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{{Infobox film 
| image          =  Dario-argento-panico_locandina.jpeg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Film poster
| director       = Simone Scafidi
| producer       = Giada Mazzoleni<br>Daniele Bolcato 
| writer         = Simone Scafidi<br>Manlio Gomarasca <br> Davide Pulici
| music          = Alessandro Baldessari 
| cinematography = Patrizio Saccò 
| editing        =  Claudio Rossoni
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| distributor    = 
| released       = {{Film date|2023|09|6|[[80th Venice International Film Festival|Venice]]|df=yes}}
| runtime        = 98 minutes
| country        = Italy<br />United Kingdom
| language       = Italian<br />Spanish<br />English<br />French
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
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'''''Dario Argento Panico''''' (also spelled ''Dario Argento: Panico'') is a 2023 Italian-British documentary film co-written and directed by Simone Scafidi. It premiered out of competition at the [[80th Venice International Film Festival|80th edition]] of the [[Venice Film Festival]].

==Synopsis==
The film focuses on [[Dario Argento]]'s works as well as on his personal life. Interviewees include Argento's family, including his daughters Fiore and [[Asia Argento|Asia]] and his first wife Marisa Casale, Argento's longtime collaborators such as [[Michele Soavi]], [[Lamberto Bava]], [[Luigi Cozzi]], [[Franco Ferrini]] and [[Goblin (band)|Goblin]]'s [[Claudio Simonetti]], and directors who were influenced by his works, namely [[Guillermo del Toro]], [[Nicolas Winding Refn]] and [[Gaspar Noé]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dumas |first1=Zoe |title=Dario Argento Panico Review: A Loving Portrait of a Flawed Horror Master |url=https://movieweb.com/dario-argento-panico-review/ |access-date=13 April 2024 |work=[[MovieWeb]] |date=1 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Acerbo |first1=Gabriele |title=Panico a Venezia 80 per Dario Argento. La recensione del documentario |url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/cinema/2023/09/02/mostra-del-cinema-di-venezia-panico-dario-argento-recensione |access-date=13 April 2024 |work=[[Sky TG24]] |date=5 September 2023 |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Dario Argento Panico: ecco il trailer del documentario dedicato al Maestro del brivido |url=https://www.comingsoon.it/cinema/news/dario-argento-panico-ecco-il-trailer-del-documentario-dedicato-al-maestro/n172064/ |access-date=13 April 2024 |work=ComingSoon.it |date=5 January 2024 |language=it}}</ref>

==Release==
The film had its world premiere at the [[80th Venice International Film Festival]] in the Venice Classics sidebar.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leffler |first1=Rebecca |title='Dario Argento Panico': first trailer for Venice documentary |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/dario-argento-panico-first-trailer-for-venice-documentary-exclusive/5185478.article |access-date=13 April 2024 |work=[[Screen International]]|date=1 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref> It was released on [[Shudder (streaming service)|Shudder]] on 2 February 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grobar |first1=Matt |title='Dario Argento Panico,' Documentary Retrospective On Iconic Giallo Filmmaker, Acquired By Shudder |url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/dario-argento-panico-streaming-premiere-date-shudder-1235671464/ |access-date=13 April 2024 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |date=19 December 2023}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|100||18}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Dario Argento Panico |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dario_argento_panico|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=3 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|65|five}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/dario-argento-panico/|title=Dario Argento Panico|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=3 May 2025}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|tt27728888}}  
{{Dario Argento}}
{{Shudder films and documentaries}}

 
[[Category:2023 documentary films]]
[[Category:2023 films]]
[[Category:Documentary films about film directors and producers]]
[[Category:Documentary films about horror]]
[[Category:Italian documentary films]]
[[Category:British documentary films]]
[[Category:Shudder (streaming service) original programming]]
[[Category:Dario Argento]]

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