The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (L’Uccello dalle Piume di Cristallo)

Italy, 1970. Director Dario Argento. 97min.

With his sharp directorial debut The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, the ex-film critic Dario Argento paid homage to director Mario Bava, reviving interest in Italian horror internationally. Here he fashions a mysterious figure clad in a shiny black PVC raincoat and black leather gloves who slashes beautiful young women. Argento’s highly stylised pursuit of the killer is accompanied by a haunting score by Ennio Morricone.

With Tony Musante and Suzy Kendall.

Past screenings

If Looks Could Kill – London
Friday 30 May 2008, 18:30 | BFI Southbank, NFT1

If Looks Could Kill – Bristol
November 2008 | Arnolfini, Bristol