A young man returns from Rome to his sister's satanic New York apartment house.
Cinematography
Deep reds and electric blues that would make Mario Bava weep.
Score
Keith Emerson's prog-rock organ freakouts = pure panic energy.
Practical Effects
Underwater ballroom scene shot in a flooded set, no CGI.
Director
Dario Argento
Leigh McCloskey
Mark Elliot
Irene Miracle
Rose Elliot
Eleonora Giorgi
Sara
Daria Nicolodi
Elise Stallone Van Adler
Sacha Pitoëff
Kazanian
Alida Valli
Carol
Veronica Lazăr
Nurse
Gabriele Lavia
Carlo
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Professor Arnold / Dr. Varelli
Leopoldo Mastelloni
John, the Butler
Ania Pieroni
Musical Student
Paolo Paoloni
Music Teacher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The flooded ballroom sequence was shot in Rome's De Paolis Studios with a specially constructed tank; actress Irene Miracle actually held her breath for extended takes in freezing water.
Part of Argento's unofficial 'Three Mothers' trilogy alongside Suspiria and The Mother of Tears, Inferno was initially panned but is now revered as perhaps the most visually excessive entry.
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