Lunettes noires

C’est un peu balourd et inconvenant, mais il faut reconnaître qu'ici, Dario Argento est parvenu a reproduire fidèlement l’ambiance des vieux gialli. Et avec la musique palpitante d’Arnaud Rebotini, Occhiali neri se révèle un film stylé fait avec amour pour les fans du genre. Et un pouce en l’air pour les effets pratiques. (18/10/2022)

Un film plutôt étrange avec une certaine ambiance, des combinaisons bizarres et une musique joliment entraînante. Avec ses éléments d'horreur marginaux, il est certainement destiné à un public minoritaire partant pour un thriller atypique avec quelques scènes explicites. Les âmes sensibles et ceux ayant une peur maladive des chiens s'abstiendront. Ce qui m'a légèrement effrayé, c'est d'avoir cherché Asia Argento pendant la moitié du film, mais ça faisait longtemps que je ne l'avais pas vue dans quoi que ce soit :-( (02/09/2023)

The return of Dario Argento did not turn out well. In the 1980s he reigned supreme, now he's stagnating and it's amazing how poorly he made a Giallo, the genre that made him famous. The Last Matinee two years ago was considerably better in every way. The overseas reviews already suggested that it would be nothing significant and they were right. Dark Glasses is thankfully only 80 minutes long, but given that nothing much happens, it comes across as lengthy. The film has a simple plot about a prostitute who loses her eyesight, we watch her struggle with this disability for half an hour, and the other half hour we watch a little Chinese boy guide her while they run away from a killer who is introduced quite early on, which again is a mistake. There are only two gore scenes and that's in the opening and the ending, so very weak, a killer who doesn't murder – great. There is only one nude scene and the styling looks low budget. There is no attention to detail, no beautiful colours, no pure Giallo elements (maybe the opening with black gloves and a rope), the atmosphere doesn't work, the suspense doesn't work either, overall a useless, very weak and naive horror film. Story 1/5. Action 2/5, Humor 0/5, Violence 2/5, Fun 2/5 Music 3/5, Visuals 3/5, Atmosphere 2/5, Suspense 2/5, Emotion 2/5, Actors 2/5. 35% (17/05/2022)