Ah, good old Dario Argento. You can always count on him to provide a nice little maggot-fest in his movies, and yes, SUSPIRIA stays true to type, and gives us one. But, that's not really the point of this flick... what is it? Well, I'll give you the story, and you can make your own opinion (for once). Lil' Susie decided to be some fancy-ass dancer, so she attends this big wig ballet school in Germany... but when she gets there, they leave her out in the rain, telling her to go away. Meanwhile, another girl is stabbed repeatedly and hung from a ceiling light, while her friend is ventilated with shards of glass and scrap metal. Susie goes back the next day with no trouble and is accepted with open arms. I figure that the Romanian (the BUTLER did it!!) is the killer... or the doctor... and maybe one of the teachers is in on it... Uhm, so, maggots are falling from the ceiling because of a case of rotting food kept in the attic... those teachers are up to something... I'm wondering what the fucking Belgian woman has to do with it... A blind guy's dog suddenly flips out on him and tears out his throat (Argento's got this thing for "all girls schools" and helper animals... go watch CREEPERS, then you'll understand). Luckily for Susie, her roommate Sarah is paranoid and has been keeping notes on the doings transpiring at the school... and she thinks the teachers are a coven of witches! Not THAT makes sense. Well, one night after Suze has been drugged and Sarah's notes have been stolen, Sarah goes out during the night and winds up falling into a room full of razor wire, then someone slits her throat! After a little consulting, Suze finds out that the academy was founded by a supposed witch, and as she's left alone at the school one night and after smashing a bat, she follows some footsteps to find the witches in their little hidey-hole, finds Sarah's body, and kills their Black Queen. Without the Queen, the coven dies and the school falls apart and burns. One of the things that really bugged me about this movie was the often annoying interference of the dialogue by the background noises and music, but Argento's wonky imagery and wiggy music are often disorienting and mind spinning... ALRIGHT! DISORIENTATION! HUZZAH!

Sequels: None

If You Liked This Flick, Check Out: CAT O' NINE TAILS or LITTLE WITCHES