The Stendahl Syndrome Movie Review 1995

Psycho serial-killer thriller about a Rome police detective, Anna (Argento), who has an extreme hallucinatory reaction to artwork (the title syndrome). While visiting an art gallery, she collapses and is assisted by Alfredo (Kretschmann), who turns out to be the very rapist-killer whom she's hunting. Anna escapes from him once (after being tortured) but is captured again. However, she manages to fight back in ways squeamish viewers may want to avoid watching. Inspired by Graziella Magherini's novel "La Sindrome di Stendhal."

Distribution

Troma Entertainment, 733 9th Ave., New York, NY 10019, Phone: (212)757-4555, Toll-free: 800-83-TROMA, Fax: (212)399-9885, Email: tromcon@aol.com, URL: http://www.troma.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 118 minutes.
Originally from Italian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Rome--Modern, Cops, Serial Killers

Screenplay

Dario Argento

Cast

Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Marco Leonardi, Luigi Diberti, Paolo Bonacelli, John Quentin

Cinematography

Giuseppe Rotunno

Director

Dario Argento

Music

Ennio Morricone