Review of Berberian Sound Studio (2012) by Bob L — 01 Mar 2013

Anyone familiar with the rise of horror cinema from Italy in the early 70's (giallo to the film buffs), will love the care and attention to the look, and primarily the sound, in the styling of this movie.

Toby Jones is an English sound technician, more used to working on documentaries on the British countryside. He gets called to Italy to perform the mix on an Italian horror film. What he sees in the company, and subsequently on the screen, slowly disturbs him more and more.

Brilliantly handling some extremely gruesome horror, without showing you anything (it's all with the sound), we witness a mans mental decline. Some may find the ending not to their taste, but is still a great mood piece and is an education for those who have never heard of a 'foley artist'.