Berberian Sound Studio
Directed by Peter Strickland
A sound mixer working on an Dario Argento-style giallo is drawn into a surreal nightmare in Peter Strickland’s critically acclaimed homage to ‘70s Italian horror. Toby Jones (THE MIST) stars as the master Foley artist who’s brought to Italy to work on a gruesome gore flick. As he starts stabbing vegetables and going to further extremes to make the disturbing sound effects, the line between what’s real and what’s fiction starts to break down - a scary but apt metaphor for both the process of creating cinema and the experience of viewing it. Stylish and chilling.
A sound mixer working on an Argento-style giallo is drawn into a surreal nightmare.
Cast: Toby Jones, Antonio Mancino, Fatma Mohamed, Tonia Sotiropoulou
Member Reviews
Extremely boring. It started off as somewhat intriguing and there was a sense of foreboding around some scenes, but overall, it was a drag to get through.
So this was a thing. Overall I would say I was entertained, the subject of the film is surprisingly without spoilers - sound and the effects and technical aspects of the film were both creepy and cool. The movie is abstract which I don’t mind but that usually leaves the ending up for grabs and for me it didn’t land. If you catch it and it’s already on it’s worth a watch but I wouldn’t recommend it but the film, direction and acting are all pretty good
not great.
Not very good. I am a big Gialo fan. This did a good job of portraying the horrors the women had to endure but missed the mark.
I usually love mind trip horror. Especially the very quiet kind that you have to really pay attention to and think about. This tried to be that, and failed.