Il mondo dell'orrore di Dario Argento (1985)

Director:

Michele Soavi

Writer:

Michele Soavi (writer)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography

Plot:

Documentary on horror/mystery film maker Dario Argento. Features an in-depth interview with Argento and covers his work from 1969 to 1985.

Plot Keywords:

Interview | Behind The Scenes | Film Clip | Film Making | Horror Filmmaking

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Romano Albani	...	Himself
Dario Argento	...	Himself
Fiore Argento	...	Herself / Vera Grandt
Urbano Barberini	...	Himself
Patrick Bauchau	...	Himself / Insp. Rudolf Geiger
Michael Brandon	...	Himself
Flavio Bucci	...	Himself
Clara Calamai	...	Herself
Stefania Casini	...	Herself / Sara
Jennifer Connelly	...	Herself
Mirella D'Angelo	...	Herself
Keith Emerson	...	Himself
David Emge	...	Himself
Mimsy Farmer	...	Herself
Ken Foree	...	Himself
James Franciscus	...	Himself
Jessica Harper	...	Herself / Suzy Banyon
David Hemmings	...	Himself
Natasha Hovey	...	Herself
Karl Malden	...	Himself
Davide Marotta	...	Himself / Bruckner Monster
Leigh McCloskey	...	Himself / Mark Elliott
Macha Méril	...	Herself
Irene Miracle	...	Herself / Rose Elliott
Tony Musante	...	Himself
Daria Nicolodi	...	Herself / Various
Donald Pleasence	...	Himself / Prof. John McGregor
Aldo Reggiani	...	Himself
Eva Renzi	...	Herself
Eva Robin's	...	Herself
Tom Savini	...	Himself
Michele Soavi	...	Himself
Luciano Tovoli	...	Himself

Also Known As:

Dario Argento's World of Horror
Dario Argento's world of horror (Italy) (video box title)

Runtime:

USA:76 min | Argentina:76 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-18 | Argentina:18 | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:R

Company:

DACFILM Rome

Movie Connections:

Featured in Stephen King's World of Horror (1986) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Maggots

A documentary on a good director.

Dario Argento was a new breed of Italian directors that appeared on the scene in the late 1960's with the Giallo form of horror filmmaking. Giallo's were detective style structures and mixed with horror. Argento dealt with Serial Killers very well. With Mario Bava and perhaps Lucio Fulci (stretching that one a bit), Italian cinema entered a "golden era" of horror gore and exploitation during the 1970's.

World of Horror shows the best of Argento's movies, leading up to Demon's, which he produced only. Most scenes are either "Death Scenes" or "Stylistic Shots". Anyway, there is some technical shots, but the movie does not really go into detail about the technicals of his movies. However, you get a dose on what happens in his noggin, and that in itself is scary enough. If you happen to find this movie on video (good luck), try it out, but good luck trying to find some of his movies on video (I'm still looking for his "4 flies on Gray Velvet")