Browsing: Sergio Stivaletti

SLEEPLESS **** Italy 2001 Dir: Dario Argento. 112 mins A triumphant return to the pure giallo territory of his career defining movies, SLEEPLESS reunited Argento with Goblin for the first time since the 1980’s – their bombastic music providing a suitably relentless accompaniment to a thrilling opening 15 minute sequence…

In the mid-‘90s, Dario Argento approached a physically and professionally ailing Lucio Fulci to direct one final production, an over-the-top shocker about grisly murders at a Paris wax museum. But when Fulci passed away only weeks before filming began, Argento turned to Sergio Stivaletti – the FX genius on PHENOMENA,…

MORITURIS **** Italy 2011 Dir: Raffaele Picchio. 83 mins The directorial debut for Raffaele Picchio is a movie that, had it been released on video at a certain point in the 1980’s, would have a) been on the video nasties list on these shores and b) led to at least…