"Suspiria" provides big slice of scary film fun

"Look out for that razor wire!"
I didn't exactly say it, but I certainly thought that directive last night, as I introduced the girls to the DARIO ARGENTO horror classic, "SUSPIRIA," during a "movie night" of a couple of scary films.
I don't want to ruin the surprise for future viewers, but one of the film's most memorable scenes involves a room full of hoops of razor-sharp wire. Something you just wouldn't want to fall into.
"Suspiria" is about a newly arrived American girl at a German dance academy/boarding school who begins to suspect the institution is controled by a coven of witches.
I have long admired "Suspiria" for Argento's dreamlike use of color and music -- rooms bathed in red and a weird musical score that seems to use the whispered word "witches" as an additional instrument in the orchestra.
I'm a fan of ALIDA VALLI, too. The late Italian actress plays a demanding dance instructor in the film, continuing a series of villainous roles that included the doctor's assistant in Georges Franju's masterpiece "Les Yeux Sans Visage (Eyes Without a Face)."
"Suspiria" is not for the squeamish, and our youngest daughter ANNIKA wisely went to bed before Argento had ratcheted up his nightmarish horror too far.
KERSTIN rightly criticsized some of the wooden acting, but made sure I locked the front door at the film's conclusion.
That alone proves Argento made his mark with her.
Oh yeah, and make sure you avoid that razor wire, eh?