Tag: giallo

Monday Morning Movie Review: Dario Argento’s Dracula (2012)

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Dario Argento is one of my favorite giallo directors.  The man’s name is synonymous with Italian horror, and he is probably the best known giallo director of all time, at least here in the States.

So when I saw he directed a film based on Dracula, I got excited.  I figured it would be a masterpiece of giallo styling against the classic story.

Instead, Dario Argento’s Dracula (also known as Dracula 3D; 2012) is a hideous abuse of CGI—and, I suspect, of Argento’s name to sell some tickets to a crappy movie.

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Monday Morning Movie Review: Berberian Sound Studio (2012)

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This week’s pick is the definition of niche:  a British indie film about sound design for an Italian giallo film.  If you’re a horror aficionado and interested in film scoring and sound design, you’ll love this film, as I did.  If not, it’s still worth watching, but you’re probably not going to appreciate it as much.

That’s my basic take on Berberian Sound Studio (2012), the story of a meek British sound engineer who finds himself working in a hostile Italian sound studio on an (apparently) very graphic giallo flick.

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