Synopsis

A musician is stalked by an unknown killer who's blackmailing him for an accidential killing of another stalker. But is everything what it appears to be?

Official Review

While some directors spend their entire lives chasing the success of their first few films (Tarantino comes to mind), the career of Dario Argento has been more of a “slow burn”, with a trilogy of comparatively light gialli released in 1970-71 eventually giving way to the explicit, imaginative, and jarringly scary movies of the late 70s/early 80s, movies that would come to define his legendary status as one of the most revered horror film directors of all time. Four Flies on Grey Velvet, the conclusion to his “Animal Trilogy” (which also includes The Bird With the Crystal Plumage and The Cat o’ Nine Tails), has finally received a DVD release from Mya Communications, and although this early entry in the Argento canon isn’t the most revered film in his extensive oeuvre, it remains a highly coveted release for lovers of Italian horror. …Read More