With a very strong giallo retro style, the same one that has been present in their former movies Sonno Profondo (2013) and Francesca (2015), the Onetti Brothers are presenting this year their latest work, horror thriller Abrakadabra (2018).
As one can see in the official trailer, Abrakadabra (2018) exploit with a very good sense the colors and scenarios that made the Italian horror genre so popular in the late 1960s, the 1970s and the 1980s. The spirit of Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava, Lucio Fulci and company is very present in the filmography of the Onetti Brothers. And the music, composed one more time by co-director Luciano Onetti, does nothing but to bring more strength to this statement.
In Abrakadabra (2018), Dante “The Great”, a prestigious magician, accidentally dies during a risky magic trick. Thirty-five years later his son Lorenzo, also a magician, presents a magic show in one of the most important theatres in the city. From then on, a series of murders begin to take place that will seek to incriminate him. Lorenzo must discover who and why seeks to involve him before it is too late.
Clara Kovacic, German Baudino, Raul Gederlini and Juan Bautista Massolo form the main cast of Abrakadabra (2018). The movie will have its world premiere next month at the Sitges Film Festival as part of Panorama Fantàstic competition, an event where the previous works from the Onetti Brothers Sonno Profondo (2013) and Francesca (2015) has also been screened.
You can watch here the astonishing official trailer for Abrakadabra (2018):
