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R.I.P. Daria Nicolodi: Argento collaborator, Italian genre icon passed away

Posted 5 years ago

On Wednesday we were discussing the 1977 horror classic SUSPIRIA here on Arrow in the Head, and in a sad coincidence the film's co-writer Daria Nicolodi passed away soon after. Nicolodi's daughter Asia Argento announced the passing of her mother...

Video! We induct the visionary Dario Argento into our Horror Hall of Fame!

Posted 6 years ago

And a new Master of Horror earns the AITH honor and then some! We began the HORROR HALL OF FAME video series on our JOBLO HORROR VIDEOS YouTube Channel by making Jamie Lee Curtis our first inductee. The second inductee was literary master of...

The Test of Time: The Phantom of the Opera (1943)

Posted 8 years ago

We all have certain movies we love. Movies we respect without question because of either tradition, childhood love, or because they’ve always been classics. However, as time keeps ticking, do those classics still hold up? Do they remain must see?...

JoBlo Originals

Top 10 Eyeball Horror Scenes!

Posted 9 years ago

Ommetaphobia. The fear of eye-trauma. Such a deep-seeded fear is one we’ve been able to trace back to the silver screen of the 1920s. Why is that? What is it about the eyeball being such a vulnerable target in horror...

JoBlo Originals

Top 10 Horror Movie Birds

Posted 9 years ago

Jake What is up friends and fellow Arrow in the Headers…we're less than a week away from Turkey Day. You believe that sh*t? What are your plans for the holiday? Booze, food, football, movies, more food…rinse and repeat? Damn fine...

It’s the Booze Talkin’: Don’t remake Dario Argento’s Suspiria!

Posted 10 years ago

Do you remember your first experiences with certain directors? I certainly do. And one that I’ll never forget is the magic of SUSPIRIA from legendary Dario Argento. It was a late night and I decided to rent the film as...

Movie Jail: This week’s defendant is…Dario Argento!

Posted 12 years ago

This is Movie Jail, a unique maximum security prison that houses some of the worst writers, directors, actors and producers from Hollywood and beyond. Their crimes? The offenses vary from convict to convict but most of these inmates have contributed...

Dissecting Dario Argento!

Posted 13 years ago

WRITER/DIRECTOR DARIO ARGENTO! Despite the effete late phase of his career, Dario Argento is deservedly one of the most heralded horror filmmakers of all time. There's no other way to parse it. The Italian maestro of splatter cinema burst onto...

Horror Movie News

Kill of the Day: Opera (1987)

Posted 13 years ago

I’m not hearing very good things about Dario Argento’s DARCULA 3D. What a shame, right? If only Argento can put together flicks like he did back in the day… A good example? Opera! This badass genre film is a classic,...