1980 · horror
Inferno (1980)
Directed by Dario Argento1h 47m1980
A young man returns from Rome to his sister's satanic New York apartment house.
Our read: Inferno (1980) (1980) reads as a heavy, steady, surreal horror entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, extreme horror, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- surreal
- bleak
- cold
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How Inferno feels to watch.
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