Dario Argento nails the Giallo blueprint in The Bird with the Crystal Plumage a brutal thriller that packs a gory brace of terrifying murders alongside it’s genre defining mix of red herrings leather gloved slashers and stylish decor.When Sam an American writer in Rome witnesses an attempted slaying in an art gallery he unwittingly sets the killers sights on himself and his beautiful model girlfriend. But soon things start to unravel as it becomes clear that the identity of the unknown slayer is very much open to question. Somebodies killing everyone who is the evil fiend? Could it be Sam himself?Argento’s groundbreaking shocker combines eye-popping visuals with a seamy vein of sadomasochism and a lust for violence to create a genre defining movie classic.
Dario Argento nails the Giallo blueprint in The Bird with the Crystal Plumage a brutal thriller that packs a gory brace of terrifying murders alongside it’s genre defining mix of red herrings leather gloved slashers and stylish decor.When Sam an American writer in Rome witnesses an attempted slaying in an art gallery he unwittingly sets the killers sights on himself and his beautiful model girlfriend. But soon things start to unravel as it becomes clear that the identity of the unknown slayer is very much open to question. Somebodies killing everyone who is the evil fiend? Could it be Sam himself?Argento’s groundbreaking shocker combines eye-popping visuals with a seamy vein of sadomasochism and a lust for violence to create a genre defining movie classic.
