Helga is suddenly overwhelmed by the 'twisted, perverted, murderous' thoughts of someone in the audience and claims hearing a child's song. Twenty years later in Turin, Professor Giordani chairs a parapsychology conference featuring psychic medium Helga Ulmann.

A bloody knife falls to the floor at a child's feet. Retrospective reviews have been equally positive, and the film is considered one of the genre's definitive entries, as well as one of Argento's best works.ĭuring Christmas at a family home, one figure stabs another to death. The film was released during the height of the 'giallo craze' of Italian popular cinema, and was a critical and commercial success.

The film's score was composed and performed by Goblin, the first in a long-running collaboration with Argento. The cast also stars Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril, and Clara Calamai.

It stars David Hemmings as a musician who investigates a series of murders performed by a mysterious figure wearing black leather gloves. Deep Red ( Italian: Profondo rosso), also known as The Hatchet Murders, is a 1975 Italian giallo film directed by Dario Argento and co-written by Argento and Bernardino Zapponi.

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