Friday, June 18, 2010

Suspira (1977)

Susie is an American who travels to Germany to study ballet. She arrives at the school only to find herself locked out and heads back to town after a strange interaction with a girl fleeing the building. The next day she discovers the girl she saw has been murdered and the police are at the school.

Susie starts her classes, but quickly becomes very ill and must remain in bed. Her friend Sarah tries to investigate where the teachers go at night and ends up discovering the schools secret. She is never seen again.

When Susie wakes from a bout of illness and discovers she appears to be alone in the school, her explorations bring her to a horrible discovery.

Unlike most horror films which make use of the dark to show evil, Dario Argento uses color and style to craft a feeling of dread which pervades the movie. Definitely worth seeing.

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