Suzy (Jessica Harper) travels to Germany to attend ballet school. When she arrives late on a stormy night, no one lets her in, and she sees another student fleeing the school grounds. Once the student reaches her apartment, she is murdered. The next day, Suzy is admitted to her new school, but has a difficult time settling in: she hears noises, and often feels ill. As more people die, Suzy uncovers the terrifying secret history of the institution.

One of the most famous films out of the Italian horror movement known as giallo, Dario Argento’s Suspiria relishes in many of the features that made the subgenre famous the world over: lurid colors, scandalous murders, and supernatural powers that can’t easily be explained. With a haunting score by the band Goblin and Argento’s colorful vision of a coven-run dance school, Suspiria continues to win over converts new to the giallo genre.