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Actors: Anthony Franciosa, John Saxon, Daria Nicolodi, John Steiner, Giuliano Gemma
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Tenebre |
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TENEBRE (Tenebrae) is a movie written and directed by Dario Argento in 1982.
Peter Neal, an american writer of horror fiction, arrives in Rome. In the meantime, a killer slaughters young italian women with a razor and leaves messages to Neal with quotes of his last bestseller "Tenebre". Inspector Giuliano Gemma tries to protect Neal of the unknown killer whose next victims are close friends of the writer.
A strange giallo with an unusual great number of murders.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Horror film?
Yes
Horror Plotlets:
- mad guy with knife likes to slice
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- white
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Main Adversary
Profession/status:
- killer
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- lesbians!
- seeing breasts
Kind of violence:
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Italian
Subtitles?
- Yes
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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