Suzy Banyon (Jessica Harper) decided to perfect her ballet studies in the most famous school of dance in Europe. She chose the celebrated Academy of Freiburg. One day, at nine in the morning, she left Kennedy Airport New York and arrived in Germany at 10:40 pm local time. So begins Suspiria. Harper takes a taxi to the academy during a thunderstorm. She arrives just as a student is leaving in terror. She barely hears her talking to someone at the door. The person at the door will not let Harper in, so she must find a room. The woman who left the academy goes to a friend's apartment for the night. The two of them are brutally murdered soon after. Harper arrives at the school the next day in the middle of the police investigation of the two murders. She and a new friend (Stefania Casini) hear footsteps that just disappear in the hallway. Both of them decide to find out where the footsteps go, leading Harper to meet up with the Mother of Sighs. The music for this film was done by Goblin, and is fantastic. The music is so loud and the colors so vibrant during some intense scenes, that it is an experience just to watch it, almost like being in a dream. Suspiria is the first of the "Three Mothers" trilogy.

Director: Dario Argento. Executive Producer: Salvatore Argento. Producer: Claudio Argento. Screenplay: Dario Argento and Daria Nicolodi. Cinematographer: Luciano Tovoli. Music: The Goblins, with the collaboration of Dario Argento. Art Directo: Guiseppe Bassan. Editor: Franco Fraticelli. Special Effects: Germano Natali.

Cast: Jessica Harper (Suzy Banyon), Stefania Casini (Sara), Joan Bennett (Madame Blane), Alida Valli (Miss Tanner), Flavio Bucci (Daniel), Udo Kier (Franco), Miguel Bose (Mark), Eva Axen (Sonia), Rudolph Schundler (Professor Milius), Renato Scarpa (Professor Verdegast), Barbara Magnolfi (Olga), Susan/Susanna Javicoloi (Pat), Allessandra Capozzi, Salvatore Capozzi, Diana Ferrara, Christina Latini, Alfredo Raino, Claudia Zaccari (Dancers).