Note: This article contains minor plot revelations for the new Suspiria and Halloween.

This week’s entry: Giallo

Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. The catch: They don’t know beforehand what roles we’ll ask them to talk about.

Amazon Studios’ adaptation of Dario Argento’s Suspira just got a little more legitimate, as Entertainment Weekly reports that Jessica Harper will make an appearance in the film.

Italian horror maestro Dario Argento doesn’t think that his 1977 tale of witches at a dance school, Suspiria, should be remade any time soon. “The film has a specific mood,” Argento explained to Indiewire. “Either you do it exactly the same way—in which case, it’s not a remake, it’s a copy, which is pointless—or, you…

The new book Scored To Death collects 14 interviews with composers primarily known for their sonic contributions to horror cinema, including members of the band Goblin, Harry Manfredini—the guy who came up with “ki, ki, ki, ki, ma, ma, ma, ma” for Friday The 13th—and the man behind arguably the most memorable horror…

Pitchfork reports that Iggy Pop is set to star in Dario Argento’s next movie, an announcement that would have blown people’s minds 30 years ago but now elicits emotions ranging from cautious optimism to intense embarrassment for all involved. Anyway, the movie is called The Sandman and is based on a German fairy tale…

1. A.J. Soprano, the world’s only 54 fan
Building a character’s likes and dislikes is a quick-and-dirty method of turning a fictional creation into something vaguely resembling a real person. But the pitfalls are multitude, particularly when pop culture gets involved. Not even a classic like The Sopranos was immune to…