Edited For "Perverse Sex" and "Cannibalism"

Dario is being forced to edit The Third Mother for the content listed in the post's title. If Italy's film industry can make him do it, they should make the Catholic Church do it; one is hard-pressed to find depictions more perverse and gory than the religious art of that cannibalistic zombie death cult. Since its inception the church has limned perverse demon sex and deity cannibalism. Do Italians ever go to their own cathedrals and art galleries?

Good news is that it will all be put back in for the DVD. And let's face it, that's probably the only way we're going to end up getting to see it anyway. Click on the pic to see an Italian teaser trailer.

Dario Argento 'The Third Mother' Clip

Parola Alla Vostra Terza Madre

Former giallo director Dario Argento (sorry, but did you see The Card Player? Old Dario has been out for the last few of his films) has re-possessed his body, slapped his wine-addled gray matter back into its natural twisted state, and finished the third of the Three Witches trilogy. Named The Third Mother, it will be released early this year in Italy; hopefully we'll get to see it here before 2010. It stars Asia, of course, and our favorite "the blood of these whores is killing me" mega-B star Udo Kier (but not as Dr. Mandel).

Those who have gotten a sneak peak at the script are pretty positive about it, and Cannes wants it ready for a special viewing. Dario has stated that being able to do the "Masters of Horror" stuff for Showtime kicked his imagination back into gear, so sacrifice something to Showtime when you get a chance. Lets hope the experience also kicked his eyes back into focus so he can return to his true gift: making perversely-lit gross-out that creepifies even us jaded horror fans.

Of course, if you haven't seen the first two movies, you should be cast into a room full of razor wire. First.