Claudio Simonetti

Spaghetti westerns, giallo, mondo... are the legacy of a golden age in Italian genre filmmaking, which began in the sixties and came to an end in the eighties, but not without leaving behind a few final masterpieces. This film explores, a few decades later, what became of those filmmakers and their films. A number of the most famous survivors of Italian horror movies will help to shed light on what happened.

A documentary that explores the history of heavy metal music, horror films, and how the two genres have merged together over time.

This documentary about the great master of European horror and fantastic films offers an immersive exploration into the life and legacy of the director of Suspiria. Using the writing process of his next film as a starting point, Dario Argento Panico immerses us in the mind of the Italian genius, and offers testimonials from other filmmakers who love his work, all key names in today's world of cinema including Gaspar Noé and Guillermo Del Toro.

Guided by his doctor (or is it voices in his head?), a young director is given a mission: to go to Texas to make an abstract roadmovie (“Unfocused film! Focus is repressed!”) about the Housecore Horror Festival of Film and Music, a festival that brings together cinema and extreme music.

A scientist with nefarious intentions seeks to dominate the world using his vast expertise in robotics.

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Feature-length documentary including interviews with co-writer/producer/director Dario Argento, and many of the cast and crew members.

A vampiric Claudio Simonetti and a few of his fellow musicians sing and play in Dracula's castle.

During an analytic session, a psychologist recommends that one of her patients be admitted to a specialist clinic, but this decision unleashes the mysterious individual's latent madness. Abandonment is the key to his delusion, which will lead him to kill once again, as he had done in the past with his first, lost love. So, after disposing of the analyst's body, he decides to continue the "therapy" alone with the aid of a small video camera, recording his emotional states in a hallucinatory crescendo.

In the first story two grave robbers, thieving from an ancient Etruscan burial ground, gets in trouble when one of them tries out a ring which passes a werewolf curse to him! The second one is about a woman who wants to look like her best friend and goes to a plastic surgeon, which is the biggest mistake she's done. The third story is about three friends and a very dangerous sea monster eating its way through their camping site! The wrap-around story is set on a train where John Phillip Law plays a mystical hypnotist who claims that he can see the past of the passengers...

Documentary that explores Argento's film career.

This documentary is featured on the Limited Edition DVD for Opera, released in 2001.

Documentary about the making of the European version of George A. Romero's "Dawn of the Dead".

Documentary about the shooting of 'Suspiria' that details everything that lovers of horror genre can desire, including the inspiration of the plot, the director, the cast, the style, the music and, of course, its worldwide success. Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Jessica Harper, Udo Kier, Stafania Casini, Giuseppe Colombo, Luciano Tovoli and several members of the progressive rock band Goblin (Claudio Simonetti, Fabio Pignatelli, Massino Marante) are interviewed to learn about their work in the film.

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Documentary on the films of Dario Argento from his debut "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage" up until "The Phantom of the Opera".