Dario Argento is born in Rome, Italy in 1940. The Italian filmmaker known as one of the pioneers of giallo horror-thrillers, made his name in the 1970s and 1980s with the films Suspiria, The Bird with The Crystal Plumage and Tenebrae. He also co-wrote George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead and Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West.
This Day in Halloween: Italian giallo filmmaker Dario Argento is born in Rome, Italy in 1940.