# Terror in der Oper (1987)

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**Original title**: *Opera*
**Runtime**: 107 min
**Genres**: Horror, Thriller, Mystery
**Directed by**: Dario Argento
**Written by**: Franco Ferrini, Dario Argento
**Starring**: Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleson, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Antonella Vitale

> *Obsession. Murder. Madness.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Parma. Winter. A raven's shriek.
Betty replaces a diva in Verdi's Macbeth, bringing a masked killer from the shadows. Each performance brings a fresh kill, each kill brings Betty closer to center stage.
Argento at his most meta and self-lacerating.

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