Trauma | Christopher Rydell, Asia Argento

Trauma | Christopher Rydell, Asia Argento | Repetitious, Unrealistic Giallo From Dario Argento

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Trauma

	Trauma Christopher Rydell, Asia Argento Lions Gate/Worldvision, 1994 average customer review:based on 27 reviews
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Bellissimo.

My four star rating is only in comparison to Argentos previous work, this still destroy's mostly anything else that does'nt have Agento's name on it. Trauma walks a fine line between 'classic' Argento and a failure to live up to his previous standards. If you compare it shot-by-shot (like I have) to his best work it's really not that far off, but as a whole it doesn't come close to film's like Suspiria, Tenebre, Deep Red, Opera ect. While it does'nt reach the level of those film's those are pretty high standards, and I'd still rather watch this than well...non-Argento film's. The special effects are done by Tom Savini (talk about a match made in heaven!!!!) and there are some pretty great effect's and gore, but the deaths are'nt as 'beautiful' (bellissimo!!!) as his earlier film's. Sadly Trauma was intended to be Dario's goriest film but the suits had to interfere. Argento and Savini were very upset by this (as am I), some more gore really would have upped the ante.
There is no Goblin music in this one which kind of hurts the rating but the orchestral score was still pretty good. I'd be lying if I said I did'nt miss the Goblin boys though.
Overall Trauma is a must see for fan's of Argento, there are pleny of classic Argento qualities like great lighting and cinematography, awesomely bizarre plot lines, and good death scenes, just don't go expecting Suspiria or anything. Highly recommended.

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Repetitious, Unrealistic Giallo From Dario Argento

Dario Argento directed "Trauma" as well as the masterpiece "Deep Red," one of the most superior Italian gialli ever made. The most gruesome scene in "Deep Red" is the slow decapitation death of the serial killer when a chain is slowly pulled through his/her neck. This scene is repeated many times in "Trauma" when the black-gloved killer, known in the newspapers as "The Headhunter," leisurely decapitates his/her victims with mechanically operated piano wire. What is the connection between the victims and why is the killer doing it?

Asia Argento (daughter of Dario Argento) is a bulemic who must hunt for the person responsible for beheading her two parents. Laurie Piper (who played Carrie White's mother in "Carrie") is Asia's strange mom who was performing a séance on the night she lost her head. Christopher Rydell is the young man who risks everything in order to help Asia track down the serial killer before he/she can kill the last victims.

"Trauma" takes a serious departure from reality when a decapitated head utters the name of a doctor before "dying" and another head screams as it falls down an elevator shaft. This last scene was almost comical in its implausibility. However, this modern giallo does offer some mystery and suspense even if the murders are repetitious. A nice rock n' roll score would've helped. Perhaps a score from "Talking Heads?"

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