Into the Abyss: Dario Argento's Inferno (1980)
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- The pseudo follow-up to Suspiria, Inferno explores even darker themes. It's a very interesting film to discuss behind the scenes given Argento's health at the time. Let's go into the abyss of INFERNO! #Inferno #DarioArgento #MothersTrilogy
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Fun fact John Carpenter said Dario Argento’s Inferno was a inspiration behind Prince of Darkness which is amazing
Too cool and that makes total sense too.
you can say that again! 🙂
Here's my Daria Nicolodi story. I reached out to her in 2016 to interview her on my podcast and, although she was polite, she turned me down. She is tired of talking about the 7 films she did for Dario Argento. So, I let it go, until this year. Before the pandemic lockdown, I reached out to her again for the 45th anniversary of Deep Red. Again, she was polite but hesitant. Well, I had a hook. I had met Lamberto Bava at Horror-rama 2019 in Toronto. I was aware that Daria was in Mario Bava's final film, Shock. She was also in one of Lamberto's films. When I mentioned this to Daria, she was extremely pleasant in her words about the Bavas. She said, "this interview will likely never happen". Well, I pitched her an outline of questions with very little Agento, and she sent me her number in Rome, Italy. She had one other condition. She wanted to also talk about her daughter Asia Argento whom she truly loves. I never brought Asia up originally but I welcomed her suggestion. In February 2020, I had my interview with Daria Nicolodi and it went so beautifully. We did celebrate the 45th anniversary of Deep Red with my emphasis on her cigarette twirl. We touched upon Suspiria and Jessica Harper (another past guest), and I briefly asked her thoughts on Jennifer Connelly in Phenomena. After that we explored her love for the Bavas, and then her daughter Asia. As we concluded the interview Daria expressed her gratitude towards how I handled the interview and was glad she did it. It reminded me of when I was originally turned down by Ralph Bakshi but, with a pitch, ended up interviewing him twice, with his gratitude in toll.
My Daria interview is not public yet, but it will be eventually. The pandemic has left me in lockdown where gradually releasing interviews is the best option.
That would be amazing. Your interview with Daria Nicolodi was probably her last as she just passed away few months ago :c
Let me know when you publish your interview! Love to hear what she says about Bava, Argento and Jennifer CONNELLY!
she was stunning in her heydays
Suspiria is perfection, but Inferno for me is a masterpiece... The whole Movie Is like a nightmare.
Inferno is not meant to make sense - it wants to look unreal, it's a nightmare, it's surreal - that is why I love it
I love the lighting. It makes sense that Mario Bava was on set because the lighting is maybe more Mario Bava than Argento. Incredible movie. all the primary colours make it sort of like a 1950s precode horror comic in style. the lighting creates a different world. Great soundtrack. HIs story is illogical maybe because Argento was a bit illogical? That's pert of his charm. It's like outsider art. He's not trying to be like others but just trying to be the most excellent version of what he does. In this case the collaboration with Bava made something truly memorable. I haven't watched Suspiria for a long time but actually like this movie more right now.
Inferno is not only my favorite Argento film but my all-time favorite horror film. I hated it upon first viewing-it has the loosest narrative imaginable. But as I watched again and again, I really saw genius. Inferno opens up a dark world without rules. Not only that, but it’s one of the most beautiful horror films of all time.
I have a feeling it's one I will love more and more with every watch.
It's one of those films that gets better and becomes clearer with multiple viewings; like The Beyond (Fulci) which kind of hinges on similar themes of forbidden knowledge and supernatural punishment for those who read the books.
This is my favourite Argento movie. I saw it at a midnight screening back in the eighties. Seeing this on the big screen was amazing. It was beautiful, bizarre and scary. When that body floated into view I shat a brick!
Damn that’s awesome Patrick!
It certainly was Lee. Growing old is a nightmare, but being around when things like this were a regular occurrence has it's advantages!
looks kind of interesting. some nice looking cinematography and lighting etc from the looks of it. might be worth a watch..thanks Lee
I’ve always been a fan of horror (as many people are!), and I found the older I got, the more I started looking for and appreciating foreign horror films. It’s a great source of getting some different and interesting films.
Great video! Inferno is honestly soooo underrated.
Thank you!
I love Inferno it’s a beautiful masterpiece like Suspiria. Mother of Tears is awesome as well it’s so gory and fun and it’s Dario’s last great film IMO. Dario Argento is my favorite filmmaker and he has a ton of great films that will live on. His movies have a dream quality to them and he knows how to shoot the hell out of a murder sequence.
I've heard the quality takes a nosedive with Mother of Tears, but I'm looking forward to checking it out.
I'm a huge Dario Argento fan! Although some are better than others l love all his films. Suspiria is my favorite.
Yeah he's probably my #2 favorite director behind Carpenter.
I really liked Tenebrae as well.
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I love all three movies. I only watched Suspiria because Joan Bennett (Elizabeth Collins from the original Dark Shadows) was in it and fell in love with Argento.
Beautifully shot and very atmospheric movie👍🏼😍
A masterpiece of a film, just not on the level of Suspiria. Great review!
I recall seeing this, Suspiria and Bird With the Crystal Plumage on my horror journey when I was 13.
Bird was the winner. Time gone by I dug Suspiria - it's badass.
It was some time before I re-watched Inferno, on the Arrow Video Blu-ray. It killed me. The pure style and the world building - this movie is the ZZ Top of Italian horror: it's bad, it's nation wide. I love how it throws out: you investigate and appose these Three Muthas, they will track you down and kill you with their Warren Zevon approved hairy handed henchmen.
Good man for mentioning the Bava and Nicolodi involvement - they be some key playas 🤟
The lighting in this is brilliant!
Great review mr. Lee
Yes it is....and thank you Robbie!
Currently watching, thank you for reviewing this film. 😃👍🏼
You're welcome! Let me know what you think.
Definitely love Inferno! Not quite as good as Suspiria, but I love most of Argento's movies almost equally, so that's not a knock against Inferno. I like that it's not Suspiria Part 2. The only similarities are really only those colors. There is no dancing. Inferno is probably more violent than Suspiria, which is saying something, and Inferno has more attractive women that Suspiria, besides Harper. And of course Inferno is one of many Argento films that has Daria Nicolodi. I call her the "Italian Jamie Lee Curtis" because she is in so many Italian horror movies, not just of Argento's, but she was also in Mario Bava's last film, Shock
REVIEW MORE ARGENTO! This was awesome.
I'm definitely planning on it. Thank you!
@@DrumdumsMovieReviews You would love “Opera” (1987). His “animal trilogy” is also good.
Hey, Lee! Just got finished watching Suspiria and Inferno. Honestly, I think I preferred Suspiria, but then again it seems most people do. Haha. That movie literally blew my socks off...definitely in my top 10 favorite Horror films now, but still nothing's replaced original Halloween and The Shining at my top 2 placements. I can't thank you enough for getting me into Giallo...without you, I never would've even considered it, or possibly might not have even ever discovered it! You are truly one of the greatest people on the face of this earth! I think Inferno for me was like you with your first time watch with Doctor Sleep. After coming off a first time watch of a movie like Suspiria, I need to just clear my mind and get off the high that I felt watching that movie, and truly come back to Inferno with not comparing it to Suspiria. I for some reason couldn't get too invested in Inferno tonight.
Yeah Suspiria is on another level quality wise.
@@DrumdumsMovieReviews By what you said about Argento not being as present during the making of Inferno as he was with Suspiria, I definitely understand why. Kind of like Zack Snyder with Justice League....maybe we can get a petition or something going to get a full Argento take on Inferno or something.
Stopped at Profondo Rosso - DARIO ARGENTO Exhibit when I stopped in Rome. Very cool.
Amazing film 👏
I love Suspiria and Inferno, but to me Mother of Tears was a huge disappointment. It was something like 15 years or so between Inferno and Mother of Tears. It doesn't have the style and atmosphere like the original two of the trilogy. Anyway, just my opinion. Great review, brother. Keep them coming!
I love this genre.
Great Review!! I love this movie. I just watched four flies on grey velvet and I liked that a lot. My favourite film by Dario Argento is Suspiria.
Great Review Can't Wait For Your Mother Of Tears Review It Is An Interesting Movie!!👍
Thank you. I'm really curious about that one.
One of the best Argento s movie, Amazing photography
Agreed!
The eclipse scene is one of my favorite kills of all time , great film.
Agreed. That scene is amazing.
I know the lighting can seem a bit much at times, but I always thought it was being used more as a paintbrush rather than being literal light sources.
Suspiria and Inferno is Great didn`t like Mother Of Tears
Amazing review, i would love one of Climax by Gaspar Noé i grew up with Argento’s matinee in the old Cinemateca in Montevideo.
I recently watched this. Vudu is streaming a lot of Argento’s movies right now for free with ads. This one was an odd one but I loved the colors and camera work. That end song is gold!
there's a really good copy of Opera on UA-cam.. with no ads!
The suposed sequel to Suspiria =D classic Dario bro.
Hi. I noticed that there are several shots of the outside of the building in New York, and that one of the characters even looks closely at a plaque on the building that notes that the philosophical writer Gurdjieff once lived there. I am wondering if there’s anything about the writings of Gurdjieff and the themes of Inferno that Argento was trying to point out. But I haven’t been able to come across any information on that. If anyone knows, I would be very curious to hear about that.
Totally unrelated to this film but have you ever seen Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions? It was made in 1995 and it's such a great film! Not usually my type of movie but I love it!
No I've always been curious about that one.
Great review, and break down of Inferno, with some great trivia points too, didn't know this was Argento's least favorite film (due to his health). Stylistically this night be superior to Suspiria, but over all I think Suspiria is still the superior "horror" film. Mother Of Tears came way to late in the game and doesn't really hold a candle to this one. PS> Love the Myers mask collection in the background, especially the bandage version from part 4! Cheers.
Thank you for watching. This film was really fun to discuss and break down. And I love my masks haha.
Irene Miracle who plays Rose also plays a psychic in the 1st Puppet Master film
Oh nice!
I've seen Inferno once and I definitely appreciate what it offered but man did it lose me on several occasions. Will try to give it another watch in the future.
Yeah it's not a fast moving movie at all haha.
Visually impressive movie which features plenty of suspense & drama, been ages since I seen this so thanks for the nostalgia trip Lee.
The blonde guy in this wasn't he in Clint Eastwood The Enforcer??
nope.
Hey Lee, nice review. Got to see this movie now. Still have never seen suspiria or the remake. I'll get around to it eventually. Hope all is well. Haven't commented in a while... be safe, bro!
The reason for the bright colors that are used in Suspiria and Inferno is because Dario Argento was trying to duplicate the colors that we used In Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
I wanna hear your reviews on Mother of Tears. I can’t wait!!!😄
I'm looking forward to finally diving into that one.
This movie looks good 🔥🔥🔥👍awesome review lee
Thank you Keyon!
Ahhh yes The Three Mothers trilogy--- they dont exactly fit together but all great no doubt. But if you want to watch inferno---- you should start with susperia, then inferno and thankfully Argento finished it with Mother of Tears in 2007. I love your review of these movies
Dario Argento is an awesome director.
My favorites are Deep Red, Suspiria and Phenomena.
mine too but I add this movie and Opera. The ending of this movie thematically connects with Phenomena. I love the ending of Inferno. It's so unexpected but within Argento's obsessions. (obsession?)
fulci next?
Zombi 2!
Definitely doing more Fulci. I''ve reviewed The Beyond.
You are the reason I know about giallo going on 2 years I appreciate that 👍 I’m trying to watch them all now there great. Also I didn’t really care to much for the 3rd film in this series.
Thank you Joey. I had to spread the love for the Subgenre of horror after Dylan led me to it.
@@DrumdumsMovieReviews I appreciate you both and I’m sorry for your loss 🙏
Love the suspiria shirt!did you do a review of the remake?I thought it was damn good,not better then the classic,but very well done.b+.rp
Yes I did. Check it out!
Thanks for answering, I will look in you're archives for the review. You're channel rocks!rp
Did you know that Dario Argento's daughter Asia Argento was in the movie Land Of The Dead?
What scene
@@abramsullivan7764 She plays a character in the movie
She's in Demons too right?
@@DrumdumsMovieReviews Yes 😌
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Demons 2
I love Inferno! You should definitely review Dead Silence, it´s a very atmospheric horror movie as well
Dario Argento is a genius , This sequel was very good 👍
Yes he is.
There is a method to the craziness of the story in this movie. Because the movie overbonbs with visuals, music and graphic deaths it is often easy to overlook that an actual story is happening. Basically the story follow the trope of when a murder who tries to cover up his/her murders and participation it just causes more clues to emerge which catch the curiosity of the protagonists to follow up the mistery. And the more the murderer covers up the more clues it leaves.
The movie even has a theme of sorts: ultimate evil eventually causes its own destruction. In the end the villain is defeated by her own actions. The movie also desconstructs the tropes of the plucky heroes/heroines who becomes an amateur detective and in the end cause the defeat of the villain. All each hero turned detective ever achieve is to just see a glimpse of part of the whole mistery, none of the heroes ever find out the whole thing. The two girl's pluckiness is also their undoing while the male hero survives by sheer luck.
Another recouring theme in the movie is how women are far easier to believe in the supernatural as true while all males sre skeptical to the end even when they should start suspecting something is just not right. The only males who know and accept the suprrnatural.sre all emasculated and subservient serfs to the witches.
There is more to this movie than meets the eye.
The scene where the nurse reveals herself to be Mater Tenebrarum is greatly performed by Veronica Lazar.
Agreed!
@@DrumdumsMovieReviews And it's such a shame the sequel Mother Of Tears is poor in comparison to Suspiria and Inferno. It contains some very graphic contents (unrealistic though) and it's not as bad as Dracula 3D or the 1998 Phantom Of The Opera. But it was sad to watch disappointing acting and voice-dubs and a quite silly plot. Mater Lachrimarum was supposed to be the most powerful witch of the three. She was eventually defeated by just burning her dress. And it made no sense at all, because during the whole movie she seemed to prefer being in the nude. 😂
I am simply obsessed by that scene. Her spech to Mark is beautifully cryptic.
I heard Tom Savini say that the blood you see in 70s horror movies was stage blood. It looked like melted red crayons and tasted like chalk. Later, Dick Smith invented the movie blood we still see in movies today. He was nice enough to give away his “recipe” for fake blood to anyone who asked him.
Interesting. Thank you.
I don't know these movies.. but good review :)
Hey bro Giallo mania huh?!? Its been a long time since I seen Inferno and awesome shirt I have the poster to that rocking in my room, long time though I have been going through a lot of crud like losing my dream job last week that would’ve lead me to getting multi certed NDT Tech with lots of potential like Anakin Skywalker becoming a Jedi Master and bringing balance to the Force to the Industry but now going back to square one... anyways I too have not seen Mother of Tears I’ll check out your review kinda busy wallowing in despair but I didn’t know Mario Bava did some the work in this movie but hell he is a great director even if Argento couldn’t direct Mario Bava is a master innovator to the same degree IMO this movie needs a rewatch thanks for the review I needed it with how shit low I’m feeling rite now looking forward to seeing more brotha!!
LOL i was watching this yesterday and my mom popped up and looked at the screen at the same bloody knife scene you mentioned your wife seeing and she mentioned something about the color of the blood too🤣😂i told her its a commom Argetno motif
Haha yep. I actually look at it as a charming signature of giallos.
Lee your backround 🔥 🔥 bro
I heard about inferno and I will check it out. 😀👍
Love Suspiria, Tenebrae, Deep Red and Phenomena. But I just didn’t like Inferno, not sure why but just didn’t get into it.
Honestly not a huge fan of it but I’m glad you played the Mater Tanenbarum track, that part of the score was amazing I thought
It's the whole forbidden knowledge trope. Just like the Book of Eibon in L'Aldila/The Beyond, and Lovecraft's writing before that; and the Medieval esoteric occultism before that; the Abrahamic religions before that; and the pre-Christian mystery cults before _that._ The trope has been a thing associated with death/punishment via supernatural agency since before recorded history across the world.
Great Review of this movie :)
Thank you!
When your talking the Witch trilogy Susperia is in a class of its own the other two are fun I honestly kind of find them about the same, though where Inferno is more about beauty, Mother of Tears is much more in your face it is at the level of an exploitation film with the feel of Argento, which is why it is crapped on so much its an Argento film but at the same time it just feels off, but if you can get past that and can enjoy a more BAM style with a story that does work but feels a lot more convoluted you can have so much fun with it.
I say this not to discourage you on MoT just to put you in the right mindset going in, because if you go in with the expectation that it will feel like the other 2 you are much more likely to dislike it instead of enjoying it for Argento's experimenting with something different for him
I liked very much this film even with its flaws; the colors, architecture and music worked beautifully. And I loved the poster, it looks pretty cool on a shirt. My biggest dissapointment (Spoiler) is that it has the weakest and least interesting protagonist featured in an Argento film imo, I would have like to see Rose or any of the other two gals make it to the end.
The movie is like a painting. A work of art. Love it.
I got to seriously brush up on my giallo collection. There are so many films I don't own.
There are quite a few I don't own yet either haha.
This was a hard watch for me, I need to give it another chance. I remember the rubber skeleton at the end!
Always loved the story that when Dario argento used rats in movie, they escaped and bred with other rats to create a new breed of rats with caused huge problems that resulted in Dario argento being blamed for the incident.
Haha wow. That sucks.
This movie looks like Suspiria for some scenes and the colors.
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Just watched movie and must say it's always interesting to watch Argento's movies ,so this one was also interesting. But for sure not his best movie. Lot of caracters like girl with cat or guy who kill antique man are pointless for story but good for atmosphere.
Suspiria and Deep Red are still Argento's best work.
For sure this kind of movie like Inferno is more fun to watch then any new hunted house , mass production ghost "Nunsense" movies. Of course there is some good new horror movies but its rare.
My recommendation is italian classic "The House of the Laughing Windows" from 1976 (my second best italian horror after Suspiria) or japanese classic "Jigoku" from 1960.
I think Argento's other films like Deep Red, Tenebrae, and even Suspiria are more fully realized and fleshed out. Inferno feels like it's in need of a few more rewrites script wise. But beautiful film.
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Yea script is not perfect i suppose. But as you said it have a lot of good things. Cinematography, atmosphere never was a problem for Argento's movies.
Love Argento great movies & the fact he has lots of beautiful women in his movies doesn't hurt
Oh yeah beautiful women are always a staple in Italian horror.
not a request, but if you’re a fan of giallos, i recommend the 1972 film “The Red Queen Kills 7 Times” it’s one of the best
I'll add that one to my list. Thanks!
Cannot wait for you to watch the 3rd chapter, just to see your reaction 😜
I love these Italian movie reviews because they are very influential on what we do but it’s also just fantastic to see someone give them their due notice.
That said, you’re in the nose with this one - pretentious and overdone in some ways but still beautiful to look at. The score does not compare to Suspiria but it’s serviceable enough.
Mother of Tears feels more at home in the French Extremist movement than it does with the first two installments of the trilogy but I still think it’s fun and one of Argento’s better movies in the latter part of his career.
Thank you! I absolutely adored discussing these films honestly.
Drums I love three mothers trilogy
I want so bad your tee shirt
I need to give the 3rd a watch finally.
Hi lee, do a review for 1408 and the fourth kind, just ordered the 4thK on blu ray - supposed to be really creepy. Have you seen it ?
the theme song is fucking sick and great
sadly mother of tears sucks ass
lords of salem by rob zombie would make a better third episode
The thing I noticed with his films is that they usually are centered around a female role and is deliberately made to be naive. Like in Suspiria when she finally realized that the dance academy is haunted it ends up being too late and barely made it out of there alive.
So I have opposite opinion to most people. I watched Suspiria's remake first, then the original. And I feel like original isn't that special. I loved the remake. Now, taking a slice from the remake (cause it's a different movie and not a remake), I appreciate something about Argento's movies. He is opposite of slow burn approach to horror, he puts you in panic with shocking imagery and emphasis visuals over story. Original Suspiria for me feels...goofy, because of it's story. Where as Inferno, I don't focus so much on story, do something else, come in and just start watching the scene. And the scene everytime perplexes me and I want to watch farther. So Inferno to me feels like a collection of nightmares someone has every night, where as Suspiria felt like long fever dream. I prefer Inferno, cause it gives you more moments to breath in between danger and some how by having less story, horror works better.
Oh man couldn't disagree more on the original Suspiria. That film still stands apart from everything. Beautifully crafted. It's an experience.
I’ve seen Inferno just recently. It was ok . Suspiria was better. Gonna check out the third one.
I haven't seen third either I feel it came out way to late but I wanna see tht and suspiria remake I heard really good things this does feel like a worthy sequel the colors are great in both. It's like demons 2 worthy sequel but just not as awesome.
Yeah the 3rd looks pretty bad haha.
Susssssspiriaaaa t shirt❤
Carpenter stole Halloween (1978) wholesale from Profondo Rosso (1975) too... child killer/opening POV/music etc. .... and yet no-one seems to know this.
I wouldn't say "stole". Borrowed?
You should definitely review Fulci's House by the cemetery and City of the living dead movies as well
Definitely happening!
Any drum'n'bass and jungle fans among Lee's audience?
Legendary Bad Company UK sampled Inferno in their tune Forgotten:
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"Come closer!"
Wait, are the cats in this movie more disturbing than the cats in Cats? If so, yeah, that is very disturbing. 😉😂 Couldn't resist, but in all seriousness, think I've seen it before, some shots look familiar, but maybe I'll check it out again. Thank you, Lee.
Nothing is that disturbing. 😂
Definitely temper any expectations for Mother of Tears. It has lost that 70s/80s aesthetic which worked so well for Dario. It's ok but ultimately forgettable.
If you haven't already, please see Opera and Sleepless. I think you'll dig them more.
Opera is next on my list. Really looking forward to that one.
@@DrumdumsMovieReviews excellent. I think you'll have a great time with it.
You should review silent night bloody night very interesting holiday horror movie
I’ll look that one up. Thanks!
I've seen this one 2 years ago.
I remember it was visual treat, as usually with Argento.
But I found the story's flow and logic bit tiring.
For sure I will give it another try soon.
Mother Of Tears is bad, so good luck with that one :)
Yeah, wait until you get to Mother of Tears. It's a fun watch. Good gore and a definite "so bad it's good" quality.
inferno kind of bored me, but it's not exactly easy to follow Suspiria.
I watched it last night. I was soooo disappointed. "Suspiria" is one of my all-time favorite movies, and I really liked "Phenomena," so I had high expectations. In the end, though, I found the whole thing boring. I had to play with my fidget toy while watching it just so I could pay attention.
I was hoping to get an explanation as to why the "hot dog guy" killed the antique shop owner during the rat attack? 🤔
I’ll have to go back and rewatch it, but I will say that the plot for Italian horror films can get a little bonkers sometimes.
My theory is that the eclipse caused temporary insanity of the cook/chef.
Inferno let you enjoy scenes like people reading newspapers in a room where the lights gone out, a guy walking out of a crime scene without any police caring, Witches letting libraries and book dealers having the books that expose where they're hiding. a 100 year old man on crutches carrying 20 live kittens around his neck...
And you'll find that script, acting and story isn't that essential when you instead can swim around in an apartment.
However - Im strangely loving it! And I keep on rewatching Inferno. Not only because one cant really figure out what's going on the first time.
After my third watching the few questions I had left were; Who is in the lead? Why is clearly No acting skills, Mr moustache, in it? Who bought the plastic skeleton and what is the film even about?
But it's also insanely fantastic. Or rather:
Inferno is mediocre, wonderful, haunting, boring, ridiculous, scary, silly, cheesy, pretentious and artistic.
That about sums up Italian horror haha.
@@DrumdumsMovieReviews Yep😀 I've watched close to a hundred I've guess. It's so satisfying while being insane. Thanks friend
Mother of Tears was made too late after inferno. By then Argento had lost his muse and his skills and passion had declined considerably. MOT should had been made right after Inferno, instead of Tenebreae, following the ssme aestetics. The very actress that plays mother lacrymatum in Inferno even does show up at the begining of Tenebrae do Srgento must had a good working relationship with her. What a missed opportunity that was!
I remember the third and long awaited one, Mother of Tears...being a letdown and not all that interesting. Lost it's mystique and that famous Dario Argento style. Too many of the day, modern film techniques that didn't feel like the otherworldly feel of Suspiria and Inferno. Shame.
I haven't even bothered with that one. I've heard it's really bad.
But why didn’t you link the shirt 😭😭
Haha I got that shirt at a horror con.
Have you seen stephen king the langaliers
I can never get into "INFERNO" the more times I watch it the more I hate it
I was bothered by the scene of the old guy holding the cat by its neck, and clearly the cat was in discomfort pawing at the guy to let it go.
Yeah that was a very uncomfortable scene.
I don't know why Argento didn't immediately follow this with Mother of Tears. Would have been incredible if he kept Inferno's style and made it in, say 1982, compared to the bland-looking film we finally got in 2007. Then again, we wouldn't have got the excellent Tenebre.
Argento was really sick when he did this movie. Might have had something to do with it.
I remember a few years ago either watching or reading an old interview (it could have been with Daria Nicolodi maybe?) and I'm sure it was stated that Inferno had distribution problems and didn't do very well at the box office so officially was considered a failure.
This apparently put Dario off making the third part of the trilogy.(I know right😮, just imagine if he'd stuck to the original plan😢)
I think Daria wanted to (I think she contributed towards the script) but Dario apparently kind of lost his nerve, and made the more familiar feeling Tenebrae instead, (So that's why I think we should all appreciate Inferno all the more, for the stylistically beautiful terror and atmosphere it provides, again similar to a dark fairytale like Suspiria and also with witchcraft and the occult), Dario has called it his most pure film he was very true to himself in this film, but would be bound by constraints one way or another after that, especially after making Opera when his father (who I think partly financed his films passed away).
He never really seemed to have that sense of freedom again, hence one of the reasons that maybe some say his films declined in quality a bit?
Too much studio interference, Mario Bava passing away, Daria no longer being in his movies, and just the simple fact that times changed and maybe that his style of beautiful disturbingly lucid nightmares, just fell out of favour a bit? It thrived in the 70's when excess was accepted even encouraged in filmmakers, but after the 90's things just seemed to get more capitalist and conservative and although I'm sure he did his best, he always seemed as if his wings were clipped a bit?
That's my take on it anyway, big long term Argento fan here from the good old days where reading Fangoria and finding out any information about Dario or his films took you on a bit of a quest 😊 usually to London in my case, where you had places like like forbidden planet or specialist dvd store's where if you were lucky you'd find a fellow film fanatic and they'd tell you where and how to find his latest film, if you were lucky, then it was the fans who were the community, now it's online it's far easier to access, which is great because now he has a new generation of fans all over again. I think secretly a lot of people wish that he would make the mother of tears again (as others have said its a good movie) but it lacks the integrity and depth of vision that Daria Nicolodi had) ...(So sad that she passed away, what a genius she was in her own right and a great influence on Dario film wise)
RIP Daria thanks for the being the muse/imagination/writer behind one of the greatest cinematic trilogy's ever (amongst other contributions ).❤ She is missed but not forgotten.
@@Aprayerfortheloney Very well said. I've been a fan since the late 90s and remember scouring HMV, Tower Records, and Forbidden Planet in London for his stuff. Even found the soundtracks for Opera (Japanese import), Tenebre, and Phenomena from there.
@@Emulous79 Thanks 👍 yeah it definitely brings back good memories doesn't it?, The amount of people I used to bond with over a shared love of giallo, goth, goblins and Argento 🙂 back when it was like having membership to a secret club, 👌 and I have to say all the fan's I've ever met have been the coolest, most polite, interesting and intelligent people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. It was definitely a good time in my life for sure and yeah the sense of accomplishment you got when you finally managed to get your hands on an imported soundtrack or DVD release, was quite something wasn't it? Not something easily forgotten and quite an experience. 🙂