Ep. 37: SUSPIRIA (1977) - A Fantastical Fairy Tale

Happy Halloween! This week your favorite ghouls discuss Dario Argento's giallo masterpiece, Suspiria! Topics of discussion: Satanism and witchcraft, primary colors, fairy tales, Disney, and the perfect final girl. Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme music: www.lilythecomposer.com Check out our sponsors at Recess Coffee: www.recesscoffee.com Resources: Links & Online Articles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspiria https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-531845719/devil-s-advocates http://www.kinoeye.org/02/11/schultesasse11.php http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/92027/Suspiria/articles.html http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue05/infocus/suspiria.htm http://roar.uel.ac.uk/5029/1/L.%20Hallam_Why%20Are%20There%20Always%20Three.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspiria_de_Profundis https://www.rogerebert.com/balder-and-dash/do-you-know-anything-about-witches-suspiria-at-40 https://www.bartleby.com/27/22.html https://www.npr.org/2015/10/28/450657717/why-are-old-women-often-the-face-of-evil-in-fairy-tales-and-folklore Books: Dixon, Wheeler W. A History of Horror. Rutgers University Press, 2010. Fry, Carrol L. Cinema of the Occult: New Age, Satanism, Wicca, and Spiritualism in Film. Lehigh University Press, 2008. McDonagh, Maitland. Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds: The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento. University of Minnesota Press, 2010. Morgan, Jack. The Biology of Horror: Gothic Literature and Film. Southern Illinois University Press, 2006. Olney, Ian. Euro Horror: Classic European Horror Cinema in Contemporary American Culture. Indiana University Press, 2013.