Inferno (1980)

Director:

Dario Argento

Writer:

Dario Argento (story)

Release Date:

2 April 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Terror that's hotter than hell!

Plot:

Semi-sequal to 'Suspiria' has a American college student in Rome, and his sister in New York investigating a series of killings in both locations where their resident addresses are the domain of two covens of witches.

Plot Keywords:

Murder | New York City | Book | Evil | House

Cast

Leigh McCloskey	...	Mark Elliot
Irene Miracle	...	Rose Elliot
Eleonora Giorgi	...	Sara
Daria Nicolodi	...	Elise Stallone Van Adler
Sacha Pitoëff	...	Kazanian (as Sacha Pitoeff)
Alida Valli	...	Carol, the caretaker
Veronica Lazar	...	The Nurse
Gabriele Lavia	...	Carlo
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.	...	Professor Arnold / Dr. Varelli (as Feodor Chaliapin)
Leopoldo Mastelloni	...	John, the Butler
Ania Pieroni	...	Musical Student
James Fleetwood	...	Cook
Rosario Rigutini	...	Man
Ryan Hilliard	...	Shadow
Paolo Paoloni	...	Music Teacher
Fulvio Mingozzi	...	Cabdriver
Luigi Lodoli	...	Bookbinder
Rodolfo Lodi	...	Old Man
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dario Argento	...	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Dario Argento

Writing credits
Dario Argento		(story and screenplay)

Produced by
Claudio Argento	....	producer
Salvatore Argento	....	executive producer
Guglielmo Garroni	....	executive producer (as William Garroni)

Original Music by
Keith Emerson

Cinematography by
Romano Albani

Film Editing by
Franco Fraticelli

Art Direction by
Giuseppe Bassan

Set Decoration by
Francesco Cuppini
Maurizio Garrone

Costume Design by
Massimo Lentini

Makeup Department
Luciana Maria Costanzi	....	hair stylist
Giancarlo De Leonardis	....	hair stylist
Pierantonio Mecacci	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Andrew W. Garroni	....	production manager
Cesare Jacolucci	....	unit manager
Angelo Jacono	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lamberto Bava	....	assistant director
Andrea Piazzesi	....	second assistant director
Mario Bava	....	second unit director (uncredited)
Stephen A. Glanzrock	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Luciano Anzellotti	....	sound effects
Massimo Anzellotti	....	sound effects
Attilio Gizzi	....	sound effects editor
Franco Groppioni	....	sound engineer (as Francesco Groppioni)
Giancarlo Laurenzi	....	boom operator
Romano Pampaloni	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Germano Natali	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Mario Bava	....	visual effects (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Alberto Altibrandi	....	gaffer
Francesco Bellomo	....	still photographer
Agostino Pascarella	....	key grip
Idelmo Simonelli	....	camera operator

Music Department
Keith Emerson	....	music arranger (as Emerson)
Godfrey Salmon	....	conductor
Godfrey Salmon	....	music arranger (as Salmon)
Godfrey Salmon	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Gianlorenzo Battaglia	....	underwater sequence (as Lorenzo Battaglia)
Solly V. Bianco	....	production administrator
Serena Canevari	....	script supervisor (as Maria Serena Canevari)
Anna Maria Galvinelli	....	production assistant
Enrico Lucherini	....	unit publicist
Saverio Mangogna	....	production assistant
Michela Prodan	....	production assistant
Roberto Chevalier	....	voice dubbing: Italian dubbed version for Leigh McCloskey (uncredited)
Vittorio Di Prima	....	voice dubbing: Italian dubbed version for Sacha Pitoëff (uncredited)
Vittoria Febbi	....	voice dubbing: Italian dubbed version for Veronica Lazar (uncredited)
Franco Odoardi	....	voice dubbing: Italian dubbed version for Feodor Chialiapin Jr. (uncredited)
Isabella Pasanisi	....	voice dubbing: Italian dubbed version for Irene Miracle (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Produzioni Intersound

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1980) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (Italy) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (1980) (West Germany) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Japan (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (USA) (VHS)
• Blue Underground (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• CBS/Fox (1983) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• DMEG (2004) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Elite Entertainment (1995) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Fox Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• Key Video (video)

Special Effects

• Germano Natali

Other Companies

• Bixio C.E.M.S.A  music publisher
• Bulgari  jewelry
• Cinerex Associates, N.Y.  production services: USA
• E.C.E., Rome  technical equipment
• International Recordings  sound recording studios
• L.B.G. Artists  music publisher
• Lucherini-Ghergo  unit publicity
• Radiotelevisione Italiana  orchestra
• Raphael Salato  footwear
• Studio Verzini  titles
• Trafalgar Recording Studios, Rome  music recording studios
• Unione Musicisti di Roma  orchestra

Also Known As:

Dario Argento's Inferno

Runtime:

107 min | Germany:106 min | Sweden:102 min (heavily cut)

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 (cut) | France:-16 | Italy:VM14 | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 (heavily cut) | USA:R | West Germany:18 | UK:18 (cut) | UK:X (cut) | Finland:K-18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Elios Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Produzioni Intersound

Trivia:

Argento said that the gentleman who provided the live ants used in the film collected them by walking around in the park with a vacuum and literally sucking them up from the ground. He would later retrieve them from the vacuum bag once on set.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Kazanian is investigating a noise in his shop, he is shown reaching towards the table closest to him. As he's reaching down, his right crutch falls from under his arm. However, in the next mid-shot of him backing towards the bookshelf behind him, the right crutch is just starting to fall from under his arm.

Quotes:

Kazanian: There are mysterious parts in that book, but the only true mystery is that our very lives are governed by dead people.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Gawi (2000)

Soundtrack:

Va' pensiero...

Atmospheric movie

Dario Argento's Inferno is one of the best horror movies i've watched. It has very heavy atmosphere which makes you want to watch this movie. Horror isn't about how much blood or killing you see, it's all about the atmosphere. The problem is, that these days people have become immune to killing and violence, it's more entertaining than terrifying for most people. This movie creates the horror by the atmosphere, that's the reason why it was scary for me.

The movie itself doesn't have very complicated storyline, in fact if this movie was done today, it'd be a cliché. The few and only things which suck in this movie is the ending scene.

It doesn't take a genius to interpret that this movie doesn't belong in the same category as Halloween or any other today's horror movie.