The author is always called in horror, especially in the 80s, those long nights with Stephen King, clowns, and cheap drug movies. Friday the 13th was at play and Halloween was dreaming nightmares for cheaper versions, like comics.
Dario Argento called Suspiria with witches, and he calls the author out of hell with Stephen King in Tenebre. Tenebre has the visuals — the girls and the houses — and it has the cheesy natural look of a movie no one else could make. I am reminded of Dawn of the the Dead, the original version with the mall fort.
Girls always die in these movies. Italian horror can be different, if you watch enough.
There are some money plays here as well. Of course: the agent is here. There is an interview with the new famous author. It was a drug for many of us in the 80s, where some are born.
Is he a Stephen King? He is a bestselling author. This movie is not “In the Mouth of Madness,” which you may be thinking of all ready. Tenebre is a book with necro pages.
The setup is the author and the agent. This is the easy stuff. The death call and the dogs calling out is the 2nd point. The 3rd point is the loss of life. This is the code.
Oddly, the author has all the girls.
Will he lose his heart to the horror? The horror is the woman. The horror is the dogs.
There is nothing left to give away. This is the code. Watch it in the afternoon. It’s a decent foreign film. In my analysis, Suspiria is the win against Tenebre.
