# Aura (1993)

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**Original title**: *Trauma*
**Runtime**: 109 min
**Genres**: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
**Directed by**: Dario Argento
**Written by**: Franco Ferrini, Dario Argento, Gianni Romoli
**Starring**: Christopher Rydell, Asia Argento, Piper Laurie, Frederic Forrest, Laura Johnson, Dominique Serrand

> *A dark secret. A twisted mind. An insane desire for revenge.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Transylvanian winter. A church bell tolls once, then silence.

A headless body in the family home, a single playing card left by the killer.

Argento’s giallo flirts with exploitation but fears its own shadows.

**Mood tags**: dread, paranoid, raw

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