Asia Argento Archives

The Church (1989)

Rating: ★★

Sep 20, 2013Possessed Dead Overtake a Church

Originally intended as a Demons sequel, director Michele Soavi decided to head in more arty directions. Imagine a Demons sequel mounted with the artistic ambitions of producer Dario Argento's Three Mothers films

Director: Michele Soavi

Actors: Tomas Arana, Barbara Cupisti, Hugh Quarshie, Feodor Chaliapin, …

Category: Horror

20 September 20135 January 2026 by Roog

Trauma (1993)

Rating: ★★★

Feb 18, 2001Giallo Psycho-Thriller

Another giallo thriller from Dario Argento filled with all the wild bursts of imagination, bizarre plot twists and set-pieces we have come to expect from him

Director: Dario Argento

Actors: Asia Argento, Piper Laurie, Frederic Forrest, Brad Dourif, …

Category: Horror

18 February 200112 July 2026 by Roog

The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)

Rating: ★★½

Sep 18, 2000Giallo Psycho-Thriller

One of the less effective films in the oeuvre of Dario Argento. Another giallo thriller, this has the same flourishes of style in sporadic moments but the plot is even more confusing than usual

Director: Dario Argento

Actors: Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Marco Leonardi

Category: Horror

18 September 200026 February 2026 by Roog

New Rose Hotel (1998)

Rating: ★★½

Apr 9, 1999Cyberpunk/William Gibson Adpattion

Abel Ferrara adapts a William Gibson short story but seems disinterested in Gibson’s densely cluttered, technologically brimming Cyberpunk futures and strips the essence down to a caper film

Director: Abel Ferrara

Actors: Willem Dafoe, Christopher Walken, Asia Argento, Annabella Sciorra

Category: Science Fiction

9 April 199918 January 2025 by Roog

The Phantom of the Opera (1998)

Rating: ★★★

Nov 11, 2000Madman Beneath the Opera House

Dario Argento takes on The Phantom and welcomely rescues it from musical romance and returns it to being a horror film. Despite a beautifully mounted production, Julian Sands' Phantom is too weak and wimpy

Director: Dario Argento

Actors: Julian Sands, Asia Argento, Andrea Di Stefano, Coralina Cataldi Tassoni

Category: Horror

11 November 20005 January 2026 by Roog

xXx (2002)

Rating: ★

Oct 19, 2002Extreme Adventure Sports Spy

One of the most brainless action films ever made. This has the laughable notion of trying to make a James Bond film but recasting it with Vin Diesel as an extreme sports junkie. Everything about the film is absurd.

Director: Rob Cohen

Actors: Vin Diesel, Asia Argento, Marton Csokas, Samuel L. Jackson, …

Category: Science Fiction

19 October 200229 July 2025 by Roog

Land of the Dead (2005)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 5, 2005Zombies

George Romero's return to the zombie genre after twenty years, after others starting remaking and homaging his films. Romero still makes potent social metaphors but the gory extremes of his earlier films seem tamed down

Director: George A. Romero

Actors: Simon Baker, Dennis Hopper, John Leguizamo, Asia Argento, …

Category: Horror

5 August 200520 June 2026 by Roog

Live Freaky! Die Freaky! (2006)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 3, 2014Claymation/Bad Taste Satire of the Manson Family Killings

A satiric Claymation animated version of the Manson murders. The film quickly heads for some astonishing bad taste areas, before finding itself in some biting black humour and songs

Director: John Roecker

Actors: Billie Joe Armstrong, Nelly Posbourne, Theo Kagan, Jane Wiedlin, …

Category: Fantasy

3 March 201428 June 2026 by Roog

Mother of Tears: The Third Mother (2007)

Rating: ★★

Oct 19, 2008Italian Occult Horror

After 27 years, Dario Argento finally rounds out his Three Mothers trilogy begun way back with Suspiria but the underwhelming results give all evidence of his having lost his mojo

Director: Dario Argento

Actors: Asia Argento, Udo Kier, Daria Nicolodi

Category: Horror

19 October 20084 July 2022 by Roog

Dracula (2012)

Rating: ★

Apr 8, 2013Dracula Adaptation

Hard to describe what an utter disappointment Dario Argento's take on the oft-filmed Bram Stoker work is. Argento seems to have entirely lost the mojo and visual flair that made him a cult name. Thomas Kretschmann makes for the screen's mellowest Dracula

Director: Dario Argento

Actors: Thomas Kretschmann, Asia Argento, Rutger Hauer

Category: Horror

8 April 201314 October 2025 by Roog

Black Glasses (2022)

Rating: ★★

Jun 10, 2022Giallo Thriller

Dario Argento makes a highly anticipated return to the director’s chair after a decade’s silence, once again revisiting the giallo film, but the results are a major letdown

Director: Dario Argento

Actors: Ilenia Pastorelli, Asia Argento, Xinyu Zhang, Andrea Gherpelli, …

Category: Horror

10 June 202213 January 2026 by Roog

Dario Argento Panico (2023)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 29, 2024Genre Director Documentary

A documentary that interviews Dario Argento, now in his early eighties, along with his family and those around him, where he discusses his life, films and career

Director: Simone Scafidi

Actors: Dario Argento, Asia Argento, Fiore Argento, Floriana Argento, …

Category: Horror

29 March 202414 January 2026 by Roog