Berberian Sound Studio

2012

Action / Drama / Horror / Thriller

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 53% · 94 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 53% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 18420 18.4K

italy movie business 1970s sound production

Plot summary

In the 1970s, a British sound technician is brought to Italy to work on the sound effects for a gruesome horror film. His nightmarish task slowly takes over his psyche, driving him to confront his own past.

Director

Peter Strickland Photo
Peter Strickland

Top cast

Eugenia Caruso Photo
Eugenia Caruso as Claudia as Monica / Screamer
Cosimo Fusco Photo
Cosimo Fusco as Francesco Coraggio
Antonio Mancino Photo
Antonio Mancino as Giancarlo Santini
Toby Jones Photo
Toby Jones as Gilderoy
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
844.81 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 2
1.7 GB
1920*1024
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 11

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by parkerbcn 7 / 10

Beautiful but self-absorbed

Having watched "In Fabric" from this director, before this previous (and more famous) incursion in the horror genre, it's easy to see a pattern: both in the homage to the greatest period of Italian horror films and in a kind of surrealistic and experimental narration (even more prominent in this film). But, in the same way that happened to me with "In Fabric", it doesn't completely reach me, even when I find the proposition incredibly attractive. Both movies are beautiful and kind of mesmerising, but the director also tends to feel self-absorbed in his own creation at times and lose focus. But it's a very different film and a love letter to the art of making movies.
Reviewed by tobias2020 5 / 10

Pretentious, pointless and muddled

This is a movie that seems to have no purpose. The way that the sound effects were generated in the film is mildly interesting, and the xenophobia that the main character experienced made me believe that the storyline would go somewhere. However, this was not the case. Sitting through this, I found it hard to understand why the actors were even drawn to the material; it is so uninteresting. Technically the film has its merits, and it might be relevant for someone who has worked as a sound effects technician and editor in movies, but for the general population it is probably a waste of time. I know that it contains references to Italian horror movies of the 70's and 80's, but so what? My advice is to stay away.
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