2001 · giallo · serial-killer · thriller
Sleepless
Directed by Dario Argento1h 57m2001
An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer whom has resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year hiatus.
Our read: Sleepless (2001) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive giallo · serial-killer · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme giallo / serial-killer, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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