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The film's plot focuses on a young soprano (Marsillach) who becomes involved in a series of murders being committed inside an opera house by a masked assailant. The film features music composed and performed by Brian Eno, Claudio Simonetti, and Bill Wyman.
Opera, also known as Terror at the Opera, is a 1987 Italian giallo horror film written and directed by Dario Argento and starring Cristina Marsillach, Urbano Barberini and Ian Charleson. The film's score was composed by Brian Eno and Claudio Simonetti.
Synopsis:A PHANTOM of the Opera-type plot that transforms into a Giallo/Baroque Slasher movie, with flourishes of, "Grand Guignol."Sumptuous production and overflowing camerawork and a sardonic humor.
CAPSULE: In 1987 Dario Argento, one of Italy's best- known horror directors, used PHANTOM OF THE OPERA as the inspiration for a story of a maniac stalking the members of an opera company. This is one of Argento's most graphically horrific pieces.
Synopsis. Italian horror master Dario Argento pays homage to THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, which he would remake a decade later, with this film about a hooded killer who torments the opera diva whom he adores.
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- Cristina Marsillach
- Dario Argento
Michael Sevastakis makes evident Dario Argento's neo-Expressionist sensibilities and shows how the director's use of the camera at times approaches the equivalent of Poe's prose in the film, Opera.
Summary. An impressively well directed and presented film, although the storyline is more horror than mystery. A good looking version of the film although the disc is essentially barebones. The provided Italian language track serves the film better than English dubs, making this disc worth getting even as a double-dip with feature laden US release.
