Product Details

• Actors: Stefania Stella, Rick Gianasi, David Warbeck, Ugo Pagliai, Leo Daniel (II)
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Image
• DVD Release Date: October 31, 2000
• Run Time: 125 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305886245
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #234,900 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Fatal Frames" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Alex Ritt (Rick Gianasi), a prominent New York music video director, comes to Italy to direct a new video from international pop sensation, Stefania Stella. He encounters a mysterious, machete-wielding killer in a dark cloak and hat who videotapes his victims for the police. As the gory murders continue, Ritt is unknowingly thrust into the killer^Rs mad games and soon becomes a target of the police. The ^Svideokiller^T is at large and Ritt must uncover the truth before it is too late! Winner of the ^SLucio Fulci Award^T at the 1996 FantaFest in Rome. Make-up effects by Steve Johnson (The Abyss) and a cast of horror favorites, including: Donald Pleasence (Halloween, Escape from New York, You Only Live Twice) Angus Scrimm (Phantasm series) ^SScream Queen^T Linnea Quigley (Return of the Living Dead, Night of the Demons) and David Warbeck (Lucio Fulci^Rs The Beyond, Razor Blade Smile)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Hey, anything lower than a single freakin' star?!?, August 11, 2000

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A. Giovanni (Italy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fatal Frames (DVD)

Fatal Frames is the worst Italian "giallo" (read: violent mystery) I've ever seen, period. It's overlong, unintentionally hilarious, completely boring, utterly stultifying in its desperate attempt to clone Dario Argento's or Brian De Palma's early oeuvres. Not to mention the brain-damaging, dance-like soundtrack (by Al Festa himself) or the pug-ugly, silicone-enhanced, grossly overweight starlet who produced this mess and got to star in it. Geez, my 50 year old next-door neighbour could act + look better! Do yourself a *waaay big* favour and, if you're in the mood for Italo chillers, buy something else instead (e.g. Fulci's Don't Torture A Duckling DVD).

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Flick, June 27, 2001

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Jim (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fatal Frames (DVD)

This is a great film. The plot is very good, very original for once in a genre that is lacking in new ideas. The film suffers a little by its amature-ish main characters, thats why I give it a 4 stars, but over all every actor does a good job. This is also Donald Pleasence's last film since he past away a year before this was released. This film greatly pays tribute to one of Donald's most famous works, Halloween 1-6. There is a great scene with great dialog that pays tribute to it. This film is for either a die-hard horror fan, a Donald Pleasence fan, or just a Halloween fan. I really enjoyed this one.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Fatal Frames: Yin and Yang, April 3, 2001

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David Madden (Walnut, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fatal Frames (DVD)

Possibly I'm biased, I bought this on a whim one day because I'd seen other titles from Synapse such as "Evil Dead Trap" and "Brain Damage" and I thought that maybe this would rank amongst those. So long story short, I was dissapointed. I really wanted this movie to be good, and it was, in certain aspects. The art direction and cinematography were wonderful; they had brilliant settings that could have put Kurosawa to shame. Horror directors would drool over the locations they used. But unfortunately they let the actors talk. Now I'm no stranger to horror films, I understand that the acting is not going to be Shakespeare but good lord did these actors stink. And worse than the acting was the music; lab monkeys could have made a better score. Any time there was a scene where the atmosphere started to sink in, Corky and his band would kick in and spoil the experience. So in conclusion; did I like this film? No. Did I hate this film? No. Would I recommend this film to purchase? Not for the money.