Deep Red

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Deep Red

R,

1975,

2h 6m,

Horror/

Mystery & Thriller

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91%

32 Reviews

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86%

10,000+ Ratings

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32 Reviews

86%

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10,000+ Ratings

A psychic medium (Macha Méril) is brutally murdered, and musician Marcus Daly (David Hemmings) feels a need to solve the case, since he was the one who discovered the body. Working with him is reporter Gianna Brezzi (Daria Nicolodi), who hopes for a big scoop by solving the case. When one of Marcus's own friends ends up murdered at the hands of the same killer, the resourceful pair realize they must work fast to uncover the murderer's identity, or they might serve as the maniac's next victims.

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Critics Consensus

The kinetic camerawork and brutal over-the-top gore that made Dario Argento famous is on full display, but the addition of a compelling, complex story makes Deep Red a masterpiece.

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Linda Gross

Los Angeles Times

Oct 27, 2021

Director Dario Argento provokes excruciating suspense but gets carried away with bloody flourishes. As ever, Hemmings is awfully convincing.

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Ann Guarino

New York Daily News

Oct 27, 2021

2/4

Argento, who's no Hitchcock, manufactures suspense with flashy camerawork, loud noises and pounding music. Then, all is garnished generously with gore. Credibility, which comes in a distant second, flies out the window in the process.

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Douglas Aiton

The Age (Australia)

Oct 27, 2021

Visually and aurally, the film is enchanting.

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

Oct 15, 2026

5/10

It functions as a stylistic exercise in which Argento showcases his aesthetic of the subversive; unfortunately, however, his giallo horror narrative is far too predictable for me to take this dull thriller seriously. [Full review in Spanish]

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Julian Singleton

Cinapse

Jul 12, 2025

Deep Red serves as the quintessential Dario Argento film, full of fantastically surreal...madness, anchored by dazzling cinematography, disturbing yet insidiously fun murder sequences, and the first of many banger [Goblin] scores.

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Sean Axmaker

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Apr 29, 2025

[Dario Argento's] camera and his eye for unsettling imagery is more sure than ever and his construction of murder set pieces from isolated fragments of extreme close-ups even more effective ...

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Mar 29, 2019

A highly stylized thriller with just a hint of the supernatural, Deep Red is perhaps the quintessential giallo. Brutal murders, flirtatious banter, and physical comedy punctuate an intriguing mystery plot made all the more eerie by the film's high contrast cinematography and deliberate soundscape, which juxtsposes the music of the progressive rock band, Goblin, with diegetic piano music, a haunting tape recording of a children's song, crisp foley, and periods of complete silence.

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Hagrid S

Mar 2, 2019

a great film and great culture..amazing atmousphere and italian charm

Hermione S

Feb 1, 2019

The acting is horrible; the camera work is so bad we laughed; the direction is terrible, and the score is just ridiculous. Iï¿ 1/2(TM)m super-disappointed that I watched this movie

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Ron P

Nov 19, 2018

There's a moment in Profondo Rosso that shook me to the core, but at the same time made me wanna revisit it right after the credits rolled.

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Theodore R

Jul 24, 2018

A horror masterpiece that combines a good mystery story with some frenzied gore and general brilliance in all aspects.

Jul 10, 2018

Dario Argento might be a film genius or just a regular director. That is not up to me to judge. However, the one thing I can say is that this film was just awful. The acting was bad at worst. The ill-placed background never moving and stagnant were more like a metaphor for this film.

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Synopsis

A psychic medium (Macha Méril) is brutally murdered, and musician Marcus Daly (David Hemmings) feels a need to solve the case, since he was the one who discovered the body. Working with him is reporter Gianna Brezzi (Daria Nicolodi), who hopes for a big scoop by solving the case. When one of Marcus's own friends ends up murdered at the hands of the same killer, the resourceful pair realize they must work fast to uncover the murderer's identity, or they might serve as the maniac's next victims.

Director: Dario Argento
Producer: Salvatore Argento
Production Co: Seda Spettacoli, Rizzoli Film
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Italian
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 11, 1975, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Runtime: 2h 6m

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