Italy,
1987, 88 min
(Director's cut: 107 min)
Directed by:
Dario ArgentoScreenplay:
Dario ArgentoCinematography:
Ronnie TaylorCast:
Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleson, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi, William McNamara, Michele Soavi, Sebastiano Somma, Barbara Cupisti, Antonino Iuorio (more)Plots(1)
When young understudy Betty takes the lead role in a new operatic production of Verdi's Macbeth, she soon attracts the attention of a knife-wielding psycho who forces her to watch - with eyes pinned open - as he brutally despatches her friends and colleagues with sadistic delight. Can Betty free herself from this unending nightmare or does a more terrifying fate await? Opera is a ravishing return to the giallo style Argento made his name with, awash with black-gloved killers, lavish bloodletting and the director's expressionistic Grand Guignol excess. (Cult Films)
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