Opera (1987)

A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.
Cast and Information
Directed By: Dario Argento
Written By: Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini
Starring: William McNamara, Daria Nicolodi, Urbano Barberini, Ian Charleson, Barbara Cupisti, Coralina Cataldi Tassoni, Antonino Iuorio, Carola Stagnaro, Cristina Marsillach, Antonella Vitale, Francesca Cassola, Maurizio Garrone
Genres: Suspense/Thriller, Horror, Mystery
AKA: Terror at the Opera
Country: Italy
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Opera belongs to 17 collections
1. boobs (collaborative: moderated by Pickpocket - 51 stars)
2. Giallo (collaborative: moderated by edkrak - 12 stars)
3. Slant Magazine's 100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time (collaborative: moderated by edsu - 5 stars)
4. Cinemascope (collaborative - 3 stars)
5. Reddit Horror Club (collaborative: moderated by RoyalB - 3 stars)
6. The Mammoth Book of Slasher Movies (book) (public: Ag0stoMesmer - 2 stars)
7. Eurohorror (collaborative: moderated by Shmendrek - 1 star)
8. Italian horror (collaborative: moderated by mattburgess - 1 star)
9. Cinetheque (public: allegreller - 1 star)
10. Heavy Metal music (collaborative)
11. Versátil Home Video (collaborative: moderated by allegreller)
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13. Nepogledano (public: aney)
14. Owned (DVD) (public: bizarre_eye)
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17. The Horror Geek (public: BeeDub)
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BillyShears | 75 65th |
Get off the Argento train now, every stop after this is Argento getting too into his daughter.
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eveelun | 65 30th |
As usual, Argento brings the style and he brings it in spades. The film has wonderful visuals, from the loving shots of the opera house to the gruesome gory deaths. But the story is pretty silly with an unsatisfying reveal and the characters are dumber than dirt, flaws that can be found in earlier Argento films, but never as severe and distracting as they are here. Consequently, the film becomes kind of a hollow exercise in style rather than suspenseful and engaging escapism.
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2 | CatScandal | 77 89th |
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After Suspiria, this is easily Argento's most visually impressive and well-paced. Scene after scene left me in awe of his inventiveness. The story, as usual, only sort of makes sense, but the experience is incredible.
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nobamba | 70 76th |
Very stylish. Dumb characters, especially the costumer who taunts the killer. The killer was quite easy to figure out but the motivation felt tacked on at the end. The music during the killings didn't fit the opera theme at all. I enjoyed the opera bits. What was the deal with the little girl? Overall, memorable for the contraption the killer places on Marsillach's eyes. Fav scene: just really creepy the first time Marsillach is bound and she has to witness a killing you know was coming.
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joseywales | 78 82nd |
More eye candy from Argento, Opera is in his top three as far as artistic aesthetic goes.
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nilkynarfy | 85 86th |
The sound, visuals and pacing were all fantastic (maybe the hilarious euro metal could have been scaled back a little), and while the violence was fairly wrenching and brutal, it was still artistically appropriate. The film has trouble establishing plot consistency, but I'll go ahead and say it doesn't exactly matter. Especially commendable were the last scenes in the heroine's apartment building, holy hell was that a lot of movie to juggle.
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1 | meerkat | 80 51st |
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One of the most disturbing things I have ever seen and probably one of the weirdest things to ever be committed to film. The movie starts with a close up of a raven cawing while a woman sings opera. There is a production of an operatic version of M...(read more)acbeth. And, there is one of the most impressive and horrifying slow motion bullet scenes I have ever seen. Dario Argento is an incredibly strange man. I still prefer Deep Red, but this one has a higher rating just because of the way it i
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overrated | 49 46th |
I'm basing my score on the murder scenes like the other Argento films I've seen, and this has the most memorable so far. On the other hand, RIP your musical tastes sir.
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Lord Moe | 73 32nd |
"Opera" (or "Terror at the Opera" in the US) is a giallo (a stylish Italian whodunit) by the italian horror master himself, Dario Argento. Like "Suspria" (often called his masterpiece), "Opera" is heavier on visuals and atmosphere rather than story. Also, like "Suspiria," the story isn't always completely coherent. I will say, though, that "Opera" is much more coherent.
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Yiannos | 63 53rd |
Stylish junk, and the last Argento film worth a damn. There are some incredibly impressive camera moves and moments that are comparable to a more steely virtuosic Bava, but Argento lacked his 'elegance' and was pretentious in a way that Bava never was. And it was that pretense to artistry that led to his downfall as he became lost in a labyrinthe web of hype and delusion. Regardless, with Opera Argento was at the peak of his technical powers, and its best scenes rank among the genre's finest.
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Average Percentile 60.84% from 634 Ratings | ![]() |