I haven't really talked about giallo films lately, if at all. Sure, I've talked about Italian zombie movies, Italian cannibal movies, and that one movie where Christopher Lee beat a girl with a whip on the beach, but those aren't really giallo films. Giallo is specifically an Italian movie that works like a mystery/thriller, but is usually coupled with heavy gore and horror elements, and the movie I want to talk about is a classic example.
This 1977 Dario Argento film is about a young woman named Suzy (Jessica Harper) who goes to study dance at a prestigious academy in Germany. The night she arrives in Freiburg, her friend gets pulled through a window, stabbed numerous times, dropped through a stained glass skylight, and hanged. Then when she moves into the dorm, the ceiling is full of maggots. As Suzy digs deeper into her dance school's past, she unravels a dark history of witchcraft.
Full of bold, garish colors and a prog rock soundtrack by Goblin, Suspiria is a cool movie. Even if it is a little slow and hard to follow in places, it's pretty to look at. Even in those moments where it sounds like Goblin is playing Christmas music, it's still strange enough to jam. The ending is worth sticking it out for.
Suspiria streams on Amazon Prime.
Full of bold, garish colors and a prog rock soundtrack by Goblin, Suspiria is a cool movie. Even if it is a little slow and hard to follow in places, it's pretty to look at. Even in those moments where it sounds like Goblin is playing Christmas music, it's still strange enough to jam. The ending is worth sticking it out for.
Suspiria streams on Amazon Prime.
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