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The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) — Stream on Midnight Pulp · CriticCrunch

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The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

Movie1970·96 min

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

Directed by Dario Argento

Horror Mystery Thriller

A horror mystery film directed by Dario Argento.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 5%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.1/10

840 ratings

About The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city and conducts his own investigation, despite him and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Stylized, Tense
Story Tags: obsession, trauma recovery, fate destiny, supernatural, rome, urban, romantic partners, strangers forced together, everyman, outsider misfit, investigation procedural, cat and mouse, mystery disappearance, serial killer, slasher

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Details

Director: Dario Argento
Language: Italian

Cast

Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno

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How The Bird with the Crystal Plumage Ranks

★All movies

Top 5%

1970s movies

Top 7%

Horror movies

Top 6%

1970s Horror movies

Top 11%

Dario Argento films#3 of 19

Top 5% All movies.

the vibe

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage Vibe

What it feels like

measureddarkintenselayeredseriouspersonalhaunting

stylized

tense

What it's about

investigation proceduralcat & mousemystery disappearanceobsessiontrauma recoveryfate destinyeverymanoutsider misfitromantic partnersstrangers forced togethersupernaturalserial killerslasherromeurban

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

stylizedstyled