Dario Argento

Four Spine tingling episodes directed and presented by the undisputed master of horror. Originally made in 1973 for Italian Television, Door Into Darkness was highly controversal at the time for it's deliberate breaking of the level of admitted TV violence. Dario Argento, the master of fear and horror presents Door Into Darkness. Available for the first time in the U.S.

Dario Argento was born in Rome, Italy, on September 7, 1940.Before becoming a screenwriter and later a director, he was a film critic. Ever since his "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage" heart-stopping directorial debut in 1970, Dario Argento has been redrawing the boundaries of cinematic horror with flamboyant violence, feverish plotting, and deliriously stylized compositions.

Dario Argento was born in Rome, Italy, on September 7, 1940.Before becoming a screenwriter and later a director, he was a film critic. Ever since his "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage" heart-stopping directorial debut in 1970, Dario Argento has been redrawing the boundaries of cinematic horror with flamboyant violence, feverish plotting, and deliriously stylized compositions.

A psychic who can read minds picks up the thoughts of a murderer in the audience and soon becomes a victim. An English pianist gets involved in solving the murders, but finds many of his avenues of inquiry cut off by new murders, and he begins to wonder how the murderer can track his movements so closely

Durante una conferencia sobre parapsicología, Helga Hullmann, una vidente alemana, advierte una presencia inquietante en la sala. Alguien, oculto entre los espectadores, planea un delito sanguinario. Esa misma noche, Helga vuelve a su casa y es brutalmente asesinada.

Nato in una famiglia in cui il cinema "si respirava", divoratore onnivoro già nell'infanzia di libri e film, annoiato dalla scuola tanto da fuggire a Parigi, il giovane Dario Argento scopre di sentirsi a proprio agio solo nel buio di una sala cinematografica, dove il carattere solitario e l'immaginazione debordante trovano terreno fertile. Ma è l'esperienza come giornalista a "Paese Sera" a rivelarsi una palestra fondamentale, e a favorire l'incontro che gli cambia la vita: quello con Sergio Leone, per il quale insieme a Bernardo Bertolucci scrive il soggetto di C'era una volta il West. Intanto nella testa del futuro regista prende a maturare un desiderio tanto ambizioso quanto magnifico: scrivere una sceneggiatura diversa da tutte le altre…