Jay Mauldin is an upstanding citizen that hails from the California desert, but often finds himself in the Pacific Northwest, or the Carolinas. With two degrees in ancient history, Jay is sufficiently eccentric, having worked everything from museums to presidential libraries, and living off-grid in the American West.
The Big Picture One of the masters of Italian horror, Dario Argento, has enjoyed a recent resurgence in popularity. Yet, while 1977's Suspiria is well known by fans of horror , Argento's often overlooked Opera is every bit as, and potentially more, masterful. In the interest of disclosure, however, even "scary" really doesn't begin to describe Opera, which is an exercise in sheer terror for even the most seasoned of horror fans.
Opera RHorrorCrimeMystery Opera is an Italian horror film following a young opera singer who is stalked by a deranged fan who forces her to watch brutal murders from a disturbing vantage point. As the killer's obsession grows, she must unravel the mystery behind the slayings to escape the nightmare that has engulfed her life.
If there were any doubt surrounding Opera's pedigree, one need only consider the scene where the murderer literally tapes a strip of needles to Betty’s cheek, which prevents her from closing her eyes while he murders her boyfriend. The audience is not only absolutely horrified by this, but the trauma that the main character experiences reaches the viewer through celluloid osmosis. Here, it’s not a supernatural villain or cartoonish monster that the audience can dismiss offhand.
After a mysterious phone call draws the unknown figure in her living room away, a knock on the door is heard. What happens next is best left to the viewer to discover, but it certainly cements Argento’s legacy in the genre. This is how Opera stands above the crowd : actually making good on what is often set as an unrealistic expectation in other movies. One of the goal posts for thrillers is maintaining the tone, with that tightrope walk generally proving too much for the film.
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