An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer whom has resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year hiatus.
Direction
Argento's late-period return to giallo form with baroque set pieces.
Acting
Max von Sydow brings Shakespearean gravitas to slasher territory.
Score
Goblin's synth-heavy soundtrack that screams '2001 but make it 1977.'
Director
Dario Argento
Max von Sydow
Moretti
Stefano Dionisi
Giacomo
Chiara Caselli
Gloria
Gabriele Lavia
Avv. Betti
Rossella Falk
Laura de Fabritiis
Paolo Maria Scalondro
Manni
Roberto Zibetti
Lorenzo
Roberto Accornero
Fausto
Barbara Lerici
Angela
Massimo Sarchielli
Leone
Diego Casale
Beppe
Alessandra Comerio
Sig.ra Betti
Elena Marchesini
Mel (la gattina)
Aldo Massasso
Cascio
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Argento's first giallo since 'Tenebrae' in 1982, effectively his return to the genre that made him famous after years of fantasy horror.
The black gloves trope here directly references the killer's gloves in Argento's own 'The Bird with the Crystal Plumage,' creating a 31-year visual callback to his debut.
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