Overview
A psychic's gift becomes a deadly curse as she unravels a web of murder.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- foreboding
- paranoid
- visceral
- late night horror viewing
- giallo double feature
What critics said
Critics broadly regard Argento's kinetic visual direction, choreographed gore, and unusually compelling mystery as a landmark of Italian giallo horror.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Marcus Daly follows a chain of clues after witnessing Helga Ulmann's murder, while the investigation repeatedly redirects his attention.
The murders and investigation repeatedly emphasize threatening interiors, objects, and an especially disturbing evil doll.
Critics specifically praise Argento's kinetic camerawork, close-ups, choreographed killings, and striking visual compositions.
A psychic's mind-reading encounter with a murderer initiates Marcus's investigation and gives the whodunit an eerie supernatural dimension.
Films like Deep Red, and why
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
shares Italian giallo conventions, stylized murder set pieces, investigative mystery, and psychological suspense
Tenebrae
shares elaborate whodunit construction, voyeuristic camera work, supernatural unease, and graphic thriller violence
Suspiria
shares occult-tinged horror, baroque visual design, kinetic camerawork, and brutal set pieces
Opera
shares a musician protagonist, murder investigation, psychological dread, and escalating paranoia
Movie Details
- Director
- Dario Argento
- Release Date
- 1975-03-07
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 (1641)
Cast
- David Hemmings
- Daria Nicolodi
- Gabriele Lavia
- Macha Méril
- Eros Pagni
- Giuliana Calandra
- Piero Mazzinghi
- Glauco Mauri
- Clara Calamai
- Aldo Bonamano
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Shudder, MUBI, Shudder Amazon Channel, MUBI Amazon Channel, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, FlixFling, Eternal Family, Cineverse, Shudder Apple TV channel, Artiflix, Cineverse Amazon Channel, ARROW
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Deep Red about?
- An English pianist becomes trapped in a brilliantly stylized Italian murder puzzle after witnessing a psychic's killing and sensing that the murderer is always one step ahead.
- What is Deep Red like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Deep Red as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Deep Red violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Deep Red as graphic.
- What did critics think of Deep Red?
- Critics broadly regard Argento's kinetic visual direction, choreographed gore, and unusually compelling mystery as a landmark of Italian giallo horror.
- Which films are like Deep Red?
- Films with a similar feel include The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Tenebrae, Suspiria, and Opera.
- How long is Deep Red?
- Deep Red runs 127 minutes.
- Where can I watch Deep Red?
- In United States, Deep Red streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Shudder, MUBI, Shudder Amazon Channel, MUBI Amazon Channel, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, FlixFling, Eternal Family, Cineverse, Shudder Apple TV channel, Artiflix, Cineverse Amazon Channel, ARROW.
