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Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   15,408 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Dario Argento (writer) and
Daria Nicolodi (writer)
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Release Date:
12 August 1977 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
The Only Thing More Terrifying Than The Last 12 Minutes Of This Film Are The First 92. more
Plot:
A newcomer to a fancy ballet academy gradually comes to realize that the staff of the school are actually a coven of witches bent on chaos and destruction. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(75 articles)
UK Art, Specs, and Featurette for Suspiria Blu-Ray
 (From Dread Central. 3 December 2009, 1:07 AM, PST)

Serious Scores: Goblin
 (From Cinematical. 30 November 2009, 12:45 PM, PST)

User Comments:
The most horrifying use of color to date. more (408 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dario Argento's Suspiria (USA) (promotional title)
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Runtime:
98 min | Germany:88 min | USA:92 min | Argentina:95 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor) (prints) | Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (35 mm optical prints) | 4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints)
Certification:
UK:18 (video rating) (1990) (uncut) | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | New Zealand:R16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Argentina:X (original rating) | Argentina:18 (re-rating) | Italy:VM18 | Germany:18 (theatrical rating) (1977) (cut) | Germany:18 (TV premiere) (2006) (heavily cut) | Singapore:M18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (Original rating) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) (1977, re-rating) | USA:R | Australia:R | Canada:R | France:-16 | Italy:VM14 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:18 | Ireland:18 | Norway:(Banned) (video rating) | Norway:(Banned) (1977-2003) (cinema release) | Finland:K-18 (DVD rating) | Norway:18 (DVD rating) (uncut) (2005)

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Trivia:
Argento cast Joan Bennett as Madame Blanc because of her associations with director 'Fritz Lang', whom Argento was an admirer of. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Cord visible on bat as it flies from the closet more
Quotes:
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Narrator: Suzy Banyon decided to perfect her ballet studies in the most famous school of dance in Europe. She chose the celebrated academy of Freeborge. One day, at nine in the morning, she left Kennedy airport, New York, and arrived in Germany at 10:40 p.m. local time.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Finding Nemo (2003) more
Soundtrack:
Markos more

FAQ

What happened at the beginning? Was that Jessica Harper's character who was stabbed to death and hanged?
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66 out of 90 people found the following comment useful.
The most horrifying use of color to date., 8 March 1999
9/10
Author: Emil_H from Eau Claire, Wisconsin

What sets Dario Argento apart from many of his contemporaries is his success with visual imagery. In a style where sudden visual shocks are used to thrill the audience, Argento creates elaborate deaths which cannot be quickly forgotten. The highly involved double-murder towards the beginning of the film still remains one of the most memorable scenes in horror history, standing next to the Psycho "shower scene" in pure sensory input. And in a technique so powefully employed here and here alone, Argento sets scene after scene aglow with color, using it to express the mood in ways only the subconscious can fully appreciate. All around, this is an excellent addition to the genre of horror cinema, one of the most expressive films to ever plunge a knife into the psyche of its viewers.

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