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{{Short description|1977 film by Dario Argento}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Suspiria
| image          = SuspiriaItaly.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Dario Argento]]
| screenplay     = {{Plainlist|
* Dario Argento
* [[Daria Nicolodi]]
}}
| producer       = [[Claudio Argento]]
| based_on       = {{based on|''[[Suspiria de Profundis]]''|[[Thomas De Quincey]]}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jessica Harper]]
* [[Stefania Casini]]
* [[Flavio Bucci]]
* [[Miguel Bosé]]
* [[Barbara Magnolfi]]
* [[Susanna Javicoli]]
* Eva Axén
* [[Alida Valli]]
* [[Joan Bennett]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Luciano Tovoli]]
| editing        = [[Franco Fraticelli]]
| music          = {{Plainlist|
* [[Goblin (band)|Goblin]]
* Dario Argento
}}
| studio         = Seda Spettacoli
| distributor    = Produzioni Atlas Consorziate
| released       = {{Film date|df=yes|1977|2|1|Italy}}
| runtime        = 99 minutes<!--Submitted theatrical runtime: 98:14--><ref>{{cite web|title=''Suspiria'' (18) (CUT)|url=https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/suspiria-1970-4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508110801/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/suspiria-1970-4|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 May 2016|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=28 July 1977|access-date=4 July 2013}}</ref>
| country        = Italy
| language       = {{Plainlist|
*English
*Italian
}}
| budget         = 
| gross          = {{Plainlist|
* 1.43 billion [[Italian lira|lire]] (Italy)
* [[United States dollar|$]]1.8 million (North American rentals){{sfn|Solomon|1989|p=233}}
}}
}}
'''''Suspiria''''' is a 1977 Italian [[supernatural horror film]] directed by [[Dario Argento]], who co-wrote the screenplay with [[Daria Nicolodi]], partially based on [[Thomas De Quincey]]'s 1845 essay ''[[Suspiria de Profundis]]''. The film stars [[Jessica Harper]] as an American ballet student who transfers to a prestigious European dance academy but realizes, after a series of murders, that the academy is a front for a coven of witches. It also features [[Stefania Casini]], [[Flavio Bucci]], [[Miguel Bosé]], [[Alida Valli]], [[Udo Kier]], and [[Joan Bennett]], in her final film role.

The film is the first of the trilogy Argento refers to as ''[[The Three Mothers]]'', which also comprises ''[[Inferno (1980 film)|Inferno]]'' (1980) and ''[[The Mother of Tears]]'' (2007). ''Suspiria'' has received a positive response from critics for its visual and stylistic flair, use of vibrant colors and its [[Suspiria (1977 soundtrack)|score]] by Argento and the [[progressive rock]] band [[Goblin (band)|Goblin]].

''Suspiria'' was nominated for two [[Saturn Awards]]: [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for Bennett in 1978, and Best DVD Classic Film Release in 2002. It is recognized as one of the most influential films in the [[horror film|horror genre]] and has received acclaim from critics in retrospective reviews. It served as the inspiration for a 2018 [[Suspiria (2018 film)|film of the same title]], directed by [[Luca Guadagnino]].

== Plot ==
Suzy Bannion, a young American ballet student, arrives in [[Freiburg]], [[West Germany]], to study at the [[co-ed]] Tanz Akademie, a prestigious dance school. She sees another student, Pat Hingle, flee the school in terror. Suzy is refused entry to the school and forced to stay in town overnight. Pat takes refuge at a friend's apartment and tells her that something sinister happened at the school. Pat is ambushed by a shadowy figure who stabs her repeatedly before hanging her with a noose by throwing her through the apartment building's [[skylight]]. Pat's friend is also killed after being impaled by a falling shard of glass while trying to alert other tenants to the murder.

Suzy returns to the school the next morning, where she meets Miss Tanner, the head instructor, and Madame Blanc, the deputy headmistress. Tanner introduces Suzy to Pavlos, one of the school's servants. She also meets classmates Sara and Olga, her new roommate. Suzy experiences an unsettling encounter with one of the school's matrons and Blanc's nephew, Albert, before passing out during a dance class. When she regains consciousness, Suzy learns that Olga has thrown her out of her apartment, forcing her to live at the school with Sara in the room next door.

One night, [[maggot]]s fall from the ceilings of the students' rooms due to a shipment of spoiled food in the attic, forcing them to sleep in one of the dance studios. During the night, a woman enters the room but is obscured by a curtain hung around the room's perimeter. Sara, frightened by her hoarse and labored breathing, recognizes her as the school's headmistress, who is supposedly out of town. The next day, the school's blind pianist, Daniel, is abruptly fired by Miss Tanner when his [[German Shepherd]] bites Albert. Daniel is stalked by an unseen force while walking through a plaza that night; his dog turns on him and viciously rips out his throat.

Sara tells Suzy that she was the one on the intercom who refused her entry the night Pat was murdered. She reveals that Pat was behaving strangely before her death and promises to show Suzy the notes that she left behind. Sara finds that Pat's notes are missing and is forced to flee when an unseen assailant enters the room. They pursue her through the school before cornering her in the attic. She escapes through a small window but falls into a pit of [[Barbed tape|razor wire]], entangling her before her pursuer kills her by slashing her throat.

The next morning, Tanner tells Suzy that Sara has fled the school. Suspicious, Suzy contacts Sara's friend and former psychiatrist, Frank Mandel. He reveals that the school was established in 1895 by Greek [[émigré]]e Helena Markos, who was allegedly a [[witch]]. Suzy also consults with Professor Milius, a professor of the [[occult]]. He reveals that a [[coven]] of witches draws its strength and power from its leader, and without a leader, the coven will perish.

Suzy returns to the school to find that everyone has left to attend the [[Bolshoi Ballet]]. Recalling a conversation with Sara about footsteps, she follows the sound of them carefully, leading her to Madame Blanc's office. Remembering that Pat uttered the words "secret" and "iris" the night that she was killed, Suzy discovers a hidden door that opens by turning a blue iris on a mural in Blanc's office. Suzy enters the corridor and finds the academy's instructors, led by Madame Blanc, plotting her demise in the form of a [[human sacrifice]]. Albert alerts Pavlos to Suzy's presence. Suzy hides in an alcove, where she finds Sara's disfigured corpse.

Pursued by Pavlos, Suzy retreats to Helena Markos's bedroom. Suzy finds Markos sleeping, recognizing her as the headmistress by her labored breathing. She accidentally wakes her by breaking a decorative peacock. Markos renders herself invisible and taunts Suzy before [[Necromancy|reanimating Sara's mutilated corpse]] to murder her. When flashes of lightning inadvertently reveal Markos's silhouette, Suzy impales her through the neck with one of the peacock's broken glass quills. Markos's death causes Sara's corpse to vanish.

Suzy flees as the school academy starts to explode. Tanner,  Pavlos, and the rest of the coven perish without the power of Markos to sustain them. Suzy escapes into the rainy night as the school is consumed by fire.

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Jessica Harper]] as Suzy Bannion
* [[Stefania Casini]] as Sara Simms
** Silvia Faver as the English voice of Sara Simms
* [[Flavio Bucci]] as Daniel
** [[Gregory Snegoff]] as the English voice of Daniel
* [[Miguel Bosé]] as Mark
** [[Gregory Snegoff]] as the English voice of Mark
* [[Barbara Magnolfi]] as Olga Ivanova
** [[Carolyn De Fonseca]] as the English voice of Olga Ivanova
* [[Susanna Javicoli]] as Sonia
** Susan Spafford as the English voice of Sonia
* Eva Axén as Patricia "Pat" Hingle
* [[Alida Valli]] as Miss Tanner
* [[Joan Bennett]] as Madame Blanc
* Margherita Horowitz as teacher
* Jacopo Mariani as Albert
* [[Franca Scagnetti]] as cook
* [[Renato Scarpa]] as Professor Verdegast
** Ken Belton as the English voice of Professor Verdegast
* Giuseppe Transocchi as Pavlos
* [[Udo Kier]] as Dr. Frank Mandel (uncredited)
** Frank von Kugelgen as the English voice of Dr. Frank Mandel
* [[Rudolf Schündler]] as Professor Milius (uncredited)
** John Karlsen as the English voice of Professor Milius
* Giovanni Di Bernardo as police inspector (uncredited)
** [[Ted Rusoff]] as the English voice of the police inspector
* Lela Svasta as Mater Suspiriorum/Helena Markos (uncredited)
* Cicely Browne as the English voice of Mater Suspiriorum/Helena Markos
}}

Director [[Dario Argento]] provides the narration in the original Italian version. In the English version, the narration is provided by William Kiehl.

== Production ==
=== Development ===
Argento based ''Suspiria'' in part on [[Thomas De Quincey]]'s essay ''[[Suspiria de Profundis]]'' (1845).{{sfn|McDonagh|2010|p=146}}{{sfn|Cooper|2012|p=88}} Critic Maitland McDonagh notes: "In Argento's reading [of the material], the three mothers generate/inhabit a cinematic world informed by [[Carl Jung|Jungian]] archetypal imagery, each holding sway over a particular city."{{sfn|McDonagh|2010|p=29}} Argento said the idea for the film came to him after a trip through several European cities, including [[Lyon]], [[Prague]], and [[Turin]].<ref name=25th>{{cite AV media|title=Suspiria 25th Anniversary|year=2001|people=Hertz, Gary (director)|display-authors=etal|publisher=Anchor Bay Entertainment|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330950/}}</ref> He became fascinated by the "Magic Triangle", [[Dreiländereck (Basel)|a point where the countries of France, Germany, and Switzerland meet]]; this is where [[Rudolf Steiner]], a controversial social reformer and [[occult]]ist, founded an [[anthroposophic]] community.<ref name=25th /> Commenting on witchcraft and the occult, Argento stated: "There's very little to joke about. It's something that exists."<ref name=25th /> The title and general concept of "[[The Three Mothers]]"—a concept Argento would expand upon in ''[[Inferno (1980 film)|Inferno]]'' and ''[[Mother of Tears]]—''came from De Quincey's essay, which was an uncredited inspiration for the film.<!-- How can it be both an "uncredited inspiration", whatever that means, and something upon which the film was partly based? -->{{sfn|McDonagh|2010|p=130}} There is a section in the work entitled "Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow".<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.bartleby.com/27/22.html|chapter=Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow|last=De Quincey|first=Thomas|title=English essays, from Sir Philip Sidney to Macaulay|publisher=[[P.F. Collier & Son]]|year=2001|editor-last=Eliot|editor-first=Charles William|editor-link=Charles William Eliot|series=[[The Harvard Classics]]|volume=XXVII|location=New York|publication-date=1909–1914|author-link=Thomas De Quincey|via=[[Bartleby.com]]}}</ref> The piece asserts that just as there are three [[Moirai|Fates]] and three [[Graces]], there are three Sorrows: "Mater Lacrymarum, Our Lady of Tears", "Mater Suspiriorum, Our Lady of Sighs", and "Mater Tenebrarum, Our Lady of Darkness".

[[Daria Nicolodi]] helped Argento write the screenplay for the film, which combined the occult themes that interested Argento with [[fairytales]] that were inspiring to Nicolodi, such as ''[[Bluebeard]]'', ''[[Pinocchio]]'', and ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]''.<ref name=25th /> Nicolodi also partially based her contributions to the screenplay on a personal story her grandmother had told her, in which her grandmother had gone to take a piano lesson at an unnamed academy where she believed she encountered [[black magic]].<ref name=25th /> The encounter terrified her grandmother, prompting her to flee.<ref name=25th /> This story, however, was later said by Argento to have been fabricated.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bizarremag.com/film-and-music/interviews/8317/dario_argento.html |title=Dario Argento – Film and Music: Interviews |work=[[Bizarre (magazine)|Bizarre]] |access-date=9 November 2012 |archive-date=1 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401190439/http://www.bizarremag.com/film-and-music/interviews/8317/dario_argento.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Using Nicolodi's core ideas, Argento helped co-write the screenplay, which he chose to set at a dance academy in Freiburg im Breisgau, near the German borders with Switzerland and France.<ref name=25th /> The lead character of Suzy Bannion was based on [[Snow White]].<ref name=25th /> Initially, the characters in the film were very young girls—around eight to ten years old—but this was altered when the film's producers were hesitant to make a film with all young actors.<ref name=25th /> Additionally, the final sequence of the film was based on a dream Nicolodi had while she was staying in Los Angeles.<ref name=25th />

=== Casting ===
American actress [[Jessica Harper]] was cast in the lead role of American ballet dancer Suzy Bannion,<ref name=abnotes2>{{cite AV media notes|author=Bosco, Scott Michael|year=2001|chapter=Jessica Harper Interview|title=Suspiria|publisher=Anchor Bay Entertainment|type=booklet}}</ref> after attending an audition via the [[William Morris Agency]].<ref name=25th /> Argento chose Harper based on her performance in [[Brian De Palma]]'s ''[[Phantom of the Paradise]]'' (1974).<ref name=25th /> Upon being cast in the film, Harper watched Argento's ''[[Four Flies on Grey Velvet]]'' (1971) to better understand the director's style.<ref name=25th /> Harper turned down a role in [[Woody Allen]]'s ''[[Annie Hall]]'' (1977) in order to appear in the film.<ref name=tcm />

Argento requested Italian actress [[Stefania Casini]] for the supporting role of Sara, a request which she obliged, having been an admirer of his films.<ref name=25th /> Daria Nicolodi had originally planned on playing the role of Sara, but was unable to due to an injury, and Casini was brought in at the last minute.<ref name=25th /> German actor [[Udo Kier]] was cast in the minor supporting role of Frank Mandel.<ref name=25th />

=== Filming ===
[[File:Haus zum Walfisch.jpg|thumb|upright|The façade of [[The Whale House]] in [[Freiburg]] was replicated for the film.]]
The majority of ''Suspiria'' was shot at De Paoli studios in Rome, where key exterior sets (including the façade of the academy) were constructed.{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=133}} Actress Harper described the film shoot as "very, very focused", as Argento "knew exactly what he was looking for".<ref name=25th /> The façade of the academy was replicated on a soundstage from the real-life [[The Whale House|Whale House]] in Freiburg.<ref name=25th /> Additional photography took place in [[Munich]], including Daniel's death scene in the ''[[Königsplatz, Munich|Königsplatz]]'' square, as well as the opening scene of the film, which was shot on location at the [[Munich-Riem Airport]] (closed in 1992).<ref name=25th /> The scene in which Suzy meets with Dr. Mandel was filmed outside the [[BMW Headquarters]] building in Munich.<ref name=25th />

''Suspiria'' is noteworthy for several stylistic flourishes that have become Argento trademarks, particularly the use of [[Set piece|set-piece]] structures that allow the camera to linger on pronounced visual elements.{{sfn|Bondanella|2009|p=323}} Cinematographer [[Luciano Tovoli]] was hired by Argento to shoot the film, based on color film tests he had completed, which Argento felt matched his vision, in part inspired by ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White]]'' (1937).<ref name=25th /> The film was shot using [[Anamorphic format|anamorphic lenses]]. The [[production design]] and [[cinematography]] emphasize vivid [[primary color]]s, particularly red, creating a deliberately unrealistic, nightmarish setting, emphasized by the use of [[imbibition]] [[Technicolor]] prints. Commenting on the film's lush colors, Argento said: <blockquote>We were trying to reproduce the colour of [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney]]'s ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White]]''; it has been said from the beginning that Technicolor lacked subdued shades, [and] was without nuances—like cut-out cartoons.{{sfn|McDonagh|2010|p=138}}</blockquote>

The imbibition process, used for ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' (1939) and ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' (1939), is much more vivid in its color rendition than emulsion-based release prints, therefore enhancing the nightmarish qualities of the film Argento intended to evoke.<ref name=25th /> It was one of the final feature films to be processed in Technicolor, using the last remaining machine in Rome.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianapublicmedia.org/arts/dario-argentos-suspiria-visual-aural-masterwork/ |title=Dario Argento's Suspiria: A Visual and Aural Masterwork | publisher = Indiana Public Media |date=2009-05-21 |access-date=2017-12-18|author=jrhodes}}</ref>

=== Post-production ===
==== Dubbing ====
Nearly all of the actors' dialogue was [[dubbing|dubbed in post-production]], a common practice in Italian filmmaking at the time.<ref name=25th /> However, the scene at the academy after the first murder, where the police are investigating, features the original dialogue recorded on set.

==== Musical score ====
{{Main|Suspiria (1977 soundtrack)}}
The Italian [[progressive rock]] band [[Goblin (band)|Goblin]] composed most of the film's [[Film score|score]] in collaboration with Argento himself.<ref name=25th /> Goblin had scored Argento's earlier film ''[[Deep Red]]'' as well as several films following ''Suspiria''. In the film's opening credits, they are referred to as "The Goblins".<ref name=25th /> Like [[Ennio Morricone]]'s compositions for [[Sergio Leone]], Goblin's score for ''Suspiria'' was created before the film was shot.<ref name="25th" /> It has been reused in multiple [[Hong Kong]] films, including [[Yuen Woo-ping]]'s [[Hong Kong martial arts film|martial arts film]] ''[[Dance of the Drunk Mantis]]'' (1979) and [[Tsui Hark]]'s horror-comedy ''[[We're Going to Eat You]]'' (1980).

The main title theme was named as one of the best songs released between 1977 and 1979 in the book ''[[The Pitchfork 500]]: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present'', compiled by music website [[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]].<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Goblin: "Suspiria" 1977 |encyclopedia=The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present |last=Dahlen |first=Chris |year=2008 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |editor-last=Plagenhoef |editor-first=Scott |editor-last2=Schreiber |editor-first2=Ryan |page=28 |isbn=9781416562023}}</ref> It has been sampled on the [[Raekwon]] and [[Ghostface Killah]] song "Legal Coke",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityartsmagazine.com/suspiria-rookie-s-guide-horror-classic/|work=CityArts Magazine|title='Suspiria': A Rookie's Guide to a Horror Classic|date=10 October 2014|author=Kay, Tony|access-date=20 December 2017}}</ref> from the R. A. G. U. [[mix tape]], by [[RJD2]] for the song "Weather People" by [[Cage (rapper)|Cage]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.1788/title.symphony-of-fear-hip-hops-best-horror-movie-theme-samples|work=Hip Hop DX|title=Symphony Of Fear: Hip Hop's Best Horror Movie Theme Samples|date=28 October 2011|access-date=20 December 2017}}</ref> and by [[Army of the Pharaohs]] in their song "Swords Drawn".

== Release ==
''Suspiria'' was released in Italy on 1 February 1977.<ref name=buchanan>{{cite web |archive-date=29 July 2012| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120729184804/https://allmovie.com/movie/suspiria-v48031/ |url= https://allmovie.com/movie/suspiria-v48031/ |website= [[AllMovie]] |title= Suspiria |access-date= 18 December 2017 |last= Buchanan |first=Jason}}</ref> [[20th Century Fox]] acquired the American distribution rights;<ref>{{cite magazine |date= 11 May 1977 |title= 20th Century-Fox acquired Dario Argento's " Suspiria " for U.S. release |url= https://varietyultimate.com/archive/issue/WV-05-11-1977-252 |location= varietyultimate.com |magazine= Variety |access-date= 2 September 2017}}</ref> due to its violent content, they were hesitant to release ''Suspiria'', but eventually premiered the film in July 1977 through a [[Shell corporation|shell company]], International Classics.<ref name=tcm>{{cite AV media|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|series=In the Know|title=Suspiria|last=Kalat |first=David}}</ref>{{sfn|McDonagh|2010|p=149}}<ref name="Siskel">{{cite news|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=8 August 1977|title=Fox covers its prints on its part in 'Suspiria'|via=Newspapers.com|author=Siskel, Gene|author-link=Gene Siskel|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23087795/chicago_tribune/}} {{open access}}</ref> The original American prints were cut by a total of eight minutes in order for the film to pass with an [[Motion Picture Association of America film rating system#R|R-rating]].<ref name=tcm /> Despite initial reservations, the film's American release was commercially successful, and proved to be Fox's seventh highest-grossing release of the year in theatrical rentals.{{sfn|Solomon|1989|p=233}} Of all of Argento's films, ''Suspiria'' was his highest–grossing in the United States.{{sfn|Allmer|Huxley|Brick|2012|p=15}}

=== Critical response ===
[[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote a mixed review, saying the film had "slender charms, though they will most assuredly be lost on viewers who are squeamish."<ref>{{cite news |last=Maslin |first= Janet |author-link= Janet Maslin |date= 13 August 1977 |title= 'Suspiria,' a Specialty Movie, Drips With Gore |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url= https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=990CEFDB1F3BE334BC4B52DFBE66838C669EDE |access-date=10 August 2012}}</ref> The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''{{'}}s [[Kevin Thomas (film critic)|Kevin Thomas]] wrote that the film was "consistently suspenseful and diverting" despite being "marred by stilted, poorly dubbed English dialogue".<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|author-link=Kevin Thomas (film critic)|author=Thomas, Kevin|date=26 August 1977|title='Suspiria': Highly Stylized Horror|page=23|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23087304/the_los_angeles_times/|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> John Stark of ''[[The San Francisco Examiner]]'' was critical, writing: "''Suspiria'' is mostly gore, with little plot or intrigue."<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The San Francisco Examiner]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23087400/the_san_francisco_examiner/|via=Newspapers.com|author=Stark, John|title=Ballet school ought to be disbarred|page=31}} {{open access}}</ref> [[Gene Siskel]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' expressed similar sentiments, criticizing Harper's role to being "reduced to cowering in corners" and "costumed to look much younger than her years"; while praising Argento's "visually stylish" direction, he felt that ''Suspiria'' was inferior to his directorial debut ''[[The Bird with the Crystal Plumage]]'' (1970) and "plays like a weak imitation of ''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]'' (1973)".<ref name="Siskel" />

Like Siskel, Bruce McCabe of ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' likened the film to ''The Exorcist'' and ''[[The Sentinel (1977 film)|The Sentinel]]'' (1977), ultimately deeming it "a fitful, uneven piece of work too often more uncontrolled than the hysteria it's trying to create."<ref>{{cite news|author=McCabe, Bruce|title='Suspiria' is fitful|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|page=29|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23087993/the_boston_globe/}} {{open access}}</ref> [[Dave Kehr]] of the ''[[Chicago Reader]]'' gave a favorable review, claiming that "Argento works so hard for his effects—throwing around shock cuts, colored lights and peculiar camera angles—that it would be impolite not to be a little frightened".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/suspiria/Film?oid=1151181 |title=Suspiria|last=Kehr |first=Dave |work=[[Chicago Reader|chicagoreader.com]] |date=26 October 1985|access-date=10 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017033801/http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/suspiria/Film?oid=1151181|archive-date=October 17, 2012}}</ref> Although [[J. Hoberman]] of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' gave a positive review as well, he called it "a movie that makes sense only to the eye".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/film/suspiria-shock-two-runs-in-two-weeks-6391867|title=Suspiria Shock: Two Runs in Two Weeks – Page 1 – New York – Village Voice|last=Hoberma|first=J.|date=1 September 2009|work=[[The Village Voice]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530072829/http://www.villagevoice.com/film/suspiria-shock-two-runs-in-two-weeks-6391867|archive-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> Bob Keaton of the ''[[Sun-Sentinel|Fort Lauderdale News]]'' praised the film's "well-crafted plot", likening elements of it to the works of [[Edgar Allan Poe]], adding: "For the seekers of superficially devilish thrills, ''Suspiria'' is just the thing."<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Sun-Sentinel|Fort Lauderdale News]]|author=Keaton, Bob|title=Mysterious 'Suspiria' a Horror Fan's Delight|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23087666/fort_lauderdale_news/|via=Newspapers.com|location=Fort Lauderdale, Florida|date=30 November 1977}} {{open access}}</ref> A review in the ''[[The Gazette (Colorado Springs)|Colorado Springs Gazette]]'' deemed it "a film to experience and for lovers of cinematic suspense{{nbsp}}... ''Suspiria'' may prove to be the most harrowing shocker ever filmed."<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Gazette (Colorado Springs)|Colorado Springs Gazette]]|location=Colorado Springs, Colorado|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23087524/colorado_springs_gazettetelegraph|via=Newspapers.com|page=29-D|title='Suspiria' horror sensation|date=27 August 1977}} {{open access}}</ref>

==== Retrospective assessment ====
In the years since its release, ''Suspiria'' has been cited by critics as a [[cult film]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Cinema Inferno: Celluloid Explosions from the Cultural Margins|year=2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|author1-last=Weiner|author1-first=Robert G.|author2-last=Brottman|author2-first=Mikita|author3-last=Cline|author3-first=John|isbn= 978-0-8108-7656-9|page=64}}</ref> In the book ''European Nightmares: Horror Cinema in Europe Since 1945'' (2012), the film is noted for being an "exemplar of [[Horror films of Europe|Eurohorror]]{{nbsp}}... it is excessive but here the excess seems to entail a more forceful retardation of a narrative drive, to the extent that the narrative periodically ceases to exist."{{sfn|Allmer|Huxley|Brick|2012|p=14}} ''Suspiria'' has been praised by film historians and critics for its emphasized employment of color and elaborate set-pieces; film scholar [[John Kenneth Muir]] notes that "each and every frame of ''Suspiria'' is composed with an artistic, remarkable attention to color."{{sfn|Muir|2007|p=511}}

''The Village Voice'' ranked ''Suspiria'' #100 on their list of the 100 greatest films made in the 20th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmsite.org/villvoice.html |title=100 Best Films of the 20th Century |work=Filmsite.org| publisher=[[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]| author=Dirks, Tim |access-date=17 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203165756/http://www.filmsite.org/villvoice.html|archive-date=3 December 2017}}</ref> Adam Smith of ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine awarded the film a perfect score of five out of five.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=132659 |title=Empire's Suspiria Movie Review |last=Smith |first=Adam |work=[[Empire (magazine)|empireonline.com]] |access-date=10 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723130821/https://empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=132659|archive-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> ''Empire'' magazine also ranked ''Suspiria'' #312 on their list of the 500 greatest films ever<ref>{{cite web |url=https://empireonline.com/500/35.asp |title=Empire's 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time |work=empireonline.com |access-date=10 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214043643/https://empireonline.com/500/35.asp|archive-date=December 14, 2013}}</ref> as well as number 45 on their list 'The 100 Best Films of World Cinema'.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 100 Best Films of World Cinema|url=https://empireonline.com/features/100-greatest-world-cinema-films/default.asp?film=45|work=[[Empire (magazine)|empireonline.com]]|access-date=5 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207150025/https://empireonline.com/features/100-greatest-world-cinema-films/default.asp?film=45|archive-date=February 7, 2012}}</ref> [[AllRovi|AllMovie]] called it "one of the most striking assaults on the senses ever to be committed to celluloid{{nbsp}}... this unrelenting tale of the supernatural was—and likely still is—the closest a filmmaker has come to capturing a nightmare on film."<ref name=buchanan /> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' ranked ''Suspiria'' #18 on their list of the 25 scariest films ever.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C272478_5%2C00.html |title=The 25 scariest movies of all time |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly|ew.com]] |date=23 July 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814093559/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,272478_5,00.html |archive-date=14 August 2011|url-status=dead }}</ref> A poll of critics of ''[[Total Film]]'' ranked it #3 on their list of the 50 greatest horror films ever.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.totalfilm.com/news/shock-horror-1 |title=Shock Horror!|last=Graham |first=Jamie |work=[[Total Film|totalfilm.com]] |date=October 10, 2005|access-date=10 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717075527/http://www.totalfilm.com/news/shock-horror-1|archive-date=July 17, 2011}}</ref> One of the film's sequences was ranked at #24 on [[Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo]]'s ''[[The 100 Scariest Movie Moments]]'' program.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bravotv.com/The_100_Scariest_Movie_Moments/index.shtml |title=The 100 Scariest Movie Moments: 100 Scariest Moments in Movie History – Official Bravo TV Site |work=[[Bravo (US TV channel)|bravotv.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030070540/http://www.bravotv.com/The_100_Scariest_Movie_Moments/index.shtml |archive-date=30 October 2007 |access-date=10 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[IGN]] ranked it #20 on their list of the 25 best horror films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ign.com/articles/2010/10/30/top-25-horror-movies-of-all-time?page=2|title=Top 25 Horror Films of All-Time|work=[[IGN]]|date=29 October 2010|access-date=30 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010173018/https://ign.com/articles/top-25-horror-movies-of-all-time?page=2|archive-date=10 October 2017}}</ref>

On the [[review aggregator]] [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds a 93% score based on 61 retrospectively collected reviews, with an average rating of 8.40/10. The website's critical consensus states: "The blood pours freely in Argento's classic ''Suspiria'', a [[giallo]] horror as grandiose and glossy as it is gory."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1020662_suspiria/ |title=Suspiria (1977) |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]] |access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref> Rotten Tomatoes also ranked it #61 on their list of the top 100 horror movies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Top 100 Horror Movies – Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/top_100_horror_movies/|access-date=2021-11-05|website=www.rottentomatoes.com}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 79 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/suspiria |title=Suspiria (1977) Reviews |work=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref>

===Home media===
''Suspiria'' was released on [[DVD]] by [[Anchor Bay Entertainment]] in a three-disc set<ref name=slant>{{cite web|work=[[Slant Magazine]]|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/review/suspiria|title=DVD Review: Suspiria|author=Gonzalez, Ed|date=8 January 2002|access-date=19 December 2017}}</ref> on 11 September 2001. This release, which was a limited edition run restricted to 60,000 units, features a [[THX]]-certified video master of the film, with a second disc consisting of a 52-minute documentary and other bonus material; the third disc is a [[compact disc|CD]] consisting of the original film score.<ref name=slant /> This release also includes a 28-page booklet and ten lobby card and poster reproductions.<ref name=igndvd>{{cite web|work=[[IGN]]|url=https://ign.com/articles/2001/10/04/suspiria-limted-edition|title=Suspiria Limited Edition|date=4 October 2001|author=Sanchez, Rick|access-date=18 December 2017}}</ref> Goblin frontman [[Claudio Simonetti]] later formed the [[Heavy metal music|heavy-metal]] band Daemonia; the DVD also contains a video of the band playing a reworking of the ''Suspiria'' theme. A standard single-disc edition was released by Anchor Bay the following month.<ref>{{cite web|work=Film Freak Central|date=19 January 2002|access-date=17 December 2017|url=http://www.filmfreakcentral.net/ffc/2012/10/suspiria-1977-dvd.html|title=Suspiria (1977) – DVD|author=Chaw, Walter}}</ref>

On 19 December 2017, the independent home media distributor [[Synapse Films]] released the film for the first time on [[Blu-ray]] in the United States in a limited [[optical disc packaging|steelbook]] package.<ref name=synapse1>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/home-video/3471329/synapses-suspiria-steelbook-gets-december-19th-release-date/|work=Bloody-Disgusting|date=23 November 2017|access-date=19 December 2017|title=Synapse's 'Suspiria' SteelBook Gets a December 19th Release Date|author=Coffel, Chris|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171220020256/http://bloody-disgusting.com/home-video/3471329/synapses-suspiria-steelbook-gets-december-19th-release-date/|archive-date=20 December 2017}}</ref> This release also consists of three discs which include a [[4K resolution|4K]] restoration of the feature film, bonus materials, and the original score on a compact disc.<ref name="synapse1" /> A wide-release version not containing the soundtrack CD was released on 13 March 2018.<ref name=synapse2>{{cite web|url=https://joblo.com/horror-movies/news/suspiria-4k-restoration-gets-wide-release-via-synapse-this-march-329|work=Joblo.com|date=25 January 2018|access-date=28 January 2018|title=Suspiria 4K gets wide release via Synapse this March|author=Sprague, Mike}}</ref> On 19 November 2019, Synapse released their restoration in 4K but without the soundtrack CD nor an accompanying Blu-ray disc.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

In Italy, the film received a 4K-remastered Blu-ray release via the Italian distributor Videa in February 2017. It did not use the same 4K restoration as the US Synapse release.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

== Related works ==
=== Subsequent films ===
''Suspiria'' is the first of a trilogy of films by Argento, referred to as ''[[The Three Mothers]]''.{{sfn|Cooper|2012|p=73}} The trilogy centers around three witches, or "Mothers of Sorrow" who unleash evil from three locations in the world.{{sfn|Cooper|2012|pages=87–92}} In ''Suspiria'', Helena Marcos is ''Mater Suspiriorum'' ({{literal translation}} Latin: "Mother of Sighs") in [[Freiburg]].{{sfn|Cooper|2012|pages=88–9}} Argento's 1980 film ''[[Inferno (1980 film)|Inferno]]'' focuses on ''Mater Tenebrarum'' ({{literal translation}} Latin: "Mother of Darkness"), in [[New York City]].{{Sfn|McDonagh|2010|p=138}} The final installment in the trilogy, ''[[The Mother of Tears]]'' (2007), focuses on ''Mater Lachrymarum'' ({{literal translation}} Latin: "Mother of Tears") in Rome.{{sfn|McDonagh|2010|p=138}}

Film scholar L. Andrew Cooper notes "Aesthetic experience is arguably the ultimate source of 'meaning' in all of Argento's films, but ''Suspiria'' and the other films of the Three Mothers trilogy...take their emphasis on aesthetics further by self-consciously connecting their irrational worlds to nineteenth-century romanticism and the aestheticism that grew out of it."{{sfn|Cooper|2012|p=88}}

=== Unfilmed remake ===
It was announced through [[MTV]] in 2008 that a remake of ''Suspiria'' was in production, to be directed by [[David Gordon Green]], who directed films such as ''[[Undertow (2004 film)|Undertow]]'' and ''[[Pineapple Express (film)|Pineapple Express]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/03/05/david-gordon-green-confirms-suspiria-remake/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309210837/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/03/05/david-gordon-green-confirms-suspiria-remake/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 March 2008 |title=David Gordon Green Confirms 'Suspiria' Remake |first=Shawn |last=Adler |date=5 March 2008 |website=MTV |access-date=10 September 2015}}</ref> The announcement was met with hostility by some,<ref name="lostinthemultiplex.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.lostinthemultiplex.com/newsreel/item/230-please-leave-suspiria-alone.html |title=Please Leave Suspiria Alone |last=Brigden |first=Charlie |work=lostinthemultiplex.com |access-date=5 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120181426/http://www.lostinthemultiplex.com/newsreel/item/230-please-leave-suspiria-alone.html |archive-date=20 November 2012}}</ref> including Argento himself.<ref name="riff.is/tv">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/qH9Zd3kMK7g Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180918235335/https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qH9Zd3kMK7g Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH9Zd3kMK7g |title=Interview with Dario Argento after his masterclass |last=Þorvalds|first=Esther|work=riff.is/tv |access-date=9 October 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The film was to be produced by Italian production company First Sun.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/17315/ |title='Suspiria' Remake to Shoot in 2010 | publisher =Bloody Disgusting |date=8 September 2009 |work=[[Bloody Disgusting]] |access-date=5 August 2012}}</ref> In August 2008, it was reported that [[Natalie Portman]] and Annette Savitch's Handsome Charlie Films were set to produce the remake, and that Portman would play the lead role.<ref name="BDNews">{{cite web |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/13203/ |title=Update #2: Natalie Portman to Topline 'Suspiria' Remake! |date=6 August 2008 |work=Bloody Disgusting |access-date=5 August 2012}}</ref> The project was also announced to be produced by Marco Morabito and [[Luca Guadagnino]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.badtaste.it/articoli/suspiria-2010-producer-yes-shooting-starting-and-no-there-wont-be-marilyn-manson |title=Suspiria 2010, the producer: "Yes the shooting is starting and no, there won't be Marilyn Manson" |publisher = BadTaste.it – Il nuovo gusto del cinema! |last=Berni |first=Andrea Francesco |date=10 July 2010 |access-date=5 August 2012}}</ref> After a period of no news in which it was thought that the remake attempt had failed, Green said in August 2011 that he was still trying to remake the film.<ref name="lostinthemultiplex.com" /> It was announced on 15 May 2012 that actress [[Isabelle Fuhrman]] would be cast as the lead.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dreadcentral.com/news/55628/hunger-games-and-orphan-star-isabelle-fuhrman-set-suspiria |title=The Hunger Games and Orphan Star Isabelle Fuhrman Set for Suspiria |date=15 May 2012 |work=Dread Central |access-date=5 August 2012}}</ref> Later that year, however, the planned remake was put on hold. In January 2013, Green revealed that it might never happen due to legal issues.<ref>{{cite web  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310050029/http://www.fearnet.com/news/news-article/looks-suspiria-remake-slashed |url=http://www.fearnet.com/news/news-article/looks-suspiria-remake-slashed |first=Sara |last=Castillo |title=Looks Like 'Suspiria' Remake Slashed |website=Fearnet|date=28 January 2013 |archive-date=10 March 2013 |access-date=19 December 2017}}</ref> In April 2014, Green admitted the remake was too expensive to make during the "[[Found footage (film technique)|found-footage]] boom", and thus the film was ultimately not made.<ref>{{cite web|author=Fred Topel |url=http://www.craveonline.com/film/interviews/673569-joe-david-gordon-green-on-nicolas-cage-suspiria-and-little-house-on-the-prairie |title=Joe: David Gordon Green on Nicolas Cage, Suspiria and Little House |work=[[CraveOnline]] |date=10 April 2014|access-date=10 April 2015}}</ref>

In April 2015, an English-language television series based on the film—along with a series based on [[Sergio Corbucci]]'s ''[[Django (1966 film)|Django]]'' (1966)—was announced as being developed by Atlantique Productions and [[Cattleya (production company)|Cattleya]]. Both series were set to consist of a dozen 50-minute-long episodes, with the possibility of multiple seasons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/django-and-suspiria-tv-shows-in-development-20150408|title='Django' And 'Suspiria' TV Shows In Development|publisher=The Playlist|author=Kevin Jagernauth|date=8 April 2015|access-date=18 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/django-and-suspiria-set-to-be-adapted-into-high-end-international-tv-series-1201468262/|title='Django' And Dario Argento's 'Suspiria' To Be Adapted Into International TV Series|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|author=Nick Vivarelli|date=8 April 2015|access-date=18 December 2017}}</ref>

=== 2018 film ===
{{Main|Suspiria (2018 film)}}
In September 2015, Italian director Luca Guadagnino announced at the [[72nd Venice Film Festival]] that he would direct a new version of ''Suspiria'', with the intention of using the cast of his film ''[[A Bigger Splash (2015 film)|A Bigger Splash]]'' ([[Tilda Swinton]], [[Matthias Schoenaerts]], [[Ralph Fiennes]], and [[Dakota Johnson]]).<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/luca-guadagnino-talks-making-a-bigger-splash-next-up-is-redo-of-dario-argentos-suspiria-1201587085/|title=Luca Guadagnino Talks Making 'Splash,' Next Is 'Suspiria' Redo|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=6 September 2015|access-date=18 December 2017}}</ref> In the lead-up to filming, Johnson stated that she was undertaking ballet training to prepare.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/7764/the-full-story-dakota-johnson-for-another-magazine-a-w15|title=The Full Story: Dakota Johnson for AnOther Magazine A/W15|publisher=[[AnOther Magazine]]|date=10 September 2015|access-date=18 December 2017}}</ref> On 23 November 2015, Guadagnino revealed shooting would begin in August 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://darumaview.it/2015/11/a-bigger-splash-abbiamo-incontrato-il-regista-luca-guadagnino-0110490.php|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085244/http://darumaview.it/2015/11/a-bigger-splash-abbiamo-incontrato-il-regista-luca-guadagnino-0110490.php|title=A Bigger Splash – Abbiamo incontrato il regista Luca Guadagnino|publisher=darumaview.it|language=it|date=23 November 2015|access-date=5 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://velvetcinema.it/2015/11/23/suspiria-luca-guadagnino-dakota-johnson-e-tilda-swinton-sono-nel-cast/|title=Suspiria, Luca Guadagnino: "Dakota Johnson e Tilda Swinton sono nel cast"|publisher=velvetcinema.it|language=it|date=23 November 2015|access-date=5 December 2015}}</ref> In October 2016, it was announced that [[Chloë Grace Moretz]] would co-star, alongside Johnson and Swinton.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/chloe-moretz-dakota-johnson-and-tilda-swinton-in-suspiria-remake-exclusive-1201876325/|title=Chloe Moretz Joins Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton in Luca Guadagnino's 'Suspiria' Remake (EXCLUSIVE)|last=Kroll|first=Justin|website=Variety|date=3 October 2016|access-date=18 December 2017}}</ref> The film finished shooting on 10 March 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/foundasonfilm/status/840301689706029057|title=It's officially a wrap for Luca Guadagnino's SUSPIRIA! |work=Twitter|author=Scott Foundas|date=10 March 2017|access-date=18 December 2017}}</ref> in Berlin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indiewire.com/2017/03/luca-guadagnino-done-filming-suspiria-remake-post-production-release-call-me-by-your-name-1201794053/|title=Luca Guadagnino is Done Filming 'Suspiria' Remake, Working on Post-Production For Possible 2017 Release|work=IndieWire|author=Zack Sharf|date=16 March 2017|access-date=18 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=325542|title=Luca Guadagnino sets to work on Suspiria, an Amazon co-production|work=Cineuropa|date=15 March 2017|access-date=18 December 2017}}</ref> The film was described by Guadagnino as an "homage" to the 1977 film rather than a direct [[remake]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/dec/22/luca-guadagnino-call-me-by-your-name-step-inside-teenage-dreams|title=Luca Guadagnino on Call Me By Your Name: 'It's a step inside my teenage dreams'|last=Mumford|first=Gwilym|date=22 December 2017|website=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=[[Guardian News and Media]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222085726/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/dec/22/luca-guadagnino-call-me-by-your-name-step-inside-teenage-dreams|archive-date=22 December 2017|url-status=live|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref> Guadagnino's version is set in Berlin circa 1977 (the year in which Argento's film was released), with a thematic focus on "the uncompromising force of motherhood".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thefilmstage.com/news/luca-guadagnino-to-reunite-a-bigger-splash-cast-in-suspiria-remake-jamie-foxx-joins-edgar-wrights-baby-driver/|title=Luca Guadagnino to Reunite 'A Bigger Splash' Cast In 'Suspiria' Remake|publisher=thefilmstage.com|date=9 September 2015|access-date=18 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=43934|title=Empire – Luca Guadagnino Discusses Suspiria Remake|publisher=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|date=8 September 2015|access-date=14 September 2015}}</ref>

== Awards ==
* 1978 Nominated [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress]] – Joan Bennett
* 2002 Nominated [[Saturn Award]] for Best DVD Classic Film Release
* 2018 Won [[Rondo Hatton]] Classic Horror Award in the following categories (Synapse):<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/|title=The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards – Honoring the best in classic horror research, creativity and film preservation}}</ref>
** Best DVD/Blu-ray
** Best Restoration
** Best [[DVD commentaries|DVD Commentary]] – David Del Valle and Derek  Botelho
** Best [[Special features|DVD extra]] – ''A Sigh from the Depths: 40 Years of Suspiri'', directed by Daniel Griffith

== See also ==
* {{section link|Gothic film|Notable films}}
* [[List of cult films]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

=== Bibliography ===
* {{cite book|last1=Allmer|first1=Patricia|last2=Huxley|first2=David|last3=Brick|first3=Emily|title=European Nightmares: Horror Cinema in Europe Since the 1945|year=2012|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-85008-7}}
* {{cite book|last=Bondanella|first=Peter|year=2009|title=A History of Italian Cinema|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-1-4411-6069-0}}
* {{cite book|last=Cooper|first=L. Andrew|year=2012|title=Dario Argento|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-09438-5}}
* {{cite book|last=Curti|first=Roberto|title=Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970–1979|publisher=McFarland|chapter=1977: Suspiria|year=2017|isbn=978-1-4766-6469-9}}
* {{cite book|last=McDonagh|first=Maitland|title=Broken Mirrors, Broken Minds: The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento|year=2010|publisher=University of Minnesota Press|isbn=978-1-4529-1537-1}}
* {{cite book|last=Muir|first=John Kenneth|author-link=John Kenneth Muir|title=Horror Films of the 1970s|volume=II|publisher=McFarland|year=2007|isbn=978-0-7864-3104-5}}
* {{cite book|last=Solomon|first=Aubrey|title=Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History|series=The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series|location=Lanham, Maryland|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=1989|isbn=978-0-8108-4244-1}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|Suspiria}}
* {{IMDb title|0076786|Suspiria}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|1020662-suspiria}}

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