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Masters of Horror: Jenifer

Masters of Horror: Jenifer

Country: USA
Year: 2005
Duration: 60'


Based on the classic comic book written by Bruce Jones and illustrated by Bernie Wrightson, Jenifer is the shocking tale of a modern-day Lolita who, through her Siren-like powers, ultimately destroy the bodies and souls of all men unfortunate enough to cross her path. Frank, the police officer who saved her life and adopted her, will learn that no good deeds goes unpunished.
"I put most of my macabre and morbid imagination into this one-hour film. Shooting Jenifer, I tried to create a constant alternation of anxious moments and emotional stress for the audience. To me, it is the opposite of Beauty and the Beast. In that classic tale, she was the beauty and he was the beast. In my movie it's the other way around." (D. Argento)

Biography

film director

Dario Argento

Dario Argento (Rome, 1940) began his cinema career as an assistant to Sergio Leone, collaborating on the screenplay of Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). He debuted as a director with Bird with the Glass Feathers (1970), followed by The Cat o’Nine Tails (1971) and Four Flies on Gray Velvet (1972). After trying his hand at history with The Five Days of Milan (1973), he returned to horror with Deep Red (1975) and Suspiria (1977). He moved to the United States in 1987, where he directed the episode The Black Cat from the film Two Evil Eyes (1990) and the thriller Trauma (1993). The Stendahl Syndrome (1996) marks his return to Italy. In 2001 he directed the thriller Sleepless, and in 2004 The Card Player, which explores the world of videopoker. He then participated to the series Masters of Horrors (2005-2006), directing the episodes Jenifer and Pelts, both presented in Turin. In 2014, he published his autobiography Paura.

FILMOGRAFIA

L’uccello dalle piume di cristallo (1970), Il gatto a nove code (1971), Quattro mosche di velluto grigio (1971), Le cinque giornate (1973), Profondo rosso (1975), Suspiria (1977), Inferno (1980), Tenebre (1982), Phenomena (1985), Opera (1987), Due occhi diabolici (co-regia/co-director George Romero, 1990), Trauma (1993), La sindrome di Stendhal (1996), Il fantasma dell’opera (1998), Nonhosonno (2001), Il cartaio (2004), Masters of Horror (ep. Jenifer, TV, 2005; ep. Pelts, TV, 2006) 

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