Suspiria
Suspiria pronouncedsuspi.ri.a , Latin for sighs is a 1977 Italian horror film directed by Dario Argento, cowritten by Argento and Daria Nicolodi, and coproduced by Claudio and Salvatore Argento. The film stars Jessica Harper as an American ballet student who transfers to a prestigious dance academy in Germany but later realizes that the academy is a front for something far more sinister and supernatural amidst a series of murders. The film also features Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bos, Alida Valli, Udo Kier, and Joan Bennett in her final film role. It is the first Dario Argentos horror film to have THXcertified audio and video.
Suzy Bannion, an American ballet student, arrives on a plane to Munich, Germany on a stormy night to enroll in a prestigious dance academy in Freiburg. After Suzy is unable to gain access into the academy, she spends the night in town. Pat Hingle, a student who is expelled from the academy is seen by Suzy leaving and looking frightened. Pat finds refuge at a friends apartment in town. After she locks herself in the bathroom, a mysterious arm smothers her against the glass. Her friend hears this and tries to scream for help but Pat is repeatedly stabbed and bound with a cord before she is hung in midair. Her friend is killed directly below by the falling glass and metal.Upon Suzys arrival at the academy the next morning, she is introduced to Madame Blanc, the vicedirectoress, and Miss Tanner, one of the instructors. She is escorted to the ballet students locker room, where she meets Sarah and Olga, the latter with whom she has arranged to stay offcampus. After a strange encounter with the academys cook, Suzy faints during a lesson. Later that night, she awakens to discover that she has been moved into a dormitory room against her wishes. The doctors tell her that she is to be medicated with a glass of wine daily. Suzy befriends Sarah after the two are roomed together. As the students prepare for dinner, hundreds of maggots fall from the ceiling. The students are told this was due to spoiled food boxed in the attic. The girls are invited to sleep in the practice hall overnight. During the night, Sarah identifies a distinctive whistling snore as that of the schools director, who is not due to return to the academy for several weeks. ........
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