(1993)
Dario Argento’s Trauma; shooting title: Aura’s Enigma
Trauma opens with the murder of a chiropractor late one evening. Argento’s daughter (Asia) plays an anorexic attempting suicide. She is saved by Christopher Rydell, who then buys her breakfast. She runs out and is picked up by youth services and taken back to her parents. That night her mother (Piper Laurie) holds a seance that goes arwy, in which her and her husband are killed. Rydell takes Asia in and helps her find her parents murderer. The special effects were done by Tom Savini. The film is better than some give credit.
Director: Dario Argento. Producer: Dario Argento. Executive Producer: Andrea Tinnirello. Screenplay: Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini, Giovanni Romoli and T.E.D. Klein, based on an original story by Argento, Ferrini and Romoli. Cinematographer: Raffaele Mertes. Music: Pino Donnagio. Production Designer: Billy Jett. Editor: Conrad Gonzalez. Special Make-Up Effects: Tom Savini.
Cast: Christopher Rydell (David Parson), Asia Argento (Aura Petrescu), Laura Johnson (Grace), James Russo (Cartain Travis), Brad Dourif (Dr. Lloyd), Fredric Forest (Dr. Judd), Piper Laurie (Adriana Petrescu), Cory Garven (Gabriel).
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1, 109 minutes, MPAA Rating: R