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Suspiria (1977)

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Reviews Counted:4

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Average Rating:8.1/10

Consensus: The blood pours freely in Argento's classic Suspiria, a giallo horror as grandiose and glossy as it is gory.

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: Dario Argento's masterpiece of horror, with its assault of garish colors, booming soundtrack and horrifically dreamlike set pieces, is the cinematic equivalent of an exceptionally scary fun house.... Dario Argento's masterpiece of horror, with its assault of garish colors, booming soundtrack and horrifically dreamlike set pieces, is the cinematic equivalent of an exceptionally scary fun house. It tells the story of Susan (Harper) a young, impressionable American who travels abroad in order to study at a prestigious European ballet academy. From the first day, however, she begins to realize that frightening things are afoot at the hallowed institution. Enduring a rain of maggots, poisoned food and other unpleasant occurrences, she discovers that the school is a secret convening place for an ages-old witches' coven. Cut to various lengths due to violent content, the film's original full running time is 100 minutes. [More]

Starring: Jessica Harper, Flavio Bucci, Stefania Casini, Joan Bennett

Starring: Jessica Harper, Flavio Bucci, Stefania Casini, Joan Bennett, Miguel Bosé, Udo Kier, Alida Valli

Director: Dario Argento

Director: Dario Argento
Screenwriter: Dario Argento, Daria Nicolodi
Composer: Goblin

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Argento's skilful use of unsettling, intense colour and stunning set designs adequately obscure the film's numerous structural flaws.

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10/19/08
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As an appetizer to the thoroughly bizarre world of Italian horror, Suspiria is the perfect antipasto.

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09/26/07
Adam Smith
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Empire Magazine
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It's always fascinating to watch; the thrills and spills are so classy and fast that the movie becomes in effect what horror movies seemed like when you were too young to get in to see them.

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
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Mr. Argento's methods make potentially stomach-turning material more interesting than it ought to be.

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05/09/05
Janet Maslin
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