"Director: Dario Argento"

• Giallo | DVD | (11/07/2011) from £5.69   |  Saving you £10.30 (64.40%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In Italy a woman fears her sister may have been kidnapped. Inspector Enzo Avolfi fears it's worse. They team up to rescue her from a sadistic killer known only as Yellow.

• Deep Red | DVD | (03/07/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE REALLY SCARED!!!? From Dario Argento, maestro of the macabre and the man behind some the greatest excursions in Italian horror (Suspiria, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage), comes Deep Red arguably the ultimate giallo movie. One night, musician Marcus Daly (David Hemmings, Blow Up), looking up from the street below, witnesses the brutal axe murder of a woman in her apartment. Racing to the scene, Marcus just manages to miss the perpetrator... or does he? As he takes on the role of amateur sleuth, Marcus finds himself ensnared in a bizarre web of murder and mystery where nothing is what it seems... Aided by a throbbing score from regular Argento-collaborators Goblin, Deep Red (aka Profondo Rossoand The Hatchet Murders) is a hallucinatory fever dream of a giallo punctuated by some of the most astonishing set-pieces the sub-genre has to offer.

• Terror at The Opera | DVD | (22/03/2010) from £19.85   |  Saving you £0.14 (0.71%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A hooded killer torments the opera diva whom he adores. Cristina Marsillach stars as Betty a young understudy who gets a chance to star in a production of Verdi's Macbeth when the lead breaks her leg. Her performance receives universal acclaim and also attracts the hooded killer who periodically kidnaps Betty tapes razor blades under her eyes and forces her to watch him commit murder.

• Cat O'Nine Tails | DVD | (08/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Cat O'Nine Tails is the second movie directed by Dario Argento. With the screenplay by Dardano Sachetti and score by Ennio Morricone Cat O'Nine Tails is a haunting and suspensful thriller in the classic giallo tradition. The story begins when a blind puzzle maker (Karl Malden) overhears a conversation shortly before a robbery is committed at a genetics institute. When he teams up with a journalist (Franciscus) intent on solving the crime they uncover a trail off murders linked to the institute. Can they discover the murderer's identity before it is too late?

• Bird With A Crystal Plumage | DVD | (09/01/2012) from £29.68   |  Saving you £-19.69 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Bird With A Crystal Plumage (aka L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo)

• The Stendhal Syndrome | DVD | (22/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  On the trail of a deranged serial rapist and killer Detective Anna Manni (Asia Argento) hides her own secret: she suffers from the Stendhal Syndrome a mental condition which makes her retreat into frightening hallucinations when confronted with works of art. Her quarry the sadistic Alfredo Grossi (Thomas Kretschmann) discovers her condition and uses it against Anna to reduce her to a helpless victim. Subjected to these savage relentless attacks Anna is a powerless witness as his murder spree continues. Now alone she has to face her own fears her own terrors and the terrible legacy of the Stendhal Syndrome...

• Phenomena (Dual Format DVD + Blu Ray) | Blu Ray | (26/11/2012) from £16.18   |  Saving you £3.81 (19.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Master of Italian Horror Dario Argento is joined by Jennifer Connelly for a gory 80s classic in Phenomena, a terrifying slice of fear cinema that mixes extreme violence, pounding Metal music, a vicious chimp wielding a scalpel and enough buzzing insects to choke an entire school... Poor sleepwalking Jennifer doesn't fit in at her boarding school and her uncanny ability to control insects isn't helping her popularity. With the aid of a local Entomologist (Donald Pleasence), can she use her psychic insect skills to find the killer who's leaving her fellow pupils in bloody pieces? Argento piles on the bloody kills and surreal nightmares as the deafening buzz of a million bugs shatters your eardrums in one of the most demented Body-Horror movies ever produced. Special Features: HD Blu-ray and SD DVD presentation of the Italian cut of the film Original Italian and English Stereo Audio Brand new subtitle translation of the Italian and optional English subtitles of the English audio Dario's Monkey Business: The Making of Phenomena - A 50 minute long documentary featuring interview with key talent behind the film including Director Dario Argento, star Daria Nicolodi, underwater photographer Gianlorenzo Battaglia and more! Music for Maggots - An interview with composer Claudio Simonetti Creepers for Creatures - Sergio Stivaletti live Q&A sessions from Dublin and Edinburgh Exclusive collector's booklet featuring brand new writing on the film by Alan Jones, author of 'Profondo Argento' Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork

• Profondo Rosso | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £9.40   |  Saving you £9.58 (149.45%)   |  RRP £15.99

  An English jazz pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal hatchet murder of a renowned psychic and is quickly drawn into the savage crime. With the help of a tenacious female reporter the pair track a twisted trail of deranged clues and relentless violence towards a shocking climax that has ripped screams from the throats of audiences for more than 25 years! Widely considered by both fans and critics alike to be Dario Argento's true masterpiece.

• Cat O Nine Tails | DVD | (20/02/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Italian master of horror Dario Argento's second directorial effort (and the centerpiece of the 'animal trilogy' of giallos) is a suspenseful murder mystery infused with the filmmaker's trademark graphic violence. Karl Malden stars as a blind man with a talent for solving puzzles who teams-up with reporter Carlo Giordani (James Franciscus) to launch a private investigation into a string of peculiar murders all of which seem to involve a dubious genetic research facility. The killer soon becomes wise to the duo's plans and will do whatever it takes to stop them from reporting to the police.

• The Bird With The Crystal Plumage | DVD | (12/02/2018) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In 1970, young first-time director Dario Argento (Deep Red, Suspiria) made his indelible mark on Italian cinema with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage a film which redefined the ˜giallo' genre of murder-mystery thrillers and catapulted him to international stardom. Sam Dalmas (Tony Musante, We Own the Night), an American writer living in Rome, inadvertently witnesses a brutal attack on a woman (Eva Renzi, Funeral in Berlin) in a modern art gallery. Powerless to help, he grows increasingly obsessed with the incident. Convinced that something he saw that night holds the key to identifying the maniac terrorising Rome, he launches his own investigation parallel to that of the police, heedless of the danger to both himself and his girlfriend Giulia (Suzy Kendall, Spasmo) A staggeringly assured debut, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage establishes the key traits that would define Argento's filmography, including lavish visuals and a flare for wildly inventive, brutal scenes of violence. With sumptuous cinematography by Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now) and a seductive score by legendary composer Ennio Morricone (Once Upon a Time in the West), this landmark film has never looked or sounded better in this new, 4K-restored edition from Arrow Video! SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS Brand new 4K restoration of the film from the original camera negative produced by Arrow Video exclusively for this release High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original lossless mono Italian and English soundtracks English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack New audio commentary by Troy Howarth, author of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films The Power of Perception, a new visual essay on the cinema of Dario Argento by Alexanda Heller-Nicholas, author of Devil's Advocates: Suspiria and Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study New analysis of the film by critic Kat Ellinger New interview with writer/director Dario Argento New interview with actor Gildo Di Marco (Garullo the pimp) Eva's Talking, an archival interview with actor Eva Renzi (Monica Ranieri) Original Italian and international theatrical trailers Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Candice Tripp

• Tenebrae | DVD | (24/07/2017) from £12.48   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After several excursions into supernatural horror, Dario Argento returned to the homicidal frenzy that made his reputation with this mystery that plays more like a grown-up slasher movie than a detective thriller. Anthony Franciosa stars as Peter Neal, a best-selling horror novelist whose promotional tour in Italy takes a terrible turn when a mysterious killer recreates the brutal murders from his book with real-life victims. The first to die are so-called "deviants", Neal's own friends and finally there comes a promise that the author himself is next on the list. Columbo it ain't, but Argento has always been more concerned with style than story and his execution of the crimes is pure cinematic bravura. From the simple beauty of a straight razor shattering a light bulb (the camera catches the red-hot filament slowly blacking out) to an ambitious crane shot that creeps up and over the sides of a house under siege in a voyeuristic survey that would make Hitchcock proud, Argento turns the art of murder into a stylish spectacle. He even lets his kinkier side show with flashbacks of an adolescent boy and a teasing dominatrix in red stiletto heels that become a key motif of the film. The objects of Argento's homicidal tendencies are traditionally lovely, scantily clad Italian beauties, and with self-deprecating humour he even inserts a scene in which Neal is taken to task for the misogynist violence of his stories--an accusation Argento himself has weathered for years. --Sean Axmaker

• Phenomena | DVD | (15/01/2018) from £9.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From master of horror Dario Argento (Suspiria, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage) comes Phenomena one of his most eccentric and unique thrillers, featuring telepathic insects, maggots galore, and even a razor-wielding chimp! Jennifer Corvino (Jennifer Connelly, Labyrinth), daughter of a world-renowned movie star, arrives in the so-called Swiss Transylvania to attend an exclusive girls' school. However, a vicious killer is targeting the pupils, and sleepwalker Jennifer finds herself in the assassin's headlights when her nocturnal wanderings cause her to witness the death of a fellow pupil. Aided by paraplegic entomologist John McGregor (Donald Pleasence, Halloween) and her own uncanny ability to communicate telepathically with insects, Jennifer sets out to track down the killer before she herself becomes the latest victim Released in 1985, towards the end of Argento's decade-long golden age as a director, Phenomena co-stars Dalila Di Lazarro (Andy Warhol's Frankenstein), Patrick Bauchau (Clear and Present Danger) and Daria Nicolodi (Tenebrae), and features lush cinematography by Romano Albani (Inferno) and a pounding prog rock score by Goblin (Deep Red, Suspiria). Presented here in a sumptuous new 4K restoration of the film and with a newly created hybrid English/Italian audio track, this is the definitive release of Argento's creepy classic. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: ¢ Brand new 4K restoration of the full-length 116-minute Italian cut of the film from the original camera negative ¢ New 5.1 surround mix of the Italian soundtrack, derived from the original 4-channel Dolby Stereo elements ¢ New hybrid English/Italian soundtrack in lossless 5.1 and 2.0 stereo* ¢ Italian soundtrack in PCM 2.0 stereo ¢ English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack ¢ Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack ¢ New audio commentary by Troy Howarth, author of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films ¢ Of Flies and Maggots, a new feature-length documentary including interviews with co-writer/producer/director Dario Argento, actors Fiore Argento, Davide Marotta, Daria Nicolodi and Fiorenza Tessari, co-writer Franco Ferrini, cinematographer Romano Albani, production manager Angelo Jacono, special optical effects artist Luigi Cozzi, special makeup effects artist Sergio Stivaletti, makeup artist Pier Antonio Mecacci, underwater camera operator Gianlorenzo Battaglia, and composers Claudio Simonetti and Simon Boswell ¢ Original Italian and English theatrical trailers ¢ Jennifer music video, directed by Dario Argento ¢ Rare Japanese vintage pressbook ¢ Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Candice Tripp * The 116-minute Italian cut features approximately six minutes of footage for which English audio does not exist. In these instances, the hybrid track reverts to Italian audio with English subtitles.

• Dario Argento's Inferno | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Incredibly never before available on DVD in the UK comes one of the greatest films ever made by Horror maestro Dario Argento. A wild extravaganza of opulent sets technically amazing murder set pieces and extraordinary visuals Inferno is the follow-up to Argento's cult blockbuster Suspiria and is considered by many to be very much an equally extraordinary film yet has remained criminally unavailable to date. Last seen on Fox Video in the 90s it has taken over a decade to secure this rare and incredible horror event which will be presented as always in the exclusive Arrow Video style that is winning fans over worldwide! ...perhaps the most underrated horror movie of the 1980s. - Kim Newman

• Terror At The Opera | DVD | (24/03/2003) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-4.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  ""This is Argento at his stylish horrifying best!"" -The Psychotronic Video Guide When a young opera singer takes over the leading role in an avant-garde presentation of Verdi's Macbeth she triggers the madness of a crazed fan who repeatedly forces the diva to watch the brutal murders of her loved ones. Will the woman's recurring nightmare hold the key to the identity of this psychopath or does an even more horrific evil lay waiting in the wings? The legendary Dario Argento co-wr

• Deep Red | Blu Ray | (03/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Flesh ripped clean from the bone... And the blood runs red... The bloody kills and red herrings come thick and fast as Dario Argento weaves a twisted web of sadistic intrigue in this classic Giallo from the genres golden era. A black gloved killer hacks a psychic to death but there was a witness... Marcus Daly an English pianist rushes to the scene but he's too late to save her. He sets out to solve the murder but at every turn the mysterious slayer strikes cutting off each line of enquiry with an acts grisly of violence each more shocking than the last! A surreal masterpiece from Dario Argento with a pounding score from cult prog rockers Goblin Deep Red will leave you battered and breathless!

• Dario Argento Collection | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Six of Dario Argento's greatest films brought to you in one complete box set. Profondo Rosso: An English jazz pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of a renowned psychic and is drawn into the savage crime. With the help of a tenacious female reporter the pair tracks a twisted trail of deranged clues and relentless violence towards a shocking climax that has ripped screams from the throats of audiences for more than 25 years! Cat O'Nine Tails: The Story begins when a blind puzzle maker overhears a conversation shortly before a robbery is committed at a genetics institute. He teams up with a journalist intent on solving the crime and they uncover a trail of murders linked to the institute. Demons: Several people are invited to join the opening of a new movie theatre. As the horror film shown to the guests gets more and more violent the people start to transform one by one into bloodthirsty demons. The remaining guests begin the desperate battle for their lives. Demons 2: The story of Demons continues as a birthday party in a high-security apartment building is interrupted when the birthday girl is transformed by a horror movie on TV into a demon. All hell breaks loose as the residents unable to escape the building are forced to battle the zombie-demon neighbours. Phenomena: Can a schizophrenic sleepwalker use her telepathic power to unmask a hideous assassin? Packed with the outrageous grisly gore suspiria director Dario Argento has become world famous for including a pit of maggot infested slimy human remains and a mad monkey climax that has to be believed. Bird With The Crystal Plumage: Sam an American writer in Rome witnesses a murder attempt but is powerless to do anything as he gets trapped between a double set of glass doors. When the Police fail to make any progress with the case Sam decides to investigate on his own turning up clues that point in the direction of just one possible suspect - assuming that he really knows who he's looking for.

• The Phantom Of The Opera | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Dario Argento's 1998 Phantom of the Opera is about as far from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical version as it's possible to get. Grand Guignol isn't in it as he ransacks Gaston Leroux's poignant original for all its darkest elements and slathers them in gore. This phantom is no masked stranger, his scars sensationally exposed in the last reel. Instead he is Julian Sands in vampirical mode, an enigmatic wraith with extraordinary, literally mordant, powers, raised by rats in the sewer beneath the Paris Opera. Above ground, the authentically drawn twittering and jealous world of the opera house falls unsuspecting prey to his machinations. As his quest to turn sweet-voiced Christina (Argento's daughter Asia) into a prima donna gathers pace, so the horribly mutilated bodies mount up, meeting their demise in increasingly bloody ways. Sands generates an erotic charge verging on the kinky. His ratty friends share more than the festering food on his table. Somehow, the tragic romance at the heart of the tale survives this boisterous treatment and the overall effect is curiously stylish, marred only by a poorly dubbed soundtrack. A cult movie in the making; definitely one to enjoy after a good night out at the pub.--Piers Ford

• Box Of The Banned 2 | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A second volume of nasties that were at one time banned in the UK. Even more depraved and even more corrupt! Tenebrae (Dir. Dario Argento 1982): Shortly after American mystery-thriller novelist Peter Neal (Anthony Franciosa) arrives in Rome to promote his new book (the Tenebrae of the title) an attractive young woman is murdered by a razor-wielding maniac who stuffs pages of Neal's latest novel into the mouth of his victim before slashing her throat. So begins a biza

• Phenomena | Blu Ray | (27/06/2011) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-8.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Terror Beyond Belief! A notorious horror classic returns in all its depraved glory. This infamous video nasty updated the classic Giallo blueprint for the gorified '80s courting controversy and drenching the viewer in crimson arterial spray. A razor-wielding psycho is stalking the horror writer Peter Neal in Rome to promote his latest work Tenebre. But the author isn't the obsessive killer's only target the beautiful women who surround him are doomed as one by one they fall victim to the murderer's slashing blade... Will fiction and reality blur as fear and madness take hold? Watch in terror as by turns the cast fall victim to the sadistic imagination of Dario Argento Italy's master of horror.

• Tenebrae Steelbook | Blu Ray | (16/12/2013) from £21.98   |  Saving you £5.00 (25.01%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A notorious horror classic returns in all its depraved glory. This infamous video nasty updated the classic Giallo blueprint for the gorified 80s, courting controversy and drenching the viewer in crimson arterial spray. A razor-wielding psycho is stalking the horror writer Peter Neal, in Rome to promote his latest work, Tenebre. But the author isn t the obsessive killer s only target, the beautiful women who surround him are doomed as one by one, they fall victim to the murderer s slashing blade... Will fiction and reality blur as fear and madness take hold? Watch in terror as by turns the cast fall victim to the sadistic imagination of Dario Argento, Italy s master of horror. Special Features: • Brand new High Definition transfer of the film (1080p) • Optional English & Italian Audio • Original uncompressed Mono Audio • Optional English subtitles • Audio Commentary with Argento experts, journalists and writers Kim Newman and Alan Jones • Audio Commentary with Argento expert Thomas Rostock • Introduction by star Daria Nicolodi • Screaming Queen! Daria Nicolodi remembers Tenebrae • The Unsane World of Tenebrae: An interview with director Dario Argento • A Composition for Carnage: Composer Claudio Simonetti on Tenebrae • Goblin: Tenebrae and Phenomena Live from the Glasgow Arches • Original Trailer • Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork by Rick Melton • Exclusive collector s booklet featuring brand new writing by Alan Jones, author of Profondo Argento