[swiss tony]

although i am a huge fan of argento this is the one movie of his who's popularity baffles me. people rate it comparably to suspiria but for me it was just a slightly poorly constructed slasher. the plot was too sketchy and the storyline very loosely woven together to the extent where it seemed like a series of set pieces. i remember reading a critique of argento's movies that delved into how some of his characters seem to act without motive or explanation and this appears most evident in tenebre. i'm not saying i need my hand held all the way but i did become distracted during this movie. finally, the bad dubbing is at it's worst in this one but as almost all his best work has bad dubbing it's probably irrelevant here. almost forgot, his movies are always visually beautiful but this is the rosie o'donnell of argentos