Franco Ferrini — Playwright (16)
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Sweets from a Stranger (1987) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Caramelle da uno sconosciuto
director: Franco Ferrini actor: Barbara De Rossi / Marina Suma …
other title: Caramelle da uno sconosciuto
In Rome, a sadistic serial killer begins stalking and murdering sex workers, leaving the community terrified and the authorities struggling to stop the violence. After several attacks, four women—Lena, Angela, Nadine, and Stella—decide they can’t wait to be the next victims, and band together to protect each other and take a more active role in the search. As police pressure mounts and the women start digging for clues on their own, the hunt turns the city into a tense web of fear, rumors, and suspicion.
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Dial: Help (1988) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Minaccia d'amore
director: Ruggero Deodato actor: Charlotte Lewis / Marcello Modugno …
other title: Minaccia d'amore / Teléfono mortal …
A psychic finds herself tapping into the "energy" of a deceased phone operator. She also finds that her friends soon begin dying mysteriously. An investigator determines to track down the cause.
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Crimebusters (1976) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Poliziotti violenti
director: Michele Massimo Tarantini actor: Henry Silva / Antonio Sabàto …
other title: Poliziotti violenti / Blutiger Schweiß …
Major Paolo Altieri of the Paratroopers Corps foils the kidnapping of child, but becomes the victim himself of a violent assault by the bandits. He realises that the criminals have used an experimental machine gun that's used only in his own Corps. Altieri begins to take part in police raids on criminal activities, and ultimately discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the democratic government.
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Nothing Underneath (1985) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Sotto il vestito niente
director: Carlo Vanzina actor: Tom Schanley / Renée Simonsen …
other title: Sotto il vestito niente / The Last Shot …
Bob Crane has long maintained a psychic connection to his twin sister, Jessica, who works as a fashion model in Milan. When Bob senses that his sister might be injured or killed, he travels to Italy to look for her, only to discover that she's vanished without a trace. Enlisting the help of about-to-retire Commissioner Danesi, Bob soon finds himself embroiled in a web of mystery and terror, when a scissors wielding killer begins to strike and all clues lead back to Jessica...
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The Church (1989) IMDb TMDB
La chiesa
director: Michele Soavi actor: Hugh Quarshie / Tomas Arana …
other title: La chiesa / A Catedral …
In a Gothic cathedral built on the mass grave of a Teutonic purge, an ancient discovery by the new librarian will release an unholy maelstrom of madness, violence, and demonic vengeance.
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Sleepless (2001) IMDb TMDB
Non ho sonno
director: Dario Argento actor: Max von Sydow / Stefano Dionisi …
other title: Non ho sonno / Le Sang des innocents …
An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer whom has resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year hiatus.
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The Card Player (2004) IMDb TMDB
Il cartaio
director: Dario Argento actor: Stefania Rocca / Liam Cunningham …
other title: Il cartaio / Jogador Misterioso …
Policewoman Anna Mari is forced to play a dangerous game with the title serial killer. If she loses, she witnesses the maniac's tortured victims having their throats cut in explicit close-up detail via webcam. She teams up with British cop John Brennan to find out the identity of the murderer.
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Demons (1985) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Dèmoni
director: Lamberto Bava actor: Urbano Barberini / Natasha Hovey …
other title: Dèmoni / Demons: Filhos das Trevas …
A group of people are trapped in a West Berlin movie theater infested with ravenous demons who proceed to kill and possess the humans one-by-one, thereby multiplying their numbers.
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Dark Glasses (2022) IMDb TMDB
Occhiali neri
director: Dario Argento actor: Ilenia Pastorelli / Asia Argento …
other title: Occhiali neri / Lunettes noires
Diana, a high-class prostitute trying to escape from a serial killer, suffers a car accident that leaves her blind and kills the family of Chin, a ten-year-old boy.
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Phenomena (1985)
Phenomena
★ 7.5 (8 ratings) director: Dario Argento actor: Jennifer Connelly / Daria Nicolodi …
A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.
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Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Once Upon a Time in America
★ 8.2 (19 ratings) director: Sergio actor: Robert De Niro / James Woods …
other title: C'era una volta in America / Era Uma Vez na América …
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.