TAGGED AS: foreign, Horror, movies
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The golden age of Italian horror may have been brief, but the country’s innovations in style and genre have given the era’s movies an enduring appeal sustained in the decades since. Among the most exciting contributions to horror from Italy include the wonderfully spooky supernatural Suspiria, proto-slasher A Bay of Blood, and Cannibal Holocaust, the notorious, heavily banned found footage movie. Of course, we can’t leave out giallo films (murder mysteries featuring high body counts and erotic content, with the identity of the killer saved for a big finale reveal) like Deep Red and The Cat o’ Nine Tails.
#1
Adjusted Score: 100694%
Critics Consensus: The blood pours freely in Argento’s classic Suspiria, a giallo horror as grandiose and glossy as it is gory.
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#2
Adjusted Score: 90037%
Critics Consensus: Combining a deadly thriller plot with stylized violence, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage marks an impressive horror debut for Dario Argento.
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#3
Adjusted Score: 100700%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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Adjusted Score: 60107%
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Adjusted Score: 65601%
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#6
Adjusted Score: 95655%
Critics Consensus: The kinetic camerawork and brutal over-the-top gore that made Dario Argento famous is on full display, but the addition of a compelling, complex story makes Deep Red a masterpiece.
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#7
Adjusted Score: 91194%
Critics Consensus: The Opera house location gives plenty to work with for director Dario Argento, who hits his decadently bloody high notes here.
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#8
Adjusted Score: 90515%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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#9
Adjusted Score: 88098%
Critics Consensus: Mario Bava’s official narrative debut is a witchy nightmare steeped in gothic splendor, shot in chiaroscuro black and white and punctuated with startling gore.
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Adjusted Score: 86837%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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Adjusted Score: 76978%
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#12
Adjusted Score: 83054%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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#13
Adjusted Score: 82755%
Critics Consensus: The Cat O’Nine Tails is a solidly entertaining Argento outing elevated by a well-chosen cast and the director’s distinctive visual style.
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Adjusted Score: 80859%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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Adjusted Score: 78258%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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Adjusted Score: 76372%
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Adjusted Score: 72031%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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#18
Adjusted Score: 73589%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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Adjusted Score: 71082%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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#20
Adjusted Score: 69446%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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Adjusted Score: 69358%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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Adjusted Score: 69422%
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Adjusted Score: 68115%
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Adjusted Score: 64117%
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#25
Adjusted Score: 64699%
Critics Consensus: Cemetery Man will frustrate viewers seeking narrative cohesion or coherence, but this surreal blend of humor and horror should satisfy B-movie fans in the mood for quirk.
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Adjusted Score: 63880%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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Adjusted Score: 63207%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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Adjusted Score: 60588%
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Adjusted Score: 63050%
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Adjusted Score: 60173%
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Adjusted Score: 16703%
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Adjusted Score: 37584%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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#33
Adjusted Score: 58408%
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#34
Adjusted Score: 54285%
Critics Consensus: While it’s far from Dario Argento’s best, Dark Glasses may be worth a look for fans hungry for another horrific helping from a master of his craft.
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Adjusted Score: 35207%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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Adjusted Score: 32496%
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#37
Adjusted Score: 49209%
Critics Consensus: As excessive and ketchup laden as predecessors Suspiria and Inferno, Dario Argento’s Mother of Tears completes the trilogy with the same baroque grandeur and soggy 1970s sensibilities.
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Adjusted Score: 45211%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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#39
Adjusted Score: 44880%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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#40
Adjusted Score: 45167%
Critics Consensus: Zombi 2 is an absurdly graphic zombie movie legendary for some gory scenes and nothing in between.
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Adjusted Score: 22022%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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Adjusted Score: 21797%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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Adjusted Score: 22613%
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#44
Adjusted Score: 20545%
Critics Consensus: Schlocky and gross but far from bad enough to be good, Argento’s Dracula 3D bites and sucks in all the wrong ways.
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#45
Adjusted Score: 7953%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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Adjusted Score: 14082%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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Adjusted Score: 6998%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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