Directed by Dario Argento. Starring David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia. Profondo Rosso (Deep Red) – My all time favourite film. Before I saw this it was Argento’s Tenebrae. As with all Argento’s work, it’s the murders we want to see – always imaginative and beautifully staged. The camera is at floor level – there’s at Christmas tree and a lullaby playing [...]
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Directed by Robert Wise. Starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Russ Tamblyn & Richard Johnson The Haunting – Avoid the re-make like the plague kids; THIS is the one to watch. Based very closely on Shirley Jackson’s astounding novel, The Haunting of Hill House, Robert Wise’s masterly film uses strange angles, lighting and distortion to reflect the ‘insanity’ of the building in [...]
