Dario Argento

Dario Argento began his career in film in the 60s as a critic and screenwriter. By the time he directed his first feature in 1969, Mario Bava and others had already built the foundation of the giallo sub-genre of which Argento would become the most famous proponent. As his work progressed through a dispensed with plotting intricacies in favor of vibrant and visceral studies of the terrifying (il)logic of nightmares. Argento has become known as one of the most visually creative directors in the horror genre, with his use of striking expressionistic lighting and color schemes as well as some of the most unusual and gory fake deaths ever lensed and musical scores that are both pulse-pounding and poetic.

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (L'Uccello dalle Piume di Cristallo, 1969)

Deep Red (Profondo Rosso, 1976)

Suspiria (1977) 

Creepers (Phenomena, 1985)