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Year:	1993
Country of origin:	Italy
Director:	Dario Argento
Genre:	Giallo
Starring:	Christopher Rydell, Asia Argento
Rating:	4/5
IMDB link:	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104053/
Tagline:	Some Nightmares Haunt You. Some... Can Kill You.
Favourite line:	"She's a manipulative little psycho. Let her go."

Argento in his familiar Giallo territory, and all of the familiar ingredients are in place. The faceless killer, at least for most of the movie, a vulnerable female victim in wait, claustrophobic and tense, beautifully choreographed murder sequences, and stunningly visual direction, really picking out the surreal or odd in what could otherwise be a regular scene.
This one follows an anorexic woman who escapes from an institution and returns to her parents. Before long, the killer is circling, and it's only a matter of time before the people she cares about start to drop like flies.
Not Argento's best but, considering the late date that this one put in an appearance, this is still a fine effort.