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Terror At The Opera [1988] [DVD]

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Cristina Marsillach (Actor), Ian Charleson (Actor), Dario Argento (Director, Producer, Writer) Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleson, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni
  • Directors: Dario Argento
  • Writers: Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini
  • Producers: Dario Argento, Ferdinando Caputo, Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: Italian
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Arrow
  • DVD Release Date: 24 Mar. 2003
  • Run Time: 107 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00006IIYK
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 67,332 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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A Dario Argento horror along the lines of 'Phantom of the Opera'. Betty (Christina Marsillach), a young understudy at the opera house, finds herself in demand when the female lead in Verdi's Macbeth falls ill. Whilst on stage, her fears about the curse of Macbeth begin to ring true as a stagehand is murdered and several ravens used in the production are killed. Betty is then taken captive by the murderer, tied up, forced to have her eyes pinned open and then witness the murder of two other people. The police inspector assigned to the job, Santini (Urbano Barberini) realises that ravens never forget and releases the remaining birds so that they can find the murderer. This leads to a chain of gory events, eventually revealing who the killer is and what his connection with Betty is.

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A true masterpiece of Italian horror --HorrorView.com

The Visconti of Violence goes straight for the throat (and eyes) in this stylishly sick thriller --Time Out

Adrenaline-inducing cocktail of graphic violence and highly-stylised camerawork --Film4.com --This text refers to an alternate DVD edition.

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4.0 out of 5 starsExcellent
By A Customer on 12 Dec. 2003
Format: DVD
One of Argento's most dizzying works but also one of his most enjoyable. This being Argento's ninth giallo, he knew all the conventions inside out, so he plays with them mercilessly, using flashbacks, jump cuts, juxtapositions in a captivating way. The opening when the temperamental diva walks of the opera, is typical of the high style of the piece. The ending is, admittedly, a bit of a disappointment, but it's sweetened somewhat by the sly reference to Phenomena. Brutal, beautiful and daring, this is Argento at his best.
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5.0 out of 5 starsthe giallo masters finest work
By Alister King on 7 Feb. 2008
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if you are a fan of horror but get frustrated by the genres cliches and the lack of critical respect, argento is the dude to wheel out in its defence.

a huge fan of hitchcock and polanski (to whom this film owes a huge dent in particular) argento brings style, technique and unbelieavle suspense to the genre.

based on the story of the phantom of the opera but set in the modern day (well, 80's Italy at least), it follows a series of murders and the stalking of an opera diva

as with all argentos work, this is not about plot, but a series of awesome set piece murders, and this film contains his best. let me try to explain.....

the diva lives in an appartment, and argento goes to great lengths to get you familiar with the layout and where things are. this leads to a sense of being realxed and safe; you know where the phone is and how the security peephole on the front door works to which various people come and go

when the killer finally calls(spolier warning) he spooks the chick inside for a bit before finally ringing the doorbell again (just as the phone starts to ring). as she looks through the peephole shes looking down the barrel of a gun; cut to the outside of the flat where you see a sideshot of the gun; cut back inside to a sideshot of the head as the gun is fired; cut to the very far end of the corridor with the phone in front as the blood soaked bullet hits it and finally stops the damn thing rining - a phenomenal sequence
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3.0 out of 5 starsA real eye opener
By Matty on 24 Dec. 2007
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Dario Argento movies aren't noted for their plausibility or realism, and this entry is no exception. Critics and fans have complained endlessly about Argento's earlier work (Suspiria and Deep Red) being classic examples of the horror genre, whilst his latter efforts (Trauma, The Card Player and Phantom of the Opera) sadly lacking in any department. This 1987 production has the unfortunate position of being sandwiched in between the 'old' Dario and the 'new'. The story has a young opera singer taking over the leading role in a 1980s 'style over content' rendition of MACBETH. Unknown to her, she has attracted the attention of a crazed fan who first kidnaps her, then forces her to stand and watch as he butchers and murders her friends, lover, etc. in front of her very eyes (in a clever trick - the killer cellotapes needles under her eyelids to keep her watching the graphic carnage). The film goes on like this for about an hour, (a) the killer shows up (b) he kidnaps the singer and (c) a murder scene (accompanied by a terrible heavy rock soundtrack which destroys any tension the film had built up). Argento uses Point of View camerawork, which at first is diverting, but at around the 20 minute mark you become lost and wish he would have held back on this device.

Argento's 'inventive murder' sequences which have trademarked the directors work are evident in OPERA. The show-stopper has to be the bullet through the key hole scene, which is truly stunning. Infact, all of the film is technically excellent and inventive, it's just a shame the screenplay isn't very involving and the UK 'Cockney style' dubbing never helps the viewer connect to the characters in the movie.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsPerhaps the last truly definitive Argento horror.
By Jonathan James Romley on 15 Nov. 2005
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Opera (also known as Terror At The Opera) was a notoriously difficult shoot for Argento, with a number of personal tragedies and professional setbacks befalling the film before it had even reached the production stage. It would also be something of a monument in his career; a return to form in the sense of it being the follow up to his much-criticised supernatural horror/thriller Phenomena, and his return to the giallo-style of filmmaking that he had earlier perfected with masterworks like Deep Red and Tenebrae. It was the third Argento film that I saw after later films, The Stendhal Syndrome and Trauma, neither of which left too much of an impression on me. Opera, on the other hand, was much more impressive, as it is the film of his later career that seems more indebted to the style and freedom of his earlier, more-groundbreaking works.
Though I've yet to see Sleepless and The Card Player, Opera remains, perhaps, the last truly definitive Argento thriller... with the usual giallo trademarks employed to a dizzying effect in a number of vicious, though no less elaborate, dramatic set-pieces. Admittedly, like much of Argento's work, Opera can occasionally seem like something of a throwaway... a lurid thriller, populated by lightweight, clichéd characters, over-the-top performances, and too much style-over-substance. However, one scratch beneath the surface reveals something deeper, with Argento once again playing with the self-reflexive notion of films about filmmaking; the idea of seeing and the audience's relationship to the perspective of his characters.Read more ›
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