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As the bodies pile up, Neal finds himself caught in a web of police investigations, blackmail, and a personal history that is slowly coming unraveled. A Masterclass in Visuals

Unlike the moody, colorful nightmares of Suspiria , Tenebrae is famously shot in broad daylight or under harsh, sterile lights. Argento used this "modernistic" look to strip away the safety of the shadows. Tenebrae(1982)

The story follows Peter Neal (played by Anthony Franciosa), an American horror novelist who arrives in Rome to promote his new bestseller—also titled Tenebrae . Almost immediately, a serial killer begins picking off people in Neal’s orbit, using the murders in his book as a literal blueprint. As the bodies pile up, Neal finds himself