now and the 82-year-old director isn't stopping anytime soon. He has a new horror film under his belt right now called "Dark Glasses" and while at the acclaimed Sitges Film Festival the Italian director announced he has his next film lined up already that will start production in spring 2023.

Details are slim, of course, but he did reveal two very interesting tidbits: one, the film will be set in Paris, and two, the great Isabelle Huppert will star. Huppert is an award-winning actress that you'll know from films like "I Heart Huckabees," "Greta," and "Elle," which was her big awards movie in 2016.

Argento took a break from directing throughout most of the 2010s, his last film before "Dark Glasses" was 2012's "Dracula 3D," which wasn't exactly a high water mark for this iconic director. "Dark Glasses" looks to be returning the maestro to his "giallo" roots,...

After shoring up in Jerzy Skolimowski’s Eo, Isabelle Huppert will now work with another octogenarian in horror helmer Dario Argento. Currently showcasing Dark Glasses at the Sitges Film Festival, we got some surprise news (via chaosreign) that Argento is prepping for a Spring shoot in Paris next year. He mentions that it is a remake of a Mexican film from the 40s – a country that made their own gothic and horror films beginning in the 30s. We’ll await further producer and casting in the months to come. Huppert has several items that are in the works François Ozon’s Mon Crime, André Téchiné’s La révocation, Patricia Mazuy’s Portraits trompeurs and Elise Girard’s Sidonie In Japan.…...

About, oh, a day after arguing Dark Glasses would surely be 82-year-old Dario Argento’s final feature, the director showed why he is a legend and, cards on the table, I am not. (Maybe that incredible end-of-life performance in Vortex fooled me.) A talk at this year’s Sitges Film Festival revealed Argento will direct Isabelle Huppert in a new picture this spring—one he recently revealed will remake a 1940s Mexican thriller, despite its Parisian location. [Chaos Reign]

Surely you’re champing at the bit for word of just what that thriller is, but Argento—ever one to exploit the element of surprise—remains tight-lipped for now. Start digging here if you’re so inclined, but I think everyone’s annual October horror-thon does enough to suggest that hunger for Argento’s cinema is nearly impossible to satiate. Whether it’s any good or so much as worth seeing: Dark Glasses...

Dario Argento is an iconic filmmaker who revolutionized the horror genre in the ‘70s. His run of films from the mid-‘70s through the ‘80s is one of the best ever, with films such as “Deep Red,” “Suspiria,” “Inferno,” and “Tenebrae,” among others. And while his output in recent years hasn’t been nearly as prolific— his recent “Dark Glasses” is the first directorial outing in a decade— that isn’t stopping Argento from putting together really interesting features.

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With a harrowing performance in Gaspar Noe’s “Vortex” as an aging writer caring for his wife in even more precarious cognitive health, Italian horror legend Dario Argento recently flaunted his virtuous acting capabilities. But back behind the camera for his first directorial outing in a decade, “Dark Glasses,” the veteran operates within the comfort of the giallo tropes he pioneered decades ago, although to less memorable effect.

Argento first introduces Diana (Ilenia Pastorelli), a sex worker in Rome, as she drives around the city minutes before an eclipse occurs. Noticing that everyone points at the sky with anticipation, she stops to join them in admiring the astral dance between the sun and the moon that for a few moments provides a unique filter on how we perceive the world. The momentary tinting of our reality serves as cleverly ominous forewarning of what’s to come.

The opening, however, remains...

After a decade-long hiatus from filmmaking, horror auteur Dario Argento has returned with his latest film, Dark Glasses (Occhiali neri), a modest, occasionally middling riff on the giallo sub-genre he helped define and redefine in the ‘70s and ‘80s. Surprisingly short on the excessively baroque visual style typical of his better known works, and long on familiar tropes, Dark Glasses doesn’t qualify as anything approaching a return to form for Argento, but it’s nonetheless welcome, especially from a well-regarded filmmaker whose last effort behind the camera, Dracula 3D, justifiably received an indifferent, apathetic response from both audiences and critics in 2012. Working from an underwritten, underdeveloped screenplay Argento co-scripted with occasional collaborator Franco Ferrini (Opera, Phenomena, Once...

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As we get deeper into the fall movie season, October—per usual—delivers some of the most essential films of the year. As much of the cinema-related excitement is owed to the New York Film Festival, many of the finest in this year’s slate will begin their limited releases this month, while other favorites from earlier in the festival year also start rolling out. See our top picks below.

15. Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (Arthur Harari; Oct. 7)

The opening title of Un Certain Regard at Cannes last year, Arthur Harari’s epic adventure Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle will finally hit U.S. theaters this week. Following the true story of a Japanese soldier who refused to believe that World War II had ended and continued to fight on a remote Philippine island until 1974, there’s been much acclaim for the nearly three-hour film; we’re looking forward to finally catching up with it.

Shudder’s comprehensive “Home for Halloween” line-up this October features the premiere of Dario Argento’s giallo return, ‘Dark Glasses,’ and much more.

Every Halloween, horror fans are presented with a murderer’s row of options when it comes to the perfect place to binge on bloody buffets of seasonal content. Horror programming is unavoidable during this time of year, but some channels and streaming services go above and beyond in terms of what they offer their audience. At this point, acclaimed horror movies and episodes of television shows are the bare minimum and the most promising streaming services find ways to truly celebrate this haunting holiday. Shudder never disappoints when it comes to horror’s biggest holiday, but 2022’s “Home for Halloween” celebration puts past years to shame.

Shudder (also available on AMC+) loves to celebrate the spookiest season of the year in special ways and “Home for Halloween...

Dark Glasses Trailer 2 — Shudder has released the second movie trailer for Dark Glasses / Occhiali Neri (2022) has been released. Crew Dario Argento‘s Dark Glasses stars Ilenia Pastorelli, Andrea Zhang, Asia Argento, Andrea Gherpelli, Mario Pirrello, and Maria Rosaria Russo. Dario Argento and Franco Ferrini wrote the screenplay for Dark Glasses. Plot Synopsis Dark [...]

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"When you can't open your eyes, the nightmare never ends." Shudder will be releasing a brand new Dario Argento film in October, just in time for Halloween season. This official trailer debuted a few weeks ago but we're just catching up with it. Argento's Dark Glasses serial killer horror film set in Rome originally premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and also stopped by a few other festivals including Neuchâtel and Lyon Festival Hallucinations Collectives. A serial killer who preys on prostitutes sets his sights on Diana. As he pursues her, he causes a car crash in which she is blinded and 10-year-old Chin's entire family dies. Despite her blindness, Diane resolves to take the boy in. But the killer is still on the loose… Together they will track down a dangerous killer through the darkness of Italy. The film's cast includes Ilenia Pastorelli as Diana, Andrea Zhang as Chin,...

The beginning of October marks the midway point of spooky season so let's take a moment to see what the fine folks at Shudder have planned for us next month. Next month's lineup of Shudder Originals includes the lauded films Deadstream and Ressurection. Argento's Dark Glasses, the latest chapter of the horror anthology V/H/S/99, and UK horror She Will will also debut next month. As far as curated programs are concerned the All Hail Argento collection will have a number of the director's films on deck. Opera and The Stendhal Syndrome premiere on October 10, joining titles already on Shudder including Deep Red, Tenebrae, Inferno, Phenomena, Trauma and The Cat o’ Nine Tales along with the...

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Beyond Fest today unveiled the lineup for its tenth anniversary edition, returning to Los Angeles from September 27th – October 11th, following the sold-out fest of 2021.

This year’s installment of the United States’ biggest genre festival opens with two free screenings of Parker Finn’s anticipated Paramount horror Smile, closing out with the World Premiere of Halloween Ends, the conclusion to the iconic horror franchise from Universal Pictures, Trancas International, Miramax and Blumhouse. Other notable titles world premiering at Beyond Fest 2022 include Prime Video’s My Best Friend’s Exorcism, based on Grady Hendrix’s bestselling novel, Joe Begos’ Christmas Bloody Christmas, and Lorcan Finnegan’s Nocebo, starring Eva Green and Mark Strong.

Films making their West Coast debuts include Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin, Mark Mylod’s The Menu, Scream co-creator Kevin Williamson’s Sick, Ali Abbasi’s Cannes prize winner Holy Spider, Ruben Östlund’s Palme d...

The sixteenth edition of the MotelX film festival kicks off in Lisbon, Portugal this week. For one week some of the best that the international genre scene has to offer. The festival will open with Bodies Bodies Bodies, the Gen Z slasher our own Josh said was, "Fun, funny, surprising, and occasionally even scary...". Other festival faves include Argento's Dark Glasses, Benson and Moorehead's Someting in the Dirt, Joko Anwar's anticipated Satan's Slaves 2: Communion, Canadian feminist post apocalyptic Polaris, and the genre-defying Saloum. The festival announcement follows. 16th edition - 6 - 12 September - Lisbon | Cinema São Jorge Motelx - Lisbon International Horror Film Festival Complete Programme 16th edition Generation Z in danger, “Bodies Bodies Bodies”...

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The official Twitter account for the Fandango ticketing company just sent out a series of “Fall Preview” tweets – and in the process, they unveiled new images from several of the most highly anticipated genre movies of the year, including Halloween Ends, the X prequel Pearl, and Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry, Darling, among other titles.

They got the Fall ball rolling with a new image of iconic slasher Michael Myers from Halloween Ends, which will be reaching theatres and the Peacock streaming service on October 14th:

First up in our #FallPreview we have #HalloweenEnds. See @JamieLeeCurtis’s Laurie Strode face off against Michael Myers in the series finale, in theaters October 14! pic.twitter.com/qxpVP9BfzA

— Fandango (@Fandango) August 24, 2022

Then we have an image of Florence Pugh from the thriller Don’t Worry, Darling, directed by Olivia Wilde.

Next for our #FallPreview is the Olivia Wilde directed #DontWorryDarling. Starring Harry Styles and Florence Pugh,...

It’s a sign of a career well spent when a filmmaker’s body of work is so screamingly impressive that just their name is synonymous with a certain type of cinematic excellence. So, what do you think of when you read the name Dario Argento?

Whether you’re among the writer-director’s legion of horror-loving fans or know Argento’s filmography through a more educational lens, then your mind has probably been inundated with supersaturated reds and blues, nightmarish contortions of cinematography, and more likely than not a splattering or two of prop blood.

If Alfred Hitchcock owned American suspense films, then Argento was the master of Italian-born terror. He cut his teeth as a screenwriter on various titles including the comedy “Pardon, Are You For or Against?” and Spaghetti Western “The Rope and the Colt” in the late ‘60s, before making his director debut with “The Bird with the Crystal Plumage...

Dario Argento’s latest film Dark Glasses finds the Master of Horror back on (somewhat) solid ground. While Dark Glasses has several classic Giallo elements, in reality, the Italian director has unexpectedly delivered a throwback to the “disabled woman in peril” subgenre that was popular back in the 80s and 90s. Dark Glasses begins in traditional Argento […]

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It’s that time of year again, with Fantasia International Film Festival presenting a tempting spread for genre fans. With just four days to go until it opens, we take a look at some of this year’s highlights.

Dark Glasses

Dark Glasses

The emergence of a new film by the undisputed king of giallo, Dario Argento, is bound to whet the appetite of horror fans, and this looks set to be one of the most popular screenings at the festival. We don’t want to provide spoilers, but suffice to say that, even though it’s not his finest work, fans will find a great deal to enjoy about it. It follows a call girl trying to make her living whilst a killer targeting people in her profession stalks the streets of Rome. After being caught up in a car crash as she flees this threat, she loses her sight,...

As with most events this year, the Fantasia International Film Festival is heading back to theaters for its 2022 edition, the 26th year of its existence. From July 14 to August 3, Montreal, Quebec, will fill its screens at Concordia Hall Cinema, the Cinémathèque Québécoise, Cinéma du Musée, and the McCord Museum with the best genre fare the industry has to offer. If you’re in town there won’t be a better ticket this summer.

The festivities are bookended by the world premiere of Kc Carthew’s eco-action fantasy Polaris on opening night and, as closer, the North American premiere of July Jung’s Cannes alum Next Sohee. Between them comes the usual mix of festival favorites heading to Canada for the first time and eagerly anticipated titles making their debut. From a special screening of Bodies Bodies Bodies to Neil Labute’s House of Darkness or Wai Ka-Fai’s Detective vs.

Canada’s Fantasia International Film Festival will close its 26th edition with a screening of July Jung’s “Next Sohee,” an interesting take on exploitation starring the Wachowski siblings’ regular collaborator, South Korean actress Bae Doona.

The film, which premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week, won’t be the only title to discover on the closing night, however, with a special screening of A24’s horror comedy “Bodies Bodies Bodies” also planned. Directed by Halina Reijn and featuring Amandla Stenberg, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” breakout Maria Bakalova and Pete Davidson, the film shows a party game that leads to murder, all the while maintaining “a taut balance of uneasy tension and wicked humor,” teased the festival organizers.

The announcement came alongside Fantasia’s third wave of titles, finally rounding up this year’s varied selection. Among the world premieres, Raúl Cerezo and Fernando González Gómez will bring “The Elderly,” Shuichi Okita “The Fish Tale,...

Time to start gearing up that Sitges promotion machine! The Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia has unveiled this year's poster design, inspired by the 1982 cyber action classic, Tron. The poster appears to come in the three main colors of the programs in the original film: Blue = Neutral, Red = Rogue and Yellow = Hacker. The horizontal line grid shape fallows the contours of the face of the festival's mascot, the gorilla.    Sitges also announced the first films in their official selection this year, coming out with some big guns right off the top. Dark Glasses from Dario Argento, Flux Gourmet from Peter Strickland, and Incredible But True & Smoking Causes Coughing from Quentin Dupieux will be part of the festival lineup in October. ...

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At the age of 81, it’s been quite a year for the Italian maestro of blood, Dario Argento. At the top of 2022, the director premiered his first new feature in a decade, Dark Glasses (our review here), then this spring, Gaspar Noé’s Vortex, which he led, debuted in U.S. theaters.

Now, he’ll be arriving in New York City this weekend for a massive new retrospective at Film at Lincoln Center, featuring 17 brand-new restorations and the North American premiere of his latest film. Then, next month, the psychological horror feature She Will, which he executive produced, will arrive in theaters.

New trailers have now arrived for both, with the retrospective preview packing quite a bit of blood and a few laughs. As for She Will, Charlotte Colbert’s gothic-tinged directorial debut won Best First Film at the Locarno Film Festival and follows a declining movie star, Veronica Ghent...

While we wait for Dario Argento‘s brand new movie Dark Glasses, the Italian horror master’s first movie in ten years, Film at Lincoln Center in New York City will be hosting Beware of Dario Argento: A 20-Film Retrospective from June 17 through June 29, loaded with brand new restorations of Argento classics plus the North American premiere of Dark Glasses! From Film […]

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While we wait for Dario Argento‘s brand new movie Dark Glasses, the Italian horror master’s first movie in ten years, Indiewire has announced this morning that Film at Lincoln Center in New York City will be hosting Beware of Dario Argento: A 20-Film Retrospective from June 17 through June 29, loaded with brand new restorations of […]

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Dario Argento’s chilling giallo aesthetic kicks off the summer season at Film at Lincoln Center.

IndieWire exclusively announces “Beware of Dario Argento: A 20-Film Retrospective” hosted by Film at Lincoln Center and Cinecittà. The retrospective rolls out from June 17 through 29, and ushers in the third decade of collaboration between Film at Lincoln Center and Italian state-owned film archive Cinecittà, whose main shareholder is the Italian Ministry of Culture.

Argento’s vast catalog of classic films like “Suspiria” and “Inferno,” both part of the “Three Mothers” trilogy, debut new 4K restorations by Cinecittà. Seventeen films are newly restored. The famed director will be in person for select screenings, introducing films and conducting Q&As. The lineup also will host the North American Premiere of “Dark Glasses,” Argento’s first film in 10 years, distributed by Shudder.

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From a cramped hotel suite in a luxury Cannes hotel, a pair of film executives are trying to pull off an unlikely feat: Sell distribution rights to Kevin Spacey’s comeback film. On May 17, Vantage Media International, or Vmi, a Hollywood-based company that sells movies primarily to foreign markets, screened a finished print of the noir drama Peter Five Eight to would-be buyers willing to take a gamble on the two-time Oscar winner’s first leading role since his career came to a grinding halt in 2017 amid accusations of sexual misconduct.

Stars: Ilenia Pastorelli, Asia Argento, Andrea Gherpelli, Mario Pirrello, Maria Rosaria Russo, Gennaro Iaccarino, Xinyu Zhang | Written by Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini | Directed by Dario Argento

The Italian maestro is back! Yes, Dario Argento, one of Italian cinema’s great horror filmmakers has stepped back behind the camera for Occhiali Neri (Black Glasses), the director’s first movie since 2012’s much-ridiculed Dracula 3D, which is actually based on a script he wrote with Franco Ferrini that was shelved in 2002 when the films original production company, Cecchi Gori, filed for bankruptcy.

Black Glasses sees Rome under siege from a serial killer who has strangled three prostitutes with cello rope. His latest victim is destined to be Diana, a luxury escort who frequents the hotels of Via Veneto. One night, the maniac chases her in his white van and rams her, sending her crashing into another car containing a Chinese family and the young son Chin.

NonStop also picks up three Sundance titles.

NonStop Entertainment has gone on a buying spree for Nordic rights to new titles including Berlinale opening film Peter Von Kant directed by Francois Ozon, in a deal with Playtime.

Also from Berlinale’s official selection, the company acquired Dark Glasses by Dario Argento, with Nordic rights acquired from Wild Bunch. The thriller set in Rome stars Asia Argento.

From the Sundance 2022 selection, NonStop acquired Nordic rights from A24 to After Yang by Kogonada (also selected for Cannes 2021). Colin Farrell and Jodie Turner-Smith star in a sci-fi about memory, grief and love. Also,...

Premiering in the Special Gala section of this year’s Berlinale, the latest film from Italian director Dario Argento is surprising in more ways than one. Rather than copy the style of the giallo films from the 1970s and 1980s that made him famous, his “Dark Glasses” finds ingenious ways to retain the core of the giallo while adapting to our current times.

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As you watch Dark Glasses, Dario Argento’s first film in a decade, it’s nice to think back on his recent performance as the aging film critic in Gaspar Noé’s Vortex—a man who wistfully quoted Edgar Allen Poe’s theories on dreams as he wandered through an apartment covered with canonical posters and movie detritus—only to look back up and see the blind protagonist of his latest film, and the young Chinese boy who has become her valet, attacked by a pack of unruly river snakes. Yes, Dario Argento’s first film in ten years is pretty fun, for a while—and no, not near his best.

Diana (Ilenia Pastorelli), the blind woman to be, works as a high-class practitioner of the world’s oldest profession. Argento includes an enticing prologue: Diana, driving her car as the opening credits appear, gradually notices that everyone on the...

Brisk business around US packages and a raft of deals on festival titles signal green shoots of recovery.

Sony’s $60m acquisition of Tom Hanks comedy A Man Called Otto delivered a shot of adrenalin into the first days of the EFM market and was swiftly followed by some eye-catching deals on the early festival titles.

Golden Bear contender Fire has sold to 30 territories for Anton and Wild Bunch International (Wbi) and further competition films Rimini (Coproduction Office) and Return To Dust (m-appeal) as well as Berlinale Special Gala titles Call Jane (Protagonist) and Dark Glasses (Wbi) have also posted sales.

Italy’s robust 2022 Berlinale representation of a half-dozen titles runs the gamut from the latest works by venerable veterans Paolo Taviani and Dario Argento to pics by fresh new Cinema Italiano voices including Chiara Bellosi, whose first film, “Ordinary Justice,” launched from Berlin in 2020.

Taviani, who is 91, is returning to Berlin but alone this time — his filmmaker brother, Vittorio, with whom he won a Golden Bear in 2012 for “Caesar Must Die,” passed away in 2018 — in competition with surreal drama “Leonora Addio,” inspired by a short story by Italian playwright and author Luigi Pirandello.

Argento, who set his 1977 chiller “Suspiria” in Germany, will be at the Berlinale for the first time as a director with Rome-set suspenser “Dark Glasses,” though he was on the fest’s main jury panel in 2001. Film unspools as a Berlinale Special Gala.

Bellosi is back with Panaorama selection “Swing Ride” (“Calcinculo”), about a 15-year-old named...

After a banner 2021 for high-end genre films, industry vets are hopeful that the fantastic can resurrect the corpse of pre-covid theatrical distribution.

As bolts of lightning reanimated the body of Frankenstein’s monster, Julia Ducournau’s “Titane,” which turned heads when it took the Palme d’Or at Cannes, and Sundance Grand Jury prize-winner “Nanny,” a supernatural tale from director Nikyatu Jusu, have revitalized the festival scene.

While “Nanny” may have been the jewel in the genre crown at Sundance, the influence that genre cinema held over 2022’s first major festival was wide-ranging and undeniable. Chloe Okuno’s psychological thriller “Watcher” impressed — segueing into several sales deals — as did Hanna Bergholm’s psycho-horror feature “Hatching,” sold by Wild Bunch and Charades-sold Spanish standout “Piggy,” the follow-up to Carlota Pereda’s 2019 Spanish Academy Award-winner “Cerdita.”

Among genre titles at Berlin this year are Dario Argento’s serial killer thriller “Dark Glasses” in the Berlinale Special section,...