Door into Darkness

Door into Darkness (Italian: La porta sul buio) is an Italian anthology horror television series conceived by Dario Argento. It consists of four one-hour episodes broadcast in 1973.^[4]

Door into Darkness
Italian	La porta sul buio[1]
Genre	Anthology Horror
Created by	Dario Argento
Composer	Giorgio Gaslini[1]
Country of origin	Italy
Original language	Italian
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Producer	Dario Argento
Cinematography	Elio Polacchi[1]
Editors	Amedeo Giomini, Alberto Moro[1]
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	RAI[2][3]
Original release
Network	Rai 1
Release	September 4 (1973-09-04) – September 25, 1973 (1973-09-25)

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by
1	"The Neighbor (Italian: Il vicino di casa)"	Luigi Cozzi	Luigi Cozzi
A couple move into an apartment with their newborn. Unbeknownst to the couple, the neighbor upstairs has a terrible secret Starring: Aldo Reggiani (Luca); Laura Belli (Stefania); Mimmo Palmara (The Neighbor)
2	"The Tram (Italian: Il tram)"	Dario Argento	Dario Argento
A mystery begins with the discovery of a dead woman's body in the titular location and a detective's thought process on how she got there Starring: Enzo Cerusico (Inspector Giordani); Paola Tedesco (Giulia); Pierluigi Aprà (Roberto Magli); Corrado Olmi (Morini)
3	"The Doll (Italian: La bambola)"	Mario Foglietti	Marcella Elsberger and Mario Foglietti
After a patient of an insane asylum escapes and goes on a killing spree, the police and psychiatrists attempt to work together to apprehend the killer. Starring: Robert Hoffmann (The Doctor); Mara Venier (Daniela Moreschi); Gianfranco D'Angelo (The Inspector); Umberto Raho (The Psychiatrist); Erika Blanc (Elena Moreschi)
4	"Eyewitness (Italian: Testimone oculare)"	Dario Argento / Luigi Cozzi[note 1]	Dario Argento and Luigi Cozzi
Roberta drives home and nearly hits a woman with her car. When checking the woman, she finds a bullet wound in her chest and sees a man approaching her with a gun. Starring: Marilù Tolo (Roberta Leoni); Riccardo Salvino (Guido Leoni); Glauco Onorato (Inspector Ronchi); Altea De Nicola (Anna)

Reception

In a retrospective review, Troy Howarth in his book on gialli stated that "The Neighbor" was a "pleasant diversion" and "The Tram" was the series highlight.^[6] Howarth declared "The Doll" as "sluggish and predictable" while "Eyewitness" a "marked improvement" from "The Doll".^[6][7]