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Deep Red
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303103655
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6303103650
Label: Universal Home Video
Manufacturer: Universal Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Home Video
Release Date: June 29, 1994
Running Time: 85 minutes
Studio: Universal Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1994
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Editorial Review:
Considered by many to be Dario Argento's first masterpiece, Deep Red recalls his first hit, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage. British star David Hemmings (Blow-Up) plays an American jazz pianist who witnesses a brutal, bloody murder from afar and turns detective to find the killer. Kooky Italian journalist Daria Nicolodi (Argento's wife and cowriter on Suspiria) joins him as comic relief and tepid romantic interest, but the real costar is Argento's high style: gliding camera, razor-sharp editing, and gorgeous but gruesome set pieces. The story is convoluted, to say the least--plotting was never Argento's strong suit and the unnecessary exposition often drags the film down--but his vivid, horrific imagery is perfect for a thriller driven by haunting memories. Deep Red was originally released in the U.S. in a severely cut version retitled The Hatchet Murders (odd since the killer uses a butcher's knife). Producer Bill Lustig has restored the film to its original two-hour-plus running time, though some scenes exist only with Italian-language soundtracks (which are subtitled). It's a bit jarring at first (it makes for an unintended joke when a man suddenly checks his hearing aid after a language switch), but it's the only way to see Argento's original cut. There's also a brief 25th anniversary documentary with Argento and cowriter Bernardino Zapponi, and the DVD offers a choice of English and Italian language versions. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Stunning, dark & fantastic
This is a masterpiece. The suspense and the crimes are incredible, the techniques used to quicken the pulse are amazing and each scene of violence is shocking in a different way. A superb piece of horror.
Rating: - Profoundly good
This is a minor classic from director Dario Argento. An excellent thriller with horror elements thrown in that make the current wave of 'torture porn' movies look decidely second rate (which most of them are).
In the leading role David Hemmings plays a pianist who witnesses a murder and starts investigating them himself. Now why he would do this I don't know, but once you allow for this artistic licence, the film moves by with great pace. Full of atmosphere, tension, odd camera angles ... Read More
Rating: - Deep Disturbing - Terror Classic
If you are a fan of murder mystery and scary movies,
then you must add Dario Argento's films
"Deep Red" and "Suspiria", to your collection
or risk losing your credibility.
If you do not know the work of the master Italian film director,
imagine Alfred Hitchcock on steroids. Enough said.
There is no point writing about this film because
you will get it, you will watch it (many times)
and you will like it.
note bene: the movie ... Read More
Rating: - The Perfect Giallo
I have watched "Deep Red" more times than any other Italian Giallo. It is the perfect giallo and Dario Argento`s crowning masterpiece. (I enjoyed it more than his supernatural hit, "Suspiria.") The action is nicely paced with imaginative death sequences performed with a great rock-n-roll score by Goblin. The characters are sympathetic and believable. The acting is good and the settings are elaborate and gorgeous. The ending is shocking. David Hemmings stars as the American pianist who witnesses ... Read More
Rating: - Nobel Prize worthy Gore.
Italian film director, producer and screenwriter Dario Argento is best known for his work in the "giallo" horror film genre, which is a assimilation of the horror, fantastique, and erotic film genres first created by director Mario Bava. Argento not only acknowledges Bava as an influence, but also recognizes Riccardo Freda, Sergio Leone, Alfred Hitchcock, Michelangelo Antonioni, Ingmar Bergman, and Federico Fellini as influences for his films. Argento collaborated with George Romero on the 1978 zombie ... Read More
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