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Deep Red

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1975 · Italy · 126m

Obscurity: known. watchable legally. banned somewhere

Argento's best. Goblin's score does half the work and knows it.

Suspiria

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1977 · Italy · 94m

Obscurity: canon. watchable legally. banned somewhere

Barely a giallo and barely a plot. Possibly the most beautiful horror film ever shot.

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