Trauma

1993
18
1h 46m

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

8.3K

YOUR RATING

A young man tries to help a teenage European girl who escaped from a clinic after witnessing the murder of her parents by a serial killer, and they try to find the killer before the killer finds them.

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A young man tries to help a teenage girl find the serial killer who murdered her parents before the killer comes after them.A young man tries to help a teenage girl find the serial killer who murdered her parents before the killer comes after them.A young man tries to help a teenage girl find the serial killer who murdered her parents before the killer comes after them.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

8.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations total

Trivia
The character played by Asia Argento is inspired by her half-sister Anna (Nicolodi's daughter from a previous marriage) who actually suffered from anorexia. Anna died in a scooter accident in 1994 shortly after the film's release, but she is seen in the actual movie during the closing credits dancing in the balcony.

Goofs
The newscaster says that Dr. Judd died on impact at the scene of the accident, but he actually delivers some last words before succumbing.

Alternate versions
A special uncut version reportedly available on video features 7 minutes of footage omitted from foreign prints including:
a new introduction of the Aura and David characters: David (Chris Rydell) drives Grace (Laura Johnson) to the airport and sees Aura (Asia Argento) being beaten by a man whose plane ticket she tried to steal;
a new scene features Grace visiting David at the TV station and asking him about Aura; David invites Grace to his house and then calls Aura at home to ask her if she needs any food; Aura lies to him and tells she's already eaten;
Aura visits a market and is spotted by Dr. Jarvis (Frederic Forrest), who tries to catch her;
After David and Aura escape from the Marigold, she tells him she's taken a little souvenir from Nurse Volkmann's purse; another new shot shows the Marigold's owner talking to the police;
David checks into a hotel after following Linda Quirk's car and asks for a room overlooking the parking lot;
David asks for information about Dr. Lloyd in a saloon;
After David calls Grace and asks her for prescription forms, she meets and confronts him, trying to make him face the fact that he's become a junkie;
The death scenes of Linda Quick and of the killer are more graphically explicit (the wire is seen cutting through Linda's neck).

Connections
Featured in Dario Argento: Il mio cinema (1999)

Soundtracks
Ruby Rain
Sung by Laura Evan
Lyrics by Paolo Steffan
Music by Pino Donaggio
Arranged and Performed by Paolo Steffan

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Featured review

6/10

Not Argento's Finest, but Ok

An anorexic teenager sees her parents murdered and thinks the killer could be coming after her next, so it's up to a struggling addict to keep her safe.

Dario Argento's flair for over the top gory set pieces isn't as noticeable here and everything feels more calm and by the numbers, but every now and then, there's a shot or sequence that feels like old fashioned Argento and those moments are worth watching it for. It's also interesting to see a film of his that appears to use all live audio from the set and that takes place in America. It's jarring at first, but you get used to it.