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Tenebrae

Original title: Tenebre
  • 19821982
  • RR
  • 1h 41m
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7.0/10
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Tenebrae (1982)
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An American writer in Rome is stalked and harassed by a serial killer who is murdering everyone associated with his work on his latest book.An American writer in Rome is stalked and harassed by a serial killer who is murdering everyone associated with his work on his latest book.An American writer in Rome is stalked and harassed by a serial killer who is murdering everyone associated with his work on his latest book.
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    • Dario Argento
    • Dario Argento(story)
  • Stars
    • Anthony Franciosa
    • Giuliano Gemma
    • John Saxon
    • Dario Argento
    • Dario Argento(story)
  • Stars
    • Anthony Franciosa
    • Giuliano Gemma
    • John Saxon
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    • 198User reviews
    • 128Critic reviews
    • 83Metascore
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    Anthony Franciosa
    Anthony Franciosa
    • Peter Neal
    Giuliano Gemma
    Giuliano Gemma
    • Detective Germani
    John Saxon
    John Saxon
    • Bullmer
    Daria Nicolodi
    Daria Nicolodi
    • Anne
    Christian Borromeo
    Christian Borromeo
    • Gianni
    Mirella D'Angelo
    Mirella D'Angelo
    • Tilde
    Veronica Lario
    Veronica Lario
    • Jane McKerrow
    Ania Pieroni
    Ania Pieroni
    • Elsa Manni
    Eva Robins
    Eva Robins
    • Girl on Beach
    Carola Stagnaro
    • Detective Altieri
    John Steiner
    John Steiner
    • Christiano Berti
    Lara Wendel
    Lara Wendel
    • Maria Alboretto
    Isabella Amadeo
    • Bullmer's secretary
    Mirella Banti
    • Marion
    Ennio Girolami
    Ennio Girolami
    • Department Store Manager
    • (as Enio Girolami)
    Monica Maisani
    • Woman at Airport
    Marino Masé
    Marino Masé
    • John
    Fulvio Mingozzi
    • Alboretto, the porter
      • Dario Argento
      • Dario Argento(story) (screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The impressive two and a half minute crane shot the encircles Tilda's house took three days to be completed. American distributors wanted the shot to be cut from the film for US release, but Argento refused.
    • Goofs
      On the telephone, the killer tells Peter Neal that "you wrote those words, page 46," but in fact the words quoted would have had to be on an odd-numbered page of the book TENEBRAE, given the placement of the text we see in the opening sequence.
    • Quotes

      Peter Neal: Let me ask you something? If someone is killed with a Smith & Wesson revolver... Do you go and interview the president of Smith & Wesson?

    • Crazy credits
      Anne's screams continue even as the ending credits roll.
    • Alternate versions
      The U.S. Mill Creek Entertainment DVD release under the title "Unsane" is listed as the 110 minute version. However, the version on the disc is pan-and-scanned, heavily edited and runs a little over 90 minutes.
    • Connections
      Featured in O erotas tou Odyssea (1984)
    • Soundtracks
      Take Me Tonight
      Performed by Kim Wilde

    User reviews198

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    8/10
    A top-notch giallo from the master of Italian horror, Dario Argento.
    With its leather-gloved killer, amazing score, spectacular and innovative camera-work, and wonderfully gory murders, Tenebre delivers everything you could ask for in a giallo. Like many Italian murder mysteries, the story takes some swallowing, but if you can accept the convoluted plot, there's plenty of fun to be had.

    Peter Neal (Anthony Franciosa) is a best-selling novelist who becomes involved in real life murder mystery when the victims of a razor-wielding killer are found with pages from his latest book stuffed in their mouths.

    One of director Dario Argento's best movies, Tenebre is packed to the rafters with the kind of stuff that make good giallos such a trip to watch. As pretty girls are stalked and killed by a raspy-voiced maniac, the director offers genuine clues and red herrings aplenty, allowing the audience to have fun trying to figure out who the killer is. The movie's stunning cinematography is accompanied by one of Goblin's greatest scores, transforming what may have been mundane moments in the hands of a lesser director into pure works of art (in one amazing scene the camera simply prowls slowly around the outside of a building, but with Argento in control, it is simply breathtaking!).

    Murder has never been so stylish, and even the most grisly deaths are stunningly captured. A particularly memorable moment has a young girl stumble into the house of the killer, before being chased through a garden; this scene is shot from the axe-wielding maniac's point of view, and is incredibly effective.

    Fans of gore are also catered for with several gruesome murders, the best of which involves bucket-loads of arterial spray decorating most of a wall. Juicy!

    Argento reveals the identity of the killer in a suitably silly finale (all gialli have them), before offing the murderer in a fittingly gruesome manner.

    Check out Tenebre and witness one of the great works from one of Italian horror's finest.
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    • Release date
      • February 17, 1984 (United States)
      • Italy
      • Italian
      • Spanish
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    • Filming locations
      • Viale Perù, 40 00060 Le Rughe RM, Formello, Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production company
      • Sigma Cinematografica Roma
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    • 1 hour 41 minutes
      • Mono

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