Inferno (1980)

October 24, 2022 1:11 PM

A young man returns from Rome to his sister's satanic New York apartment house.

Starring Leigh McCloskey, Irene Miracle, Eleonora Giorgi, Daria Nicolodi, Sacha Pitoëff, Alida Valli, Veronica Lazăr, Gabriele Lavia, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Leopoldo Mastelloni, Ania Pieroni, James Fleetwood, Rosario Rigutini, Ryan Hilliard, Paolo Paoloni, Fulvio Mingozzi, Luigi Lodoli, Rodolfo Lodi, Dario Argento, Ettore Martini.

Written & directed by Dario Argento.

60% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

Currently streaming in the US on nine different services and available for digital rental on five more. JustWatch listing.

posted by DirtyOldTown (2 comments total)

For a while there I preferred this to Suspiria, but I eventually came to my senses. Nevertheless, the sunken ballroom alone puts Inferno on another level from its peers, like an ur del Toro set piece. Like Suspiria, what feels like random nightmare nonsense resolves into something like sense after multiple watches (or it's made you as crazy as it is by then, I'm not 100% sure).
posted by kittens for breakfast at 3:22 PM on October 24, 2022 [3 favorites]

I have this one on the playlist for my Halloween Day Giallopalooza. I wish I didn’t love the genre so much, since the English or French dubs get harder to find these days, and my eyes aren’t good enough to keep up with subtitles. And I’ve probably left it too late to become fluent in Italian.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 12:04 AM on October 25, 2022 [1 favorite]