StageFright

Dario Argento's protégé, Michele Soavi, made his directorial debut with this deliriously stylish slasher opus.

Having worked with Italian genre greats such as Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci and Lamberto Bava, Michele Soavi made his directorial debut with this deliriously stylish slasher opus, in which a group of thespians are systematically offed by a maniac sporting a giant owl mask. Proudly dispensing with plot intricacies in favour of ostentatious set-pieces, Soavi’s baroque nightmare is a true sight to behold.