Inferno (1980)
Genre: Horror / Mystery
Duration: 107 minuten
Alternative title: Dario Argento's Inferno
Country:
Italy
Directed by: Dario Argento
Stars: Leigh McCloskey, Irene Miracle and Eleonora Giorgi
IMDb score:
6,5 (26.283)
Releasedate: 7 February 1980
Inferno plot
"Before tenebrae, beyond suspiria there is... Inferno"
Three years after an incident at the dance academy 'Suspiria', this time it is a Manhattan apartment that is being watched by a couple of deadly ghosts bent on revenge. One of the residents Rose Elliot learns the truth through the book 'Three Mothers', but doesn't live long enough to be able to tell it. Her brother Mark is now the only one who can find out the truth during the investigation into her death and piece by piece he manages to put the puzzle together, but will he survive?
Actors and actresses
Mark Elliot
Rose Elliot
Sara
Elise Stallone Van Adler
Kazanian
Carol
Nurse
Carlo
Professor Arnold / Dr. Varelli
John, the Butler
Reviews & comments
Donkerwoud
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- 8733 messages
- 3980 votes
A lot messier and less stylish than Suspiria. Argento also seems to want to put the plot first, while the muddled and illogical script never creates any connection with the characters. The finely portrayed murders feel way too random in a long-winded plot where people mainly walk through long corridors and look serious. Positive highlights are the underwater scene and the creatively designed murders.
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tbouwh
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- 5831 messages
- 5429 votes
Inferno is in almost every way the lesser brother of Suspiria. The intriguing blue-(red) tones once again guarantee a film with a stylish appearance, were it not for the fact that the dusty back rooms in New York lend themselves less to Argento's arts than that gruesome dance school from Inferno's predecessor. I found the score of Suspiria masterly and scary at the same time. What is particularly striking here is that the music is moderately dosed. Some sequences (I'm thinking of the Latin choral violence in the basement, towards the end) miss their effect due to musical excess, other sequences lack tension (and that was never the case in Suspiria).
Comparison with Inferno's predecessor is almost inevitable, but that doesn't take away from the fact that I did enjoy this thematically related sequel. Atmosphere and cinematography do the work in this cinematic nightmare, the so characteristic choices in the decor divert attention from the incoherent and also somewhat fragmentary plot.
I'll keep looking forward to more from Argento, but if I go back to this diptych later, I'll probably quickly ignore Inferno.
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ghostman
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- 5743 messages
- 5 votes
Why I like Inferno (1980) much better than Suspiria (1977) .
1. Better mounting : smoother and more dynamic . Perfect and modern , more refined film technique .
2. Less monotonous and more creative : set in multiple places and Inferno also reminds me of the old classic detective / film noir movies . Multiple genres in 1 .
3. Much more exciting/mystical. Underwater scene in the basement is brilliant and joyful .
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