While not as strong as its predecessor, Suspiria, Inferno has a similarly bright and garish color scheme that sucks you into even the duller scenes of the film. Neither film has a very strong script with memorable characters, but Inferno is much more lackadaisical in its structure. It follows essentially 3 different stories - the story of a young woman who thinks witches inhabit her New York apartment building, her brother who is a music student in Rome, and his friend who gets sucked into this bloody wonderland accidentally.
By the middle of the film, all stories have intersected in some way and it's up to Mark, the brother, to find out what's going on at his sister's apartment building after she goes missing. The only problem is that the character of Mark and, in turn, the performance by Leigh McCloseky is really boring and vacant and it's hard to relate to him. Blessedly, Dario Argento serves up enough of his trademark murder set pieces to distract us and keep us interested.
By the middle of the film, all stories have intersected in some way and it's up to Mark, the brother, to find out what's going on at his sister's apartment building after she goes missing. The only problem is that the character of Mark and, in turn, the performance by Leigh McCloseky is really boring and vacant and it's hard to relate to him. Blessedly, Dario Argento serves up enough of his trademark murder set pieces to distract us and keep us interested.