Bird With the Crystal Plumage, The

About the movie

A notorious serial killer is on the loose in Rome. Sam, an American writer visiting the city become the sole witness to a murder attempt on a woman in a gallery. The woman survives but the police fail to find any evidence leading them to the killer. Sam finds several leads on his own and quickly become obsessive with finding the mysterious killer.
The directorial debut of what came to be the uncrowned king of Italian horror, Dario Argento. All of his well-known themes can be find in his first movie as well as stunning pictures captured by three-time Academy Award winning cinematographer Vittorio Storaro. The score by Ennio Morricone set the haunting atmosphere perfect and the result became a landmark in Italian film history.
“A genre-defining classic” – Eye for Film
“Kinetic, vibrant and vigorous” – Bloody Good Horror
“Ennio Morricone does a masterful score” – UK Horror Scene

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