An American student investigates the disappearance of his sister and the death of a friend, both connected from New York to Rome by an old alchemy book.An American student investigates the disappearance of his sister and the death of a friend, both connected from New York to Rome by an old alchemy book.An American student investigates the disappearance of his sister and the death of a friend, both connected from New York to Rome by an old alchemy book.
Sacha Pitoëff
- Kazanian
- (as Sacha Pitoeff)
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
- Professor Arnold
- (as Feodor Chaliapin)
- …
Luigi Filippo Lodoli
- Bookbinder
- (as Luigi Lodoli)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAll of the murderer's hands in the movie were Dario Argento's.
- GoofsDuring the cat attack, a human hand can be seen throwing some cats at the actress.
- Crazy creditsThe 20th Century Fox logo that appears on American prints does not have the fanfare.
- Alternate versionsFor its UK cinema release cuts were made to shots of a cat eating a live mouse. The Fox video was cut by 20 secs with the same cinema cut plus an additional edit to a closeup of a cat's head being hit against a chair. The cuts were fully waived for the 2010 Arrow DVD.
- ConnectionsEdited into Maniac (1980)
- SoundtracksVa' pensiero...
(from opera "Nabucco")
Music by Giuseppe Verdi'
Libretto by Temistocle Solera (uncredited)
Performed by Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai (as Symphonic Orchestra and Chorus of Rome Radio Televisione Italiana)
Chorus master by Gaetano Riccitelli
Conducted by Fernando Previtali
Courtesy of Fonit Cetra
Featured review
Dario Argento did some good movies back in the day. Sadly, I cannot consider this one a masterpiece. What little there is of plot feels very "mehh" and you start to feel very soon that this movie is just an excuse for Dario Argento to slap you with some red and blue while pretending that's art. Being spiritual successor to "Suspiria" you would expect a decent amount of creepy scenes, but you only get half of it, and when it starts to near to perfection, Dario blows it and it falls flat. Characters are bland and you don't really care for anybody except the final guy, which you only do because he looks cool. Also, the ending is pretty disappointing and you are like: "What just happened?". Still, it's not all that bad. That song near the end of the movie is kinda cool, there are some little disturbing moments and the movie oozes with potential. Sadly, the potential is left wasted and you just get a half baked horror movie who doesn't know what to do with itself. 6.5/10 from me! It's far from the worst thing you can watch as a horror fan, but it's a perfect fit for that "mehh" category...
- markovd111
- Jul 15, 2019
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Dario Argento's Inferno
- Filming locations
- Biblioteca Angelica, Rome, Lazio, Italy(interiors: library in Rome)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- ITL 3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $1,011
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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