The most frustrating Dario Argento film I’ve seen yet, and that’s saying something. The premise of Opera is fantastic, but that’s almost as far as it gets. There’s the potential for a horror masterpiece here, so Argento’s usual quirks bring the everything down rather than give it more appeal. With an opera theme you’d expect possibly a Gothic atmosphere, but it’s wholly contemporary. The operatic score clashes with this, and the power metal fares even worse. Still, expect some truly disturbing and empathetic murders.