Profondo rosso (Deep Red)

Italian horror master Dario Argento unleashed this nasty bit of business on the world in 1975 and followed it up with what many consider to be his signature work SUSPERIA in 1977. DEEP RED itself is a flawed film but it is important because it is here you can see the trademark stylings of Argento's developing. He does manage to create an chockingly oppressive atmosphere here and is interesting to see David Hemmings work in this genre. He would go on to be in monumental works such as GLADIATOR and GANGS OF NEW YORK. I mentioned DEEP RED was a flawed film, this would be chalked up to the use of GOBLIN for the score. I'm a big fan of their work but it distracts from the scenery on hand and is just simply out of place. DEEP RED is really for die-hard fans of the genre only.