{"id":440,"date":"2014-07-11T15:52:43","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T15:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=440"},"modified":"2026-05-20T15:30:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:30:01","slug":"opera-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=440","title":{"rendered":"Opera-1987"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opera-1987<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Dario Argento<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #104<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed July 11, 2014<\/p>\n

Grade: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opera is a 1987 Italian horror film directed by Dario Argento.<\/p>\n

The story revolves around a theatrical production of Giuseppe <\/span><\/span>Verdi’s Italian opera, “Macbeth,” as the understudy takes on the lead role of Lady Macbeth after the star is hit by a car, and strange, horrific events begin to unfold.<\/p>\n

The film contains traditional Argento elements- stylistic, extreme close-ups, and weird camera angles.<\/p>\n

Members of the cast are systematically murdered as the killer forces the film’s heroine to watch- aided by a device which, if she blinks, sharp nails will go through her eyes.<\/p>\n

The ending is killer- no pun intended. I love surprise endings in horror films, and this one was dynamite.<\/p>\n

My main criticism of the film is the horrendous dubbing, which distracted me a great deal. It has a muffled, hard-to-hear quality to it and no subtitles.<\/p>\n

I’d rather it had been available in Italian with English subtitles. The film needs to be upgraded to Blu-ray ASAP.<\/p>\n

Another odd aspect of the film is the mixture of operatic and heavy metal music at each kill. It did not seem to fit the film at all.<\/p>\n

Not Argento’s best- Suspiria (1977) and Deep Red (1975) have that honor, but it’s a very good, enjoyable cinematic horror film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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