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Suspiria
Suspiria is a 1977 Italian supernatural horror film directed by Dario Argento, who co-wrote the screenplay with Daria Nicolodi, partially based on Thomas De Quincey's 1845 essay Suspiria de Profundis. The film stars Jessica Harper as an American ballet student who transfers to a prestigious European dance academy but realizes, after a series of murders, that the academy is a front for a coven of witches. It also features Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé, Alida Valli, Udo Kier, and Joan Bennett, in her final film role.
Deep Red
1975 film directed by Dario Argento
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
1970 film by Dario Argento
Tenebrae
1982 film by Dario Argento
Inferno
1980 film directed by Dario Argento
Phenomena
1985 film by Dario Argento
Twitch of the Death Nerve
1971 film by Mario Bava
Blood and Black Lace
1964 film by Mario Bava
The Cat o' Nine Tails
1971 film by Dario Argento
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
1971 film by Dario Argento
Don't Torture a Duckling
1972 film directed by Lucio Fulci
Santa Sangre
1989 film by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Trauma
1993 film directed by Dario Argento
The House by the Cemetery
1981 film directed by Lucio Fulci
Opera
1987 film directed by Dario Argento
Romasanta
Romasanta, also known as in Spanish, and Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt in English, is a 2004 Spanish-Italian-British horror film directed by Paco Plaza and starring Julian Sands, Elsa Pataky and John Sharian. It is available on DVD from Lion's Gate Entertainment under the title Werewolf Hunt.
The New York Ripper
1982 film directed by Lucio Fulci
Torso
1973 film by Sergio Martino
Antropophagus
Antropophagus (also known as Anthropophagus: The Beast, The Savage Island, and The Grim Reaper) is a 1980 Italian horror film directed by Joe D'Amato, co-written by D'Amato and George Eastman, and starring Tisa Farrow, Zora Kerova, Saverio Vallone, Serena Grandi, Margaret Mazzantini, Mark Bodin, and Eastman, who portrays a cannibal stalking tourists on a remote island.
Who Saw Her Die?
1972 film by Aldo Lado
The Case of the Bloody Iris
1972 film by Giuliano Carnimeo
Stage Fright
1987 film by Michele Soavi
All the Colors of the Dark
1972 film by Sergio Martino
A Classic Horror Story
2021 film directed by Roberto De Feo and Paolo Strippoli
Ghosthouse
1988 film by Umberto Lenzi
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
1972 film by Sergio Martino
Black Belly of the Tarantula
1971 film by Paolo Cavara
The Red Queen Kills Seven Times
1972 film by Emilio Miraglia
Absurd
1981 film by Joe D'Amato
Nude per l'assassino
1975 film by Andrea Bianchi
Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
1972 film by Umberto Lenzi
Eyeball
1975 film by Umberto Lenzi
The Killer Reserved Nine Seats
1974 film by Giuseppe Bennati
Pieces
1982 Spanish horror film directed by Juan Piquer Simón
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
1971 film by Sergio Martino
Slaughter Hotel
1971 film by Fernando Di Leo
Do You Like Hitchcock?
2005 television film directed by Dario Argento
Death Smiles at a Murderer
1973 film by Joe D'Amato
My Dear Killer
1972 film by Tonino Valerii
Paganini Horror
1989 film by Luigi Cozzi
The Last House on the Beach
1978 film by Francesco Prosperi
Death Carries a Cane
1973 film by Maurizio Pradeaux
Body Count
1987 film by Ruggero Deodato
So Sweet, So Dead
1972 film by Roberto Bianchi Montero
Giallo a Venezia
1979 Italian film directed by Mario Landi
Watch Me When I Kill
1977 film by Antonio Bido
The Fifth Cord
1971 film by Luigi Bazzoni
The Bloodstained Shadow
1978 film by Antonio Bido
Death Walks at Midnight
1972 film by Luciano Ercoli
A Blade in the Dark
1983 film by Lamberto Bava
The Butterfly Room
2012 film by Gionata Zarantonello
Seven Murders for Scotland Yard
1972 film by José Luis Madrid
There Was a Little Girl
1981 film by Ovidio G. Assonitis