The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

  • 1970


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Positive Reviews 17
Negative reviews 2
Average Rating 4.1/5
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3.8
Its scares are on a much more basic level than in, say, a thriller by Hitchcock. It works mostly by exploiting our fear of the dark. Rogerebert
4.5
Now king of the spaghetti slasher, Argento made his directorial debut with this tightly constructed thriller. Time Out
4.4
While Plumage may not demand active spectatorship, the two killer theory of Tenebre and Stendhal Syndrome makes its first appearance in an Argento fil ..
4.5
One of Argentos earliest films, this is the one that launched the director on the horror track.
5.0
A heart stopping horror melodrama with excellent acting from all involved. Tv Guide
4.4
Dario Argento came into his own with this outstanding widescreen Italian suspense flick in which an American writer witnesses a murder through a huge .. Combust Ible Celluloid
4.0
A glossy, stylistic, cosmopolitan and jagged mystery firmly entrenched in Hitchcockian paranoia. Radio Times
1.5
A watchable serial murderer search movie, even if not the stuff of cult status. Reel Talk Reviews
4.5
A smart, cosmopolitan, thoroughly modern whodunit comprised of geometric visuals and pulsating sexual violence. Total Film
4.4
The genius of Argento once upon a time was the understanding that every mystery is, at its essence, existential and subjective. Film Freak Central
4.5
It is as though The Bird with the Crystal Plumage is interrogating the different functions performed by graphic portrayals of murder (much like this f .. Lw Lies
4.5
has the energy to support its elaborateness and the decency to display its devices with style. Something from each of its better models has stuck, and .. Ny Times
4.5
One of the most self assured debuts of all time, a work so certain in its conception and execution that almost 40 years later Id still quickly rank it .. Antagony & Ecstasy
4.5
Its not as colorful as his later masterpieces ... but the way in which Argento plays with composition and point of view here are above and beyond. Under The Radar Mag
1.5
Argentos decision to focus more on tense plot twists and less on gore (theres relatively little here) gives this an audience beyond the usual hardcore .. Film 4
4.5
Dario Argentos undistinguished Italian thriller was an unexpected hit in 1969, thanks largely, one suspects, to some violent scenes that were unusuall .. Chicago Reader
4.5
Future Oscar winner Vittorio Storaro shot the film it was his first color film and he makes it a showpiece and Ennio Morricone provides an unusual, of .. Stream On Demand At Home
4.4
Those familiar with Argentos films should be able to see the groundwork that was being laid for later classics like Deep Red in this one. ESplatter
4.5
... the story is only a structure for Argento to spin his painstakingly choreographed visions of violence and terror with a fluid camera and carefully ..



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