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Genres:
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Horror /
Mystery /
Thriller /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Dario Argento
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Actors:
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William McNamara,
Ian Charleson,
Barbara Cupisti,
Carola Stagnaro,
Cristina Marsillach,
Antonella Vitale,
Urbano Barberini,
Daria Nicolodi,
Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni,
Antonino Iuorio
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Duration:
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107 min.
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Rating:
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(7.1/10)83
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Plot Summary:
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A girlish opera chorus-member (Betty) gets her big chance when the whilom star of a production of Verdi's Macbeth is run over near a auto. Convinced the opera is grotty luck she accepts, and becomes the target (in Argento's unmistakable flair) of a psychopath - a mortals she has been dreaming of since babyhood.
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Tags:
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Opera
The overlord of vivid Italian hatred presents a insane mix of Verdi, violence and inventive visuals. Far more successful than 1998's similarly themed Phantom Of The Opera, it's accurately described by Argento as his most ferocious movie and proof, for several cast members at least, that sometimes it's over long before the fat lady sings. When the scheduled star of a performance of Verdi's Macbeth is stiff to withdraw out, aspiring soprano Betty (Marsillach) lands the style responsibility. But it's not just the critics who are sharpening their knives. So too is a criminally wild psychopath and while Betty witnesses the graphic slaughter of her loved ones, opera house-owner Marco (Charleson) struggles to unmask the killer. It's peacefully to ...
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