Inferno
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Movie Reviews of Inferno
Movie Review: DEATH, DEATH, DEATH!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
After the success of SUSPIRIA , Dario Argento (Master of Horror) presents INFERNO, a journey into darkness. Rose Elliot (Irene Miracle) reveals the dark secrets of "The Three Mothers" (Mater Tenebrarum, Mater Suspiriorium, & Mater Lacrimarum) written by architect Varelli and discovers that the source of all evil resides in the building she lives in. Aware of her discoveries she mysteriously disappears. Mark Elliot (Leigh Mc Closkey) travels to New York City in search of his missing sister Rose only to unravel the mysteries she set out to find in an inferno nightmare. Considered the semi-sequel to SUSPIRIA there are many similarities but INFERNO seems more watered down and disjointed. Leigh Mc Closkey takes on Jessica Harper's character from SUSPIRIA and the ending stands in the footsteps of SUSPIRIA. Still there are many elements to distinguish INFERNO as a master piece. Dario Argento is the master of lighting, creating an atmosphere he knows best, setting the trend for other directors. Alida Valli makes her appearance but the impact isn't as strong as in SUSPIRIA as I think to be one of her finest roles. Keith Emerson from Emerson, Lake, and Palmer does a superb soundtrack.Movie Review: Beautifully shot but poorly scripted
Summary: 4 Stars
Beautifully shot but poorly scripted second installment in Dario's tale of the three sisters with Goblinesque soundtrack by Keith Emerson.A journey into a surreal Hitchcockian, dreamscape of labyrinthian architecture, corridors, rooms, cellars, staircases, secret passages, dungeons, submerged rooms and alchemical mysteries, all flavoured with Dario's atypical gruesome murder scenes.Movie Review: Inferno
Summary: 4 Stars
Not as fun as "Suspiria" but better than "Mother of Tears". It had the same color effects which was cool. I liked it and could easily watch it again. I liked the main song in the film.Movie Review: colour
Summary: 4 Stars
Inferno is a kind of eye candy. The colour create a special tone for this imagination story.Movie Review: Not for Argento newbies
Summary: 3 Stars
At its essence, Inferno tells a classic horror movie tale about a haunted house. It's a bit odd, bombards the viewer with random, twisted imagery when least expected, attacks the senses with a kaleidoscope of colors, and overpowers the eardrums with pounding piano accompaniment.
Beginning in what feels like a movie half-finished, a woman is reading a book about Three Mothers (Tenebrarum, Suspiriorum, and Lachrymarum). Written by an architect/alchemist named Varelli, it tells of these three evil entities their resting places. One such place is in New York, and the young lady, Rose, reading/translating the Latin book senses a connection to her surroundings.
Even though I had to watch the introduction twice to understand it, with talks of mothers, keys, cellars, and what-not, the story sets up fairly well. Although, the beginning is a little too packaged for most viewers, myself included, but from all that I have read of Argento, the zip-locked plot is not the important part. The voice-over continuously leading both Rose and the viewer towards the next step is hilarious: "The second key is hidden in the cellar."
What follows is the meat of the story, doom and gloom awaits any who dare delve into the wickedness of not only the Three Mothers story, but also any who snoop around the house - the true star of the movie. Characters die non-connected albeit creative deaths, as the world itself, ostensibly controlled by the Three Mothers, unleashes its fury. Spectacular deaths, amazing in both their gore and their senselessness, it's horror for the sake of horror, with no pretense or worry about an in depth plot or protagonist.
Being an Argento neophyte, I can say one thing without reservation about Inferno: This is absolutely not the right movie to start viewing his work. For all of the movies in his oeuvre, and for all fans passionate fans, jumping straight into Argento's Inferno is a little too hot; there needs to be a period to adjust to the heat. While the lighting, colors, and sets for some of the scenes are way ahead of their time, at times it feels like a movie directed by someone with severe ADHD, jumping from here to there without transition. This movie is directed explicitly for the foreign horror connoisseur, a person with true passion for the legacy of horror. I'm sure it's perfect for the target audience. Granted it's an obviously older movie and can be appreciated as such, it's much too spastic and disconnected, not to mention extremely lacking in character development to actually create a new Argento fan.
Beware the bag o'cats.