Tenebrae

In 'Tenebrae' (1982), an American author, Peter Neal, is in Rome to promote his latest novel. However, a crazed serial killer uses his book as inspiration for a string of gruesome murders. As the death toll rises, Neal gets personally drawn into the nightmare.

• John Saxon dubbed his own voice for the English version.
• Director Dario Argento also composed some of the film's music.
• Tenebrae was banned in the UK during the 'Video Nasty' moral panic.
• The film features a continuous two and a half minute crane shot.
• Argento was inspired by a real-life stalking experience he endured.

• "We have eliminated the impossible. Whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
• "My mind is just like a perfectly clear mirror, reflecting life."
• "These notes are very strange. It's a diary of a madman."
• "You have created a monster, now you must destroy him."
• "Art is something sublime and divine. It's not something banal like murder."