Italian horror, back to back. Artsy slashers. Michele Soavi / Michael Soavi and StageFright / Stage Fright / Deliria. Soavi and Argento. Deliria as a slasher film. Irving Wallace. Slasher naming conventions. Station wagons. Cats in the cupboard. The italian giallo sub-genre. Is Stage Fright a satire? Merging art and stabbing. The comedic scapegoat. Peter the Director (played by Brandon). Why the psychologic and the supernatural so often go hand-in-hand. How do you show a mental breakdown on screen? A humanistic love of crazy people. Do insects have telepathic abilities? No. Easing you into the crazy. Italian dubbing. What a clapboard is for. The pros and cons of dubbing. Music and score. Prog metal. Simon Boswell. What the fuck is happening at the end of Phenomena?
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Stage Fright (Deliria): 2:53 | Phenomena: 18:50
Also referenced: Susperia, Tenebrae, Dario Argento’s World of Horror, Cemetery Man, Friday the 13th, My Bloody Valentine, House on Sorority Row, Prom Night, Behind the Mask, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Hatchet, Halloween, Team America, Black Sabbath, The Shining, Breaking Bad, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, The Blair Witch, Barbarella, House at the Edge of the Park, 300, Rambo
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Stage Fright (Deliria)
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Director: Michele Soavi
Writer: George Eastman, heila Goldberg
Starring: David Brandon, Barbara Cupisti, Domenico Fiore, Robert Gligorov
A troupe of struggling stage actors is rehearsing for a small-town production of a play. Everything seems to be as it should...until one of the cast members turns up dead.
Phenomena
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Director: Dario Argento
Writer: Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Daria Nicolodi, Patrick Bauchau
A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.
