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The Stendhal Syndrome

Play trailer Poster for The Stendhal Syndrome Released Jan 26, 1996 1h 59m Mystery & Thriller Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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A police detective falls under hallucinatory spells while trying to capture the sadistic man who raped her.
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Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Rated: 3/5 Dec 7, 2003 Full Review Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine The Stendhal Syndrome considerably improves after multiple viewings. Rated: 3/4 Dec 6, 2001 Full Review James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk The Argentos-both the director and the actress-don't hold back in conveying the intensity of sexual violence in both physical and psychological terms, and the film is at its best when it drives us deep into its fractured aftermath. Rated: 3/4 Jul 26, 2017 Full Review Felix Gonzalez Jr. DVD Review The film should be approached ... less as delirious exploitation and more as a maturing director's next evolution .... Dec 17, 2008 Full Review Walter Chaw Film Freak Central serves as a devastating, nihilistic attack on the failures--and fascinatingly, the successes--of Argento's oeuvre to this point. Rated: 2.5/4 May 7, 2008 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 23, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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The M After the misstep of trauma, Argento went back to Italy to create this first-rate, psycho-thriller about young police officer tracking a serial killer In Rome, when her life is turned upside down by the Stendal syndrome. Ugly violence does not compromise the knock out performance by Asia Argento. Here, Dario Argento is back on form with some really fantastic imagery and Suspense that is slightly hindered by a limping 3rd half. Probably there were last really great Argent film 🎥 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/28/24 Full Review John A Beautifully shot and wonderfully lit psychological crime drama that is only somewhat unfocused. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/31/23 Full Review Matthew D The good Argento movie for about a decade. Perhaps the last good one period Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/25/22 Full Review david f I was hoping for more from this film, which has a great title, director, and actress. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Joel C A strange dark film. Not once did I understand the main characters actions but I liked where the film went. To balance out the weird actions there were some pretty intense scenes of violence and some cringe worthy imagery. Not Argento's best but definitely his signature style. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/08/21 Full Review Audience Member The stendhal syndrome is an true Dario Argento's artwork in horror film is really unbelievable beautiful brutal nasty and a total nightmare independent horror film and Asia Argento performance is really outstanding in horror film. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A police detective falls under hallucinatory spells while trying to capture the sadistic man who raped her.
Director
Dario Argento
Producer
Dario Argento, Guiseppe Colombo
Screenwriter
Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini, Graziella Magherini
Distributor
Troma Films
Production Co
Medusa Film
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 26, 1996, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Runtime
1h 59m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby Digital
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