Review of Opera (1987) by Ian B — 16 Mar 2014
I don't think there's a director with such equal strengths and weaknesses as Dario Argento. His visuals and camerawork are some of the best the horror genre will ever see, but his scripts always seem to underwhelm.
Argento returned to familiar giaillo territory with Opera and many consider it to be his last great film. In terms of style and suspense this is easily one of his best works, and one of his bloodiest.
The story is extremely simplistic and shares more than a few things in common with Argento's other works, but his knack for building suspense and creating grisly set-pieces keeps the pace rolling.
Unfortunately the film has a pointless and silly epilogue that kinda drags things down, but otherwise this is an entertaining, disturbing and visually stunning film that remains one of Argento's best.
This review of Opera (1987) was written by Ian B on 16 Mar 2014.
Opera has generally received positive reviews.
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