Trauma is a 1993 film directed by Dario Argento who also co-wrote the screenplay. The film can be described as a giallo, that is a film with influences from the horror, mystery, and thriller genres. Aura, a young woman suffering from anorexia escapes from a psychiatric hospital and meets a young man, David who offers to let her stay with him rather than go back to the hospital. However, Aura is soon caught but her return to the hospital coincides with the start of a string of murders of hospital staff members, past and present. The killer decapitates them using a home-made garrote device, the... 'noose-o-matic', on rainy days. When her father is murdered along with her mother, Aura and David team up to find the killer. In the end, it is revealed that Aura's mother is the killer. Years earlier, Dr. Lloyd was given the task of delivering Aura's brother, Nicolas. However, his clumsiness combined with a power outage led to him slicing off the newborn infant's head as he was being delivered.
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| Release date: | 1993 |
| Directed by: | Dario Argento |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 106 Minutes |
| Producer: | Dario Argento, Chris Beckman, David Pash |
| Editor: | Bennett Goldberg |
| Music by: | Pino Donaggio |
| Cinematography: | Raffaele Mertes |
| Screenplay by: | Gianni Romoli, Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini |
| Estimated budget: | $7,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller |