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Franco Ferrini

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Franco Ferrini
Born (1944-01-05) 5 January 1944 (age 80)
La Spezia, Liguria, Italy
OccupationScreenwriter
Known forcollaborations with Dario Argento

Franco Ferrini (born 5 January 1944) is an Italian screenwriter. His works often fall into the genres of horror[1] or thriller. He was one of the interviewees represented in the book Spaghetti Nightmares.[2]

Select filmography

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Title Year Credited as Notes Ref(s)
Screenwriter Screen story writer Other
Crimebusters 1976 Yes [3]
Red Rings of Fear 1978 Yes [4]
Once Upon a Time in America 1984 Yes [5]
Phenomena 1985 Yes Yes [6][7]
Demons 1985 Yes [8][9]
Nothing Underneath 1985 Yes [8][10][11]
Demons 2 1986 Yes Yes [12]
Sweets from a Stranger 1987 Yes Yes Yes Director [13][14][15]
Opera 1987 Yes [16][17]
The Church 1989 Yes Yes [18][19]
Etoile 1989 Yes [20]
Two Evil Eyes 1990 Yes [21][22]
The Stendhal Syndrome 1996 Yes [23][24]
Dark Glasses 2022 Yes [25][26][27]

References

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  1. ^ Thomas, Kevin (18 September 1986). "Demons: an orgy of gore". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  2. ^ Luca M. Palmerini; Gaetano Mistretta (1996). Margot Winick (ed.). Spaghetti nightmares: Italian fantasy-horrors as seen through the eyes of their protagonists (1st American ed.). Key West, Fla.: Fantasma Books. pp. 7, 49–54. ISBN 978-0-9634982-7-4. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  3. ^ Curti 2013, p. 170.
  4. ^ "Orgie des Todes" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Once Upon a Time in America". American Film Institute. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Cast and Crew". Dario Argento's Phenomena (book). Arrow Video. 2017. p. 3. FCD1507.
  7. ^ "About the Versions". Dario Argento's Phenomena (book). Arrow Video. 2017. p. 55. FCD1507.
  8. ^ a b Curti 2019, p. 121.
  9. ^ Curti 2019, p. 122.
  10. ^ "Sotto il vestito niente (1985)" (in Italian). Archivio Del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  11. ^ Curti 2022, p. 362.
  12. ^ Curti 2019, p. 139.
  13. ^ Howarth 2015b, p. 140.
  14. ^ Curti 2022, p. 367.
  15. ^ Curti 2022, p. 9.
  16. ^ "Opera (1987)" (in Italian). Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  17. ^ "Opera". BFI Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  18. ^ Curti 2019, p. 171.
  19. ^ Curti 2019, p. 172.
  20. ^ Curti 2019, p. 175.
  21. ^ Cotter 2012, p. 102.
  22. ^ Gallant 2000, p. 280.
  23. ^ Fischer 2011, p. 139.
  24. ^ Gallant 2000, p. 283.
  25. ^ Manisco, Elisa (4 February 2022). "Dario Argento: tutti i miei brividi". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  26. ^ Miska, Brad (19 January 2022). "'Dark Glasses': Dario Argento's Return to Giallo to World Premiere in Berlin!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  27. ^ "Berlin Review: Dario Argento's 'Dark Glasses'". Deadline. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2023.

Sources

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Bibliography

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  • Cotter, Robert Michael Bobb (2012). Caroline Munro, First Lady of Fantasy: A Complete Annotated Record of Film and Television Appearances. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786468829.
  • Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
  • Curti, Roberto (2019). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476672434.
  • Curti, Roberto (2022). Italian Giallo in Film and Television. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-8248-8.
  • Fischer, Dennis (2011). Science Fiction Film Directors, 1895-1998. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786485055.
  • Gallant, Chris (2000). Art of Darkness: The Cinema of Dario Argento. FAB Press. ISBN 1903254078.
  • Howarth, Troy (2015). Splintered Visions: Lucio Fulci and his Films. Midnight Marquee Press.
  • Howarth, Troy (2015b). So Deadly, So Perverse. Vol. 2. Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1936168583.
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