Deep Red

Deep Red
Italian film poster
Italian	Profondo rosso
Directed by	Dario Argento
Written by	Dario Argento Bernardino Zapponi
Produced by	Salvatore Argento
Starring	David Hemmings Daria Nicolodi Gabriele Lavia Macha Méril Eros Pagni Giuliana Calandra Nicoletta Elmi Glauco Mauri Clara Calamai
Cinematography	Luigi Kuveiller
Edited by	Franco Fraticelli
Music by	Giorgio Gaslini Goblin
Production companies	Rizzoli Film Seda Spettacoli
Distributed by	Cineriz
Release date	7 March 1975 (1975-03-07) (Italy)
Running time	126 minutes
Country	Italy
Box office	₤3,709 billion (Italy) $629,903 (United States)

Deep Red (Italian: Profondo rosso), also known as The Hatchet Murders, is a 1975 Italian giallo film directed by Dario Argento and co-written by Argento and Bernardino Zapponi. It stars David Hemmings as a musician who investigates a series of murders performed by a mysterious figure wearing black leather gloves. The cast also stars Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril, and Clara Calamai. The film's score was composed and performed by Goblin, the first in a long-running collaboration with Argento.^[1]

The film was released during the height of the "giallo craze" of Italian popular cinema, and was a critical and commercial success. Retrospective reviews have been equally positive, and the film is considered one of the genre's definitive entries, as well as one of Argento's best works.