Inferno (1980)

Director:

Dario Argento

Writer:

Dario Argento (story)

Release Date:

2 April 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Terror that's hotter than hell!

Plot:

Semi-sequal to 'Suspiria' has a American college student in Rome, and his sister in New York investigating a series of killings in both locations where their resident addresses are the domain of two covens of witches.

Plot Keywords:

Murder | New York City | Book | Evil | House

Cast

Leigh McCloskey	...	Mark Elliot
Irene Miracle	...	Rose Elliot
Eleonora Giorgi	...	Sara
Daria Nicolodi	...	Elise Stallone Van Adler
Sacha Pitoëff	...	Kazanian (as Sacha Pitoeff)
Alida Valli	...	Carol, the caretaker
Veronica Lazar	...	The Nurse
Gabriele Lavia	...	Carlo
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.	...	Professor Arnold / Dr. Varelli (as Feodor Chaliapin)
Leopoldo Mastelloni	...	John, the Butler
Ania Pieroni	...	Musical Student
James Fleetwood	...	Cook
Rosario Rigutini	...	Man
Ryan Hilliard	...	Shadow
Paolo Paoloni	...	Music Teacher

Also Known As:

Dario Argento's Inferno

Runtime:

107 min | Germany:106 min | Sweden:102 min (heavily cut)

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 (cut) | France:-16 | Italy:VM14 | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 (heavily cut) | USA:R | West Germany:18 | UK:18 (cut) | UK:X (cut) | Finland:K-18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Elios Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Produzioni Intersound

Trivia:

Twentieth Century Fox co-financed the film because it's predecessor Suspiria (1977) had been quite a successful film for their company.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Kazanian is investigating a noise in his shop, he is shown reaching towards the table closest to him. As he's reaching down, his right crutch falls from under his arm. However, in the next mid-shot of him backing towards the bookshelf behind him, the right crutch is just starting to fall from under his arm.

Quotes:

Mark: She writes poetry.
Nurse: A pastime especially suited for women.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in A Head for Horror: Lamberto Bava on 'Macabre' (2001) (V)

Soundtrack:

Va' pensiero...

Atmospheric movie

Dario Argento's Inferno is one of the best horror movies i've watched. It has very heavy atmosphere which makes you want to watch this movie. Horror isn't about how much blood or killing you see, it's all about the atmosphere. The problem is, that these days people have become immune to killing and violence, it's more entertaining than terrifying for most people. This movie creates the horror by the atmosphere, that's the reason why it was scary for me.

The movie itself doesn't have very complicated storyline, in fact if this movie was done today, it'd be a cliché. The few and only things which suck in this movie is the ending scene.

It doesn't take a genius to interpret that this movie doesn't belong in the same category as Halloween or any other today's horror movie.