Sleepless

I was eager to watch this film as it apparently geralded Dario Argento's return to form after a critically bad 90s. Here he was back in familiar territory with a straightforward giallo. While this is a good thing, you do get a feeling of a director just giving people what they want in order to keep his profile up there. While that may be slightly unfair, it is fair to say that Argento brings nothing new to the giallo genre, and from a director like Argento, you are always wanting that little bit more than the norm. However it is decidedly worthwhile watch and it doesn't break your attention whatsoever. I did mange to solve the puzzle very early, but whather that's because of a poor story or just because I'm in tune with giallos in general is open to debate. Regardles this tale of a returned serial killer after a break of 17 years delivers, from the outrageous red herrings, black gloved killer, POV shots etc. I fact it's like Argento was asked to make a textbook giallo. Although I never spied the J&B!