Justin talking about trying to befriend local crows with treats and a specialised whistle made me smile and completely lose focus on the film was describing. Definitely worth a rewatch.

I imagine Crows just sitting there observing and talking like “look at these dumb primates.”

_"The crow eats the man's eyeball."_ *Cinderella's step-sisters from the Grim Bros Fairy Tale:* First time?

It's nice to see a comment section with all real human posts.

Holy shit, that peephole gunshot is one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

Maybe it's just my love for Macbeth, but I would love to see a version set in WWII or an opera production with a more horror-based take. I honestly wish Argento hadn't had such issues trying to make it. Sounds amazing.

5:02 Argento found the most harshly cold and stiff items in existence to put in one of the most sensitive parts of the body. That’s some auteur shit I have to say.

I was actually hoping if you did an Argento film, it'd be Phenomenon, one of his weirder movies (and the inspiration for the game Clock Tower). I mean, it has a girl with the psychic ability to control bugs and a chimp, and it's played dead serious (and actually kind of works). Never seen this one, though, so will check it out.

I always love to see some appreciation for Dario Argento. His 70s to 80s works are all a must watch.

I have discovered that I think I can literally listen to Whang explain anything at all and be completely entertained

I legit winced and went "Oh god!" when you described the eyelid needles. >_

This is the first movie that Whang has talked about that I've actually seen and I'm glad to see I'm far from the only person who thought the ending was really weird.

Whang’s mustache is amazing. Nothing to do with the movie, just thought it was worth pointing out.

The whole metal blasting while they run through the brightly lit green hills is one of my favorite scenes in an Argento movie

"I challenge you to watch these kills without blinking" *scene starts, ad immediately plays* I've been bamboozled!

God, this movie just brought back a deep seeded memory. I was like 5 when I first saw that clip of her getting shot through the door in an ad for a horror movie or like streaming service and I had no idea this was it. I can finally lay to rest that mystery.

In Europe it was known as Terror at The Opera and it remains my favourite Argento film. The bullet through the door is magnificent.

“undoubtably unlocked some deep seated fetish in many of the women watching this, maybe even you” *lower your voice*

not only do i adore this movie, i adore all of dario argentos movies. if i remember correctly opera was his last good movie. one of my favorites of his is "Phenomena" known in the US as "the creepers". i never saw the movie for the longest time because i thought "the box art says its a girl using bugs to kill people, that sounds stupid" but holy shit was i wrong. phenomena is like in my top 5 fav horror movies of all time. any gamers out there watch it and tell me if it reminds of you of a certain SNES horror game and remember that Phenomena was made in 84, way before the SNES. i think my fav thing about argentos movies is that they're so gorgeous, every single one of em. opera's got actual opera singing and its beautiful even though you're watching a murder while listening to it. suspiria is so gorgeous with its use of colors. phenomena's gorgeous with its locations and music. this man is one of the best movie makers ever, one of my all time favorites for sure. i think my fav character in opera is bettys blonde manager. i just love his character so much, he goes all out for betty when he doesn't have to. i know this vid is about opera but im telling you phenomena is amazeballs. the music is sooo good and the ending is fucking amazing, i cheer every fucking time. jennifer connelly is in it and donald pleasence. just watch it and the rest of argentos movies. side note; i love all the houses in these italian movies, they're so unique and different and i want to just live in all of em. edit: i also recommend stage fright, its become one of my new favs. another beautiful horror film with some fun deaths and music.

Ah, good to see that we go into D. Argento and in general "Giallo" territory!

Great review, and one of my favorite Argento films to show the uninitiated. I hear there is a German alternate ending. After Betty has bashed Santini over the head, the police have arrived and everything is chaotic. Betty keeps yelling that she is nothing like her mother and the movie abruptly ends there and the Opera theme kicks in. That seems to be a better way to end Opera, on a shrill note.

This reminds me of Inside no. 9, a British horror series that did a similar piece called the understudy. Where they perfectly reflected the narration of Macbeth from the perspective of an understudy, a little meta considering their role was for Macbeth and even then there was an exhilarating amount of tension and a twist within one episode. The 24 minute episode did a great job of modernizing the story of Macbeth without too many theatrics. Unless it's a multi wearhouse 5 story interactive experience like Sleep no More on the other side, I feel like Opera would feel like a waste of time, being way too dragged out without bringing anything new to the table. Then again as a big fan of Hausu, there's lots of appeal to the little things full of flaws and heart.

Tenebrae would've been a nice choice, great thriller boasting THAT Goblin soundtrack - wow. I love Stagefright it's a very entertaining Italian Horror flick. Little known fact, Argento was a writer long before he took the director's chair and assisted in this capacity on Sergio Leone's seminal Spaghetti Western - Once Upon A Time In The West.

Glad to see Opera get some love! I think it's ambiguous though if she's lying to the killer entirely. His scheme was to awaken the sadistic side of her she inherited from her mother. She sees the cops and knows he's going to get caught so she can't be with him even if she wants to be. The movie ends with her releasing a trapped lizard instead of torturing it to show her that she's not a sadist but I think her monologue reflects that there's complexity to that

Fun fact: no matter how long those crows grandchildren remembered that damn investigator

I really wish this film got more attention, it's absolutely incredible in my opinion

One of my favorite Argento films. Another unappreciated film of his, in my opinion, is Four Flies on Grey Velvet.

Yo, you're a champ for pulling off videos while on tour. Rock on.

The BF’s death was set to “Knight of the Night,” not “No Escape” ;p

Glad to see SOMEONE cover this SOOO under the radar Top 5 movie of all time

Honestly, that reveal scene with the crows was absolutely genius and one of the best in horror.

I hope Whang does a video on Inferno one day. That movie needs more love, it's so overlooked.

This has made my day, thankyou for fulfilling my request. My Dad got me into Giallo films and Argento so they have a really special place in my heart

I’m new to this channel, I know…I’m very late to the party. But after watching Mista GG’s latest video, I decided to check this channel out. Needless to say, I’m subscribed and have been binge watching all of the videos here. Great content! Looking forward to many more videos in the future!

I love this film, thank you for giving it the recognition it deserves!

The peephole gunshot scene is one of my favorite scenes in film, period.

I'm glad he mentioned the boulet brothers in his shudder sponsor. It the reason I finally decided to buy it

I've already been interested in seeing _Opera_ due to it's difficult production but now I wanna see it more. Thanks Whang!

Suspiria is an all time classic. Love the atmosphere in that film as well as the setting.

I've been singing this movies praise since the 90s. I've not seen it for years, I own it on VHS... but when was the last time anyone owned a VCR? I have VIVID memories of "needles being taped to eyelids". Awesome movie. Man, I have SO many recommendations if you like this movie. Good and bad.

So funny... I too often entertain the idea of befriending a murder of crows. I often caw/warble to the ones that hang around my property, and a couple will talk back with me 😁😁😂😂

one of my all time fave slashers/argento/giallo, and a proto Scream

Hell yes STAGE FRIGHT! One of the most underrated horror films. In my top 5 probably. Also gotta give mad props to the dedication pumping out videos in your hotel room while on tour. Working two jobs at once right now.

Sweet! I just got this for my birthday. One of my favorites!

I really hope that Whang covers a Lucio Fulci movie someday.

Whang: "based on Macbeth" Me: "hot potato, off his drawers, pluck to make amends, owww"

I got around to seeing this recently, a great movie. You have to review Demons, Dario Argento produced it and Lamberto Bava directed it, it's my favorite Italian Horror movie. Phenomena is also good.

Opera is how I imagine an adult orientated novel of Lemony Snicket to play out

I see this as the movie having two endings that one can choose from. You can stop after the the initial end, with Santini being defeated and killed at the theater and leave it at that, with Betty heroically escaping, killing the villain and going on to live a long happy life with her love interest, Marco and everything being fine... or go for the edgier, grimmer ending where the baddie somehow survived, kills the boyfriend before getting himself defeated and the gal getting all weird and going on about flowers. - Call me old fashioned and a believer in love conquering all but I prefer the former because it makes sense, wraps things up and ends happily and no weird monologue about "I'm not like the other girls, I like flowers, etc". - Many laugh at American culture for it's fixation on "happy endings" and "optimism" and see it as trite and childish... but I prefer to see it as intelligent. To make the world and human nature better, you need to have that hope and morale. - Nothing wrong with sad endings, per-se, mind you, but ones that seem tacked-on is stupid. What was the point of the Alps sequence? It was unneeded. It just served as a "Cruel Twist Ending" to a movie that seemed to have already wrapped up. But no, it wasn't enough to have Betty finally become more than a mere victim and kill Santini, Argento just HAD to have Santini escape, kill Marco, then have others arrest him... thus, she's still a victim AND her true love was still taken from her by the villain who wanted her for himself. - I guess Argento wanted to make the movie like a tragic Opera and felt a happy ending with Betty and Marco together didn't fit the theme. I guess Santini is like Scarpia or something. - But I guess, with the way the movie is made, Argento did give the viewers a choice. If you prefer "Comedia" then the movie ends without the Alps sequence. If you prefer "Tragedy", include the Alps sequence. - And so, for me... I ignore the Alps sequence. After being a helpless victim the whole film, Betty finally becomes her own rescuer and the hero, she succeeds in killings the villain, who wanted her all for himself, to be with the man she loved and chose, Marco. It becomes a strong feminist film and the bad guy loses. That's the ending this world needs! In a world full of triumphant evil, we need more tales of evil thwarted and punished... ... THEREFORE; BETTY SUCCESFULLY KILLED SANTINI, GOT TOGETHER WITH MARCO, AND SHE AND MARCO LIVED A LONG, HAPPY LIFE TOGETHER UNTIL THEY BOTH PASSED AWAY OF OLD AGE.

i kinda like his 90's movies too, i feel like argento's post phenomena films are pretty underrated (not phantom of the opera lol)

Glad to see you talk about this movie cus it rules

I just finished an Argento marathon (first time for me watching his work. I think Cat o Nine Tails is my favorite), and its funny how I've been seeing videos about him pop up this week. I know it's Halloween season, but it feels a little bit more than coincidental to me.

Nobody talks about how this films ending was almost completely taken from the 1981 book, Red Dragon by Thomas Harris.

RIP the previous two titles.

Metal on the Alps? Typical weekend for me! Servus from Bavaria

BRING. THIS. SERIES. BACK!

Argento was one of the people that nutured my love of horror

Great giallo! My father's friend was also in that finale, where they're chasing the killer! Hilarious stuff! ;)

Whang, have you seen the Luca Guadagnino (probably misspelling his last name) reinterpretation of Suspiria? I know people mostly either loved or hated it. Tilda Swinton was amazing in it as always. I personally appreciate both versions.

Opera and Inferno are amazing films. Great video

God damn that hand thing 😨

Huge fan of this series (and your channel in general of course.) I really hope you keep this series going!

Weird thing to notice maybe, but the cinematography looks way ahead of its time, like it looks like a 21st century film at times

I still haven't seen inferno, but I fucking love suspiria! The cinematography, color pallette, and goblin's music all just come together perfectly in that movie. Got to study giallo films in a horror film making class back in college, and that study culminated in a screening of suspiria.

that needle thing made me go "voluntary blinking mode".

Stage fright was wrote by George Eastman from anthropophagus he's also the killer under the owl mask but goes uncredited

Suspiria’s definitely a favorite of mine, but Opera’s his most focused work for sure. Blood Red and Tenebre were more than fair offerings but I think the Three Mothers trilogy and Opera are his strongest movies overall. Card Game was fair enough but you could tell budget constraints may have been a hurdle for it. With that said, the remake of Suspiria went beyond expectation for me. While we get more of the gray and bleak of mid-70’s Germany, it expanded and rearranged the elements that made up the original.

Opera is such a sick movie. It’s my second or third favorite Argento

Man i just wanted to say i love that i have been able to see this amazing creator grow and so much high quality content. Also holy fuck this movie seems like a really good late night watch

7:35 Johnny "Live-A-Lot" Stefano 🤣😂

Whoa, Tony from HacktheMovies would get freaked right out by the needles taped to the eye!

Problem with the "device" for the eye.. You can still blink with it and not have problems. Just requires some movement of other parts of the face. Hands not required.

Whang you need to do more of these!

This movie would be a masterpiece if it ended 10 minutes earlier

Yes I love opera

Looove Argento films! Great video

I'm digging the background lights. Doing the best with what you got !

Ah yes, a new video to watch while eating my dinner. Thank you Whang!

I've heard of eating crow, but crow eating you? Now I've seen everything. :P

This is my favorite lesser known argento films. Rented it in highschool through Netflix back in like 2010. Loved it so much I never returned it. lol. Still have a copy of Inferno and Fists in the Pocket I got the same way... Can you even still get dvds through Netflix anymore?

YOU HAD ME AT CROW EATS EYEBALL

Argento really had such a long line of excellent and interesting movies, right up until he quit in the mid 90s. Opera is in such need of appreciation.

I have crow friends. It started by me giving them treats and now they come visit with me every day. One will come to my window and wait and watch while I scramble her an egg for a treat. Today i found her down the street nibbling on some meat she got from someone's trash. I stopped and talked to her while she finished, then she followed me home. People sitting by the park were laughing as she walked along side me down the street.

I discovered Argento through the amazing Goblin soundtracks, a big influence on my composition style.

Wait....was the title just changed?? I swear to god I watched “crow eats mans eyeball!” Last night and see this this morning titled, crow attacks man, thinking maybe it’s a part 2..and it’s word for word the one I watched last night, having horrible deja vu, am I losing it??

This movie looks really high quality for being from ‘87

Whang is best boy. Period

Loving these Italian Horror videos

Fun fact: Argento also made a weird (even for his standards) film called Phenomena (aka Creepers). It features a very young Jennifer Connelly as a girl with the ability to talk to insects. Yes, this is real.

Oh man Opera is one of my favorites!

There has been a new development in the "Most mysterious song in brazil" as it has been found it was not broudcast on transamerica but on radio ciadce

Didn't blink so my eyelids would be fine if the challenge was real lol Looks like a great movie and I'll definitely watch it! You always recommend such great horror movies and look so handsome doing it

I haven’t seen the original Suspiria (it’s on my list), but I loved the one with Tilda Swinton as 3 different people.

We've got a crow called George who's been around for the 2 summer's we've lived here. We give him bread that we stick through a branch outside our window.

Why aren't u at a million subs yet? I never thought about it, but I expected you to have several million. Oh well, one day

The hills are alive with the sound of murder……

Man, this looks amazing! Can't believe I've never seen it! Thanks Justin!

A stagehand died? What a strange and bizarre occurrence

I feel like I need a bucket near by Everytime I watch this guy

Cover tenebre, it’s got the best OST