Tenebre (1982)

"Tenebre" has always been of my favorite Argento flicks, and after rewatching it after about 3 years I enjoyed it even more. Peter Neal is a famous author of murder/mystery books doing a publicity tour in Rome. Immediately upon his arrival he is confronted by the police about a recent murder of a young girl, whose throat was slashed and mouth stuffed with pages from Neal's latest book, "Tenebre". Seems someone is reading a little to much into the book and has decided to off the degenerates of society as happens in Neal's story. Soon the author and everyone else around him is a target, as bodies start dropping left and right. "Tenebre" contains just about every one of Argento's signature traits, slinky camerawork, nifty score, and plenty of beautiful murder set pieces. However, this time around there is an actual plot involved and one that actually makes sense. Yes, an Argento film that makes sense, imagine that. Best scene of course goes to the poor lass who gets her arm hacked off, then decides to do paint her white kitchen wall a very deep shade of red from the spurting stump. The other murders in the film are not as graphic, though they are interesting to watch. Make sure you watch the Anchor Bay release, otherwise you will be missing out on about 20 minutes of footage, the previously mentioned stump scene included.