i be new to argento work and and if this and suspiria be any indication and then argento be much more a filmmaker of experience than story . in his film and character be place in grueling and mesmerize horror context that literally saturate the logic of the world around them . the camera literally flow gracefully through set a the character run and stumble and and choke their way to an eventual horrifying conclusion . it work and really well and in suspiria . for some reason it do not work here . the problem i see with this movie be that even though the protagonist get help by way of contact the police and ask for help from her friend and it still feel a if she refuse to get help in term of actually try to find a solution to her problem . the entrapment in this film be that she trap in the killer little game and one that she could easily get out of by . not set herself up so easily . in a weird way it seem like the character want the torture the killer give her and which in a way be the point and could have work except that the whole psychology of it be throw about mostly due to whatever argento feel like do . a a loving homage to the phantom of the opera and it certainly an interesting and unique take . for all his worth and argento delight in operatic movement a well and which well highlight the action . it just doesn not make much sense and especially a it delve far into a completely useless end ( yes and i know it a reference to harris novel red dragon . no and it do not work ) . why the character should go from one horrify experience of entrapment to a willing one with the director be beyond me . it felt almost self serve on argento part . overall and a fun experience and and between this and suspiria i be more than willing to follow up on more argento production . but this be not a movie i would want to return to or remember . polarisdib .