Directed by Dario Argento Written by Dario Argento   Thomas De Quincey   Daria Nicolodi   Cast Leigh McCloskey ... Mark Elliot Irene Miracle ... Rose Elliot Eleonora Giorgi ... Sara Daria Nicolodi ... Elise De Longvalle Adler Sacha Pitoëff ... Kazanian (as Sacha Pitoeff) Alida Valli ... Carol, the caretaker Veronica Lazar ... The Nurse / Mater Tenebrarum Gabriele Lavia ... Carlo Feodor Chaliapin Jr. ... Professor Arnold / Dr. Varelli (as Feodor Chaliapin) Leopoldo Mastelloni ... John, the Butler Ania Pieroni ... Music Student James Fleetwood ... Cook Rosario Rigutini ... Man Ryan Hilliard ... Shadow Paolo Paoloni ... Music Teacher Fulvio Mingozzi ... Cabdriver Luigi Lodoli ... Bookbinder Rodolfo Lodi ... Old Man Uncredited Cast Dario Argento ... Emilio Varelli (voice) Lamberto Bava ... Pedestrian Gianni Macchia ... John Ettore Martini ... Burning Building Cop Andrea Piazzesi ... Pedestrian Produced by Claudio Argento   Salvatore Argento   Guglielmo Garroni   Original Music by Keith Emerson

Additional Info Premiere: February 07, 1980 Theatrical Release: April 02, 1980 DVD Release: April 11, 2000 Blu-ray Release: March 29, 2011 Country: Distributor: Blue Underground Websites: Production Companies Produzioni Intersound (produced for) (as Produzioni Intersound) Distributors Twentieth Century Fox   (1980) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed) Twentieth Century Fox   (1986) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed) (limited) Anchor Bay Entertainment   (2000) (USA) (DVD) Anchor Bay Entertainment   (USA) (VHS) Blue Underground   (2007) (USA) (DVD) Blue Underground   (2011) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Blue Underground   (2011) (USA) (DVD) (special edition) CBS/Fox   (1983) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) Elite Entertainment   (1995) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) Fox Video   (1996) (USA) (VHS) Key Video   (1986) (USA) (VHS) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.3 / 10 Our Rating 6.1 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.7 / 10 Female Users 5.7 / 10 Site Ranking #3,388 / 20,886 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 3 total ratings Almost Perfect 4 total ratings Average 3 total ratings Mediocre 1 total rating Crap 1 total rating Site Ranking #3,384 Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017) #3,385 Get Low (2009) #3,386 Pulse (2001) #3,387 Jackass 3.5 (2011) #3,388 Inferno (1980) #3,389 Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019) #3,390 The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007) #3,391 National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise Of Taj (2006) #3,392 Star Wars: Visions: Season 1 (2021)