 Thanks for checking out this no spoilers movie review. This is for all the colors of the dark, which is a 1976 sorry had to remind myself with my notes here in 1976 film It's an Italian film. It is in Italian. It's currently streaming on the Shutter streaming service and it is subtitle So just know that I don't think there's an option for dubs, but when I watch movies that are foreign Foreign titles I usually do subtitles because I have an issue with watching people's mouths move and the words not lining up So that's just my thing Anyway, so all the cut the colors of the dark It has it has a little bit of a giallo feel to it Which isn't too much of a surprise because when I looked into it and found out who directed it Sergio Martino, he actually has done some giallo films and he's also done some westerns So he was very Very involved in the 70s And that's when you were getting a lot of those types of films coming out of Italy So it has a little bit of that kind of giallo cinematography look to it Shot selection things like that which looks amazing to be honest like this film looks awesome It looks so stylish so classy just great. It's very aesthetically pleasing to be honest I'll talk a little bit more about that later something I kind of thought of that ties into that but Two of the films that I know are kind of known in the United States that he's done our torso and The case of the scorpions tail, which I believe The case of the scorpions tail is a giallo film. I think People can fact check me on that and put a comment down there by the way Okay, so the beginning credits are super super boring to be honest It's just kind of like looking at a this doesn't spoil anything. It's just like looking at nature You know, it's kind of like a lake with trees and stuff like that as the names come up for the credits now I know this is kind of something that used to happen and I'm really really glad I found myself thinking this I'm so glad that we're past that. I'm so glad that the way we do credits now in horror films. It's it's more There there's a story starting like there's actually interesting stuff going on And they kind of like interject the credits in there or sometimes they don't do credits in the beginning at all Sometimes it's just all saved for the end. So I'm much more into that. I was watching this and I'm like How long are these credits rolling in the beginning? It's rough So it's immediately a pretty nuts Movie there's some crazy stuff that's going on and it's it's very nightmarish It's very creepy and this film has like some obvious Like nightmares like the main character actually having nightmares and when they're doing that type of stuff It feels dream like it feels nightmarish. It's very very creepy The music going with it is perfect because it is so creepy and weird and kind of scary So I really like the way they kind of pulled those sequences off and like I said It kind of like starts that way immediately So you're just hit like the sensory overload of like what is going on here? This is nuts and then the other thing is there's a crazy amount of nudity in this like so many boobs and butts It is ridiculous all female by the way because It's the 70s and they weren't really doing male nudity back then. It's more of a thing now But back then yeah, so it almost like immediately feels like a little bit of like a horror porno in a sense Which you know, if that's your thing, it's your thing Do do do do it's yeah, I said it's basically a porn in the beginning It's like nightmare porn in a sense because it is pretty nightmares like I was saying with the actual nightmares that are being had and Some of that imagery if you go to bed right after be like, oh my god There's some interesting camera shots and angles like I was saying there's a lot of style to it and To the feel of the film as well kind of like the environment You can tell that a lot of the shots are very intentional like the the scenery in the backdrop and it just looks amazing It looks classy. It looks stylish. It looks really really nice. Like I love the look of this I love films that look this way and a lot of those Italian films kind of did especially the geolos of Like the 60s and 70s. They all had a very similar Feel and look to them and I love it Things look so nice and classy in the film So when awful stuff happens, it seems even more out of place and terrible It's kind of this Contrast that you get going on that if everything looks so good and feels so nice and classy and sleek and awesome And then something off happens or something terrible happens like the contrast of those things clashing is so much more it's a way more of an impact which I think is interesting because it contrasts that idea contrast with what goes on mainly in horror now, which is Everything looks grittier looks dirtier from the get-go. So when the horrible stuff happens kind of feels more like it fits It's less of a contrast and it clashes less and it kind of is more of like Oh, I was expecting this like the environment kind of already told me that this was a possibility So that's just an interesting thing that I thought about while I was watching this of the difference between then and how They're doing it like this versus how things are pretty much done now with horror films It does something I don't miss in movies the another thing other than the Opening credits situation zooming in real fast on people's faces Specifically in this film eyes and with with like that music. It's like You know, you know what I mean, you know, I'm talking about just like over the top just like Going in on the eyes and it's just like okay. It's it's over the top It's corny and I guess it wasn't as so as much so back then but watching it now It's just like whoo and the other thing is to go along with that because the music's nuts when they do that The music in general in this film is very heavy-handed. It's very over the top. It Really makes you feel like okay, okay calm down calm down now Let's let's take it back a few notches here because the other thing is it's signaling way too much as we all know I'm sure we all know pretty much You get auditory cues from the music of how you're supposed to be feeling with the scenes and when they're so heavy-handed and so crazy You're just like It's like stop beating me over the head stop It's a little too much like let's let's have a little bit of subtlety in here And I can kind of like figure out how I'm supposed to feel just make it like a little bit lighter Well way lighter in this case, but it's just heavy-handed and that kind of gets to you in my opinion The horror dream imagery is done really well That's what I was talking about before with like the creepy music and everything is a very nice backdrop to that Musics heavy-handed things the main character does at certain times don't actually seem like they fit It doesn't seem like it's Legitimately a thing that that character would do even the way that the character was set up in the beginning of the film So that's kind of an issue with the script writing that I have where Yeah, like you need to believe Within the world that's been created that the character would do what they're gonna do and there are a few things That the character does where you're just like now that doesn't make any sense She would not do that would not do that The acting by the way is quite good in this in my opinion. I quite like it If you pay attention You start to notice a particular situation each time things start to get really crazy in it And I think that's kind of it's it's set up to make you think What is going on here? Like is it is it this or is it that type of thing and I'm specifically being Vague and I'm definitely being vague because like I said, there's no spoilers if you want to watch this film watch it and Keep this in mind and you'll kind of you'll figure it out You'll know what I'm talking about when if you really pay attention to them to the moments where things really start to get like out of Control and crazy like the horror moments. There's something particular that's going on There's something in the in that are about the environment So just keep an eye out So another thing I'm gonna be very vague out vague about that you'll have to figure out on your own But I'm sure a lot of people will actually get it kind of immediately There's a movie that came out eight years ago Well eight not eight years ago eight years before this movie. So once again a reminder this came out in 1976 So eight years prior to this film coming out There was another movie that's very highly revered in the horror genre that I feel like this movie Borrowes from a decent amount. It's some of the themes That's all I'm gonna say about that you can figure it out on your own I would recommend figuring that out After you watch the movie you may even it may even come to you on your own without You know thinking back to this video to check it out, but just saying Then I think the last thing I have is the movie kind of ends in a weird spot It kind of seems like it's an ending that's almost like mid-sentence and it's like oh, okay We're we're ending it right now like this is how you want to like I thought maybe like Tie it up at the end and it like a logical ending point instead of like Literally seems like mid-sentence. It's it's kind of weird and then it's just like credits again It's like I don't know Anyway, overall, I think I enjoyed it I I think it felt kind of slow at times too Which you know you got to understand like this was the 70s is kind of more More that type of film making we're just more nowadays used to things moving a lot faster, especially in horror So you just kind of have to temper expectations Keep in mind when you're watching these movies and things are going slower that that's just kind of how it was So be more patient and I have to remind myself of that obviously from time to time Especially with this movie But it was like an hour and a half and it felt like it was definitely like two hours or so So that kind of sucks, but would I recommend seeing this? I think if you haven't seen it I would definitely recommend checking it out at least once Um, I don't think I'd watch it more than that to be honest. I'm not going to revisit it But like I said, it looks really good There's an okay story to it But I'm sure it was a little more original back then but nowadays it's kind of It's been done before type thing And that's kind of the thing that sucks about watching much older films Is that the story doesn't hold up as much now just because so many people have done stuff that's similar You know, like people say there are no original ideas anymore in film So back then there were but now not so much, but um Yeah, I mean I enjoyed it If for anything other than the fact that it looks really good It looks really good the shots the directing it's it's nice So anyway, I would recommend it, but it's not like crazy awesome So on my scale of five stars with half stars in play, I'm going to give it a three I think that's a three star film go ahead and check it out if you haven't seen it before and hopefully you enjoy it And uh, yeah, so thanks for checking this out. 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