Scarecrowber: Deep Red

Dario Argento's Deep Red is screening at the SIFF Film Center on Wednesday, October 14, as part of Scarecrowber. It's a 1975 Italian giallo that runs 127 minutes, and if you've never seen it, it's a good place to start with the genre. The story follows a jazz musician and a plucky reporter who team up to uncover a legacy of dementia and murder, and it's widely billed as the greatest giallo of them all. One of the things that really sticks with you is the score, which is regarded as one of cinema's best.

The screening is part of Scarecrowber, a month-long horror series run by Scarecrow Video in collaboration with SIFF. For those who don't know it, Scarecrow Video is Seattle's own non-profit video archive—a movie-lovers mecca with more individual titles available to rent than anywhere in the world. They've taken over October, which SIFF has dubbed the official 10th month of the year, and half the ticket proceeds go to support Scarecrow Video. So when you buy a ticket, you're helping keep that archive going.

Deep Red is an Italian production from 1975, directed by Argento, and it runs 127 minutes. You can catch it at the SIFF Film Center, 167 Republican St., Seattle, WA 98109, on Wednesday, October 14.