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By gruesome scenes, I mean decapitated heads like in Profondo Rosso, in short, things that are horrifying in that way. In the Cronenberg films I’ve seen, there weren’t any. But I haven’t seen them all... name a couple and I’ll tell you if I consider them horrifying.

Cronenberg is a brilliant artist, the only one who manages to create suspense and horror without ever showing gruesome scenes; this is a sign of greatness. One cannot define him as Hitchcock's heir, because Hitchcock has not yet found an heir. Cronenberg has a different, very captivating way of making films. Carpenter is average; Christine, the infernal car, could have been done better; the story was excellent. Lynch, at times, creates problems for me. He has made films that have disoriented me; Lost Highway is something you either love or hate; I don't consider it a masterpiece; it leaves me perplexed. Finally, I would like to know how you manage to write so many reviews. PS. From: The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith, Minghella also made a film, but it is distinctly inferior to Clement's... even different, it seems like another film. Bye.

Are you perhaps referring to: The House with Laughing Windows, by Avati? For that film, I feel the same way I've often expressed about Argento; thank goodness he focused on other types of films. One of these days, I want to write you a list of thrillers that I like. I'll give you a little taste. In Cold Blood, both the book and the film, and Purple Noon, by Clément, based on The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith—do you like Highsmith?

@surferkangaroo I agree, putting the date is important.

Great Stan and Ollie, good review.

Good review, Dario Argento is almost sold out, I would like to know what other directors of crime stories you like.

I was wrong, you are not valè.

Beautiful review as well as the film.

Wow, how much do you write!! The film is one of Argento's best, but that doesn't mean it's good; let's say it's passable. Argento, our local heir to Hitchcock? I would say it's more fitting to call him the rough-hewn heir to Hitchcock.

@MetallaroBionico, I thought I would be the first to comment, but sfascia carrozze beat me by a hair. Nitpicking. Thanks, pippo.