It's kinda hard to like a movie where all the characters are obnoxious and poorly dubbed into English.

oh no! too gory for my likes.

Trashy, but entertaining enough. The script and acting are often laughable and the plot is fairly dire stuff. Yet at the same time stylistically it is so bold and completely assured, and the visual imagination is a fair few steps above what anyone in there right mind could call trashy. And even if the acting is shoddy, Argento really knows how to cut together a scene with the dog chase and subsequent mauling being quite horrific and surely ranking among the best horror has to offer.

"Tenebre is a brilliant piece of self-reflexive cinema." - Ed Gonzalez

The plot makes no sense whatsoever, but it's extremely entertaining and, at times, quite scary.

Fans of Italian horror maestro Argento will recognize all of his trademarks here -- bloody murders, a confusing but involving plot, and a deafening, droning synthesizer score.

Got a hard-on for maybe half of the movie.. and that sick flying axes..

A good movie made exceptional by one incredible sequence. The plot and dialogue are serviceable and act as a fine vehicle for what we came for - brilliant cinematography, creative murders, buckets of blood and a killer soundtrack.

Interesting, atmospheric Italian horror film.

Great killing scenes and good execution but I don't feel the same atmosphere as in the others films.

Cool.

This is probably the first Argento where the plot really had me interested. This is most likely due to its simplicity, but that just leaves more room for gruesome murders. Like his other work Tenebre is beautifully shot and wonderfully scored.

almost perfect. one of argento's more coherent thrillers, and also one of his goriest. really fucking good.

Despite a few powerful moments and images, this is one of Argento's weakest films. It really isn't that engaging and it may have been the beginning of his work going away from plots that are logical for the genres he worked in - even with Suspiria which is intentionally abstract - into being far too convoluted and unrealistic even for his fantastical films.

An American novelist in Rome has to help police when a razor wielding killer starts imitating the murders in his latest book. Lots of tits, twists and red herrings, and a finale that explodes into an orgy of gory axe murders. The keyboard score is inconsistent, working at times and seeming out of place in some scenes, but Argento's keen eye for an artful or unusual shot is on full display. One of the tensest sequences consists of a young woman being chased by a dog.

Cinayet, seri cinayet, kitap, yazar, roma, katil kim (tenebre adli romaninin lansmani icin romaya gelen yazar gelisiyle birlikte bir dizi cinayetle karsilasir. ilk cinayetle bir hirsiz, ikincisiyle iki lezbiyen öldürürlür. Sonra genc bir kiz daha öldürülür ve cinayetler devam eder. igiyle izleniyor. Müstehcen sahneler var.) Scream ve Seven'a benzer yönleri var.

I might be hitting some kind of law of diminishing returns with Argento. It seems like he's repeating himself. It's feeling like less like a style and more like a template. And this time there just wasn't much payoff. Subpar acting and awful dialogue, the mystery and its resolution aren't very compelling, and there are only a couple of moments that are visually or thematically striking. It all felt kinda sloppy. Even the Goblin score wasn't that great this time around.

Creative killings, great style and even a plot!

giallos! you will love this thrilling picture.

Contains a bunch of lame attacks from Argento at his critics but it has a nice feel to it and the gore is outstanding.

Stylish and clever handling of what initially seems like a very basic plot. It's far from perfect (the acting and dialogue are pretty preposterous), but it is definitely heads and shoulders above most giallos, notably for some great great tracking shots and other fine camerawork. Plus the soundtrack is wonderful.

The signature Argento set-pieces are in place, but somehow this just doesn't work as well as his stuff normally does

One of Argento's best works!