diff --git a/video/info.py b/video/info.py
index f17ecde..087e617 100755
--- a/video/info.py
+++ b/video/info.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def _get_info(self, video):
             "-count_frames",
             "-show_streams",
             "-i",
+            "--",
             input_path,
         ]
         with Popen(
diff --git a/video/utils.py b/video/utils.py
index 20ab543..2628366 100644
--- a/video/utils.py
+++ b/video/utils.py
@@ -34,13 +34,14 @@ def validate_video_name(name):
         raise ValueError("Video name cannot be empty")
     # Disallow path separators to ensure this is just a file name.
     if os.sep in cleaned or "/" in cleaned or "\\" in cleaned:
+        raise ValueError(f"Invalid video name: {cleaned}")
     # Restrict the video name to a safe subset of characters to avoid
     # passing arbitrary strings to external commands.
     # Allow letters, digits, underscore, hyphen and dot, and disallow
-    # leading dot to avoid hidden or special files.
-    if cleaned.startswith("."):
+    # leading dot and leading hyphen to avoid hidden/special files and
+    # command option injection.
+    if cleaned.startswith(".") or cleaned.startswith("-"):
         raise ValueError(f"Invalid video name: {cleaned}")
     if not re.fullmatch(r"[A-Za-z0-9._-]+", cleaned):
         raise ValueError(f"Invalid video name: {cleaned}")
-        raise ValueError(f"Invalid video name: {cleaned}")
     return cleaned