Inferno

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Hermione W Jan 25, 2019 A director with a noted horror semi-classic, Dario Argento, would be expected to give some modicum of chills in most ventures. Not this one...not even for a minute. Sets indicate thought in that matter...and red color permeating everywhere. But there is no suspense at all despite a story that should have led to some. Plot gaps all over the place...'The Three Mothers' proves to remain a 'what the hell?' Poor Alida Valli deserved better as her career neared an end. This is truly a terrible film. See more

Rey R Nov 15, 2018 I loved INFERNO .Dario Argento's surrealist horror film style is so good and write down my alley . I think he had an influence on the fantasy horror film of Wes Craven for sure . INFERNO unfolds like a fever dream of supernatural horror, bizarre settings, strange lighting and music, and brutal death scenes.The 'Cats' OMG so awesome. Argento's Gothic supernatural elements create a twisted and bloody experience unlike anything else. Inferno is a brutal, stylish, and beautiful horror film. See more

Kylo M Jul 28, 2018 Another one which gets better with more viewings!

Leia S Jul 17, 2018 Inferno is a great follow-up to its successful 1977 predecessor Suspiria that manages to stand on its own while being somewhat different to its predecessor. This sequel tells the story of an American student studying music in Rome who receives a call from his sister to meet up with her in New York until she goes missing when he arrived on time. He decides to stay and search for his sister's whereabouts until he uncovers the dark secrets that the apartment she lives in is a coven for witches as the body count rises. When I first watched this after Suspiria, I expected to see how I can differentiate this to its predecessor, especially when it has connections to the last film in terms of mythology. To my surprise, Inferno is just as good as Suspiria despite that the execution is different from the first film. While it can't live up to the hype or match the strengths of its predecessor in terms of visuals and success, this sequel manages to rely on its own opportunities when conquering its weaknesses. The major difference with both Suspiria and Inferno is that the first film was more of a traditional Horror film filled with striking and colorful visuals with the addition of gore and scares thrown into the mix, this movie is more in the vein of the Giallo genre, which is a word Italians use in the literal Crime, Thriller genre by having some of the most brutal kills in director Dario Argento's string of Horror films to date (Guillotine by broken window, lots of brutal stabbings and throat slashes, a nasty decapitation out in the open while being devoured by blood-thirsty rats and a very surprising burning curtain death before getting thrown out through the window). The atmosphere of this film almost felt like you are thrown straight to hell and experiencing pain in the worst way combined with its beautiful and haunting soundtrack; there are plenty of moments that builds-up on suspense and tension (The first time you get a glimpse of the perpetrator below the library after seeing the book of the Three Mothers, the gorgeous underwater shots in the beginning and the big twist in the finale that ties the story altogether). But what interest me the most with this film is the connections with Suspiria as this film explores the Three Mothers, who are the main antagonists of all three films from the aforementioned Suspiria to the 2007 conclusion Mother Of Tears. In the first film, we meet Mater Suspiriorium who goes by her real name Helena Markos and is the oldest of the three. In this sequel, we meet the most cruel and youngest of the trio Mater Tenebrarum and has the most menacing personality of the witches and last but not least, the conclusion introduces Mater Lachrymarum, the most beautiful of them all who has a short role in this film too but portrayed by a different actress and I like how all three films tie together when revealing their backstories and answers the questions on who they truly are when shown from one film to the other. The acting here is good, the performances of the cast are typical but believable all the while they portray good characters at the same time from the leading man to the terrifying antagonist. Writer and Director Dario Argento has proven once again that he is the maestro of Italian Horror as he delivers a worthy yet entertaining follow-up to his 1977 masterpiece Suspiria that expands on the mythology while being different from its predecessor altogether in terms of execution. Overall Inferno is an impressive sequel that has all the right elements in the Giallo and Horror genres while it also acts as a dark, demented trip into the burning world of the Three Mothers. This film gets a 10/10. See more

Hagrid G Dec 10, 2017 i enjoyed inferno, its not quite as good as suspiria but its the same sort of thing

Draco S Jan 9, 2017 Gorgeous visuals and score, and some great set pieces. I also like how Argento furthered along the mythology, but overall I found it a rather disappointing entry in the Three Mother's trilogy. The conclusion is to abrupt and unsatisfying, and too much of the plot is all over the place. See more

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