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Post by GRWelsh on Jul 18, 2013 8:14:53 GMT -5
I watched this old horror movie last night. The best thing about it was the soundtrack, by an italian band named Goblin. The movie was about an American girl who goes to study at a ballet academy at Freiburg in the Black Forest, where creepy stuff starts to happen and the place turns to out to not be what it seems. The soundtrack's main theme has a chime like melody that reminds me of a children's nursery, and at other parts it has all of these weird sounds including an occasional deep gutteral voice that sounds like a goblin or troll saying "witch!" The lighting for the movie was also well done. I appreciated the movie taking its time building up suspense -- does anyone even do that anymore? The special effects weren't very good -- like the fake 'too red' blood that looks like paint. The resolution was a bit too easy and silly. But I give those things a pass for being made in the 1970's. Overall I found it to be worth watching.
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Post by geneweigel on Jul 18, 2013 9:15:06 GMT -5
Thats one of those movies that I watched once and got horribly interrupted by guests in 1983 or so. I never got around to watching it again. I recall several girls in nightgowns and creepy stuff.
I just looked it up and I was convinced all these years that Argento (the director SUSPIRIA) was the music composer of DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978) but he was just a producer with the band GOBLIN who was responsible.
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Post by Scott on Jul 18, 2013 17:19:59 GMT -5
I used to have the soundtrack for Suspiria. It and Zombi came as a double disc. I haven't seen it in years though.
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Post by amalric on Jul 19, 2013 14:28:58 GMT -5
I went to Freiburg once, though not to ballet school. Nice town.
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Post by geneweigel on Feb 1, 2014 9:15:28 GMT -5
I watched ARGENTO'S DRACULA (2012) last night, it wasn't bad. It was like a 1970's horror with some CGI and an HD look. And Rutger Hauer as Van Helsing as a bonus. There is one overly gratuitous sex scene so be warned not to watch this with the sensitive.
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