Stendhal Syndrome

Pros: Mood, mood, and more mood. Treat for the eye
Cons: Dubbing/looping is odd, the screams are over the top

The Stendhal Syndrome is a recognized reaction and was so prior to this movie. The syndrome mimics anxiety symptoms followed by fainting after seeing either great art or too much of it at one time. Sounds harmless enough until Dario Argento decides to ...

Pros: some highly stylized camera work and interesting themes, Thomas Kretschmann's performance
Cons: final half of the film is far less interesting than the beginning, the ending is seriously uninteresting

The Stendhal Syndrome: Cine 2000/ Medusa Productions
Rating: USA: Unrated/ UK: 18

Over the past few years (probably since he directed his segment in Two Evil Eyes) astute followers of director Dario Argento’s...

Pros: Some really startling, effective work from Kretschmann, good score, first half is well done
Cons: The second half is boring and the violence is definitely uncomfortable.

Almost five years ago I began my love affair (cinematically speaking) with Italian director Dario Argento. A man who is known for balancing the dichotomy of brilliance and beauty with the disturbed and violent I immediately recognized the genius of his ...

Pros: Typical Argento genius; decent shocks and scares; acting is fairly good
Cons: Ending is predictable; not as visceral as some other Argento works

Dario Argento. That is a name which is highly revered when
and where conversations are held on the topic of the horror
genre. This is a man who has given us many classic Giallo
films, such as "Deep Red", "Suspiria", which is less of a...

Pros: I didn't waste any money on it.
Cons: I wasted my time instead.

You know, I waited a long time to see this movie. When I first heard Argento was making this, I was nothing short of ecstatic. At the time, I was a pretty big Argento fan and had gone to the trouble of paying way too much for video transfers from...

Pros: nice visuals
Cons: Asia's poor acting

The Stendhal Syndrom is a 1996 film directed by Dario Argento and is one of the poorest films I've seen in a long time.

Stendhal Syndrom is a medical affliction which causes shortness of breath, dizziness and a sense of being overwhelmed. It...