4) Tenebrae (1982)
Dario Argento’s 1982 horror film is an interesting watch, and though it features the death and violence (again, usually against women) redolent of the video nasties on this list however Argento offers us something more than the slasher fiction. There is a deep and dark sexual charge to the film, held within the flashbacks and murders to some extent, but also the notion of a crazed fan’s desire to kill by the novelist’s work is closely linked with the observation key to the Video nasty concept.
With the procedural element and the slow burning sense of dislocation and dread Tenebrae is an interesting follow up to the director’s previous two films, Inferno and the legendary Suspiria, and is a cut above the gore fodder elsewhere on the list. Pun most definitely not intentional.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5wKppxpwK0
