Inspired by Thomas de Quincey's Suspiria de Profundis..
It is based on 3 witches who rule the world with terror and evil..
1.the oldest is Mater Suspiriorum (The Mother of Sighs)..She appears in the 1st movie Suspiria...
2.The Youngest is Mater Tenebrarum (Mother of Darkness/Shadows)..She appears in the 2nd movie Inferno...
3.The most beautiful and powerful is Mater Lachrimarum (The Mother of Tears)..She appears in the final movie The mother of Tears (La Terza madre)
The First : Suspiria (1977)
the film is set in germany, and it stars Jessica Harper and is the first film in a the trilogy refered to as the 3 Mothers..
Suspiria is often considered Argento's finest film and a classic of the horror genre. Entertainment Weekly rated it #18 in its top 25 scariest movies of all time, saying it had "the most vicious murder scene ever filmed", a poll among critics at Total Film also named it as the 3rd greatest horror film of all-time, and it was rated #24 on the cable channel Bravo's list of the "100 Scariest Movie Moments".
the most intruging thing bout the movie that made me fall in love with it was the music in the movie..it was composed by a italian band called Goblin and it was really creepy and scary..it really brought out the horror and supernatural story of the movie to life..
My Rating : 9.5/10
P.S : its best watched at nite after 12..hehehe
P.S : its best watched at nite after 12..hehehe
The 2nd : INFERNO (1980)
This film was set in New york and a sequal to suspiria, but bears very little connection to it..but it is instrumental in the overall story which would later be concluded in final movie in the trilogy...it was not bad, but i just felt it did not have the impact that suspiria had..and the creepy music was minimal and may be due to the fact goblin were not involved in doing the music score for this movie..
My Rating : 7.5/10
The 3rd : The Mother of Tears (2007)
The final movie in Argento's trilogy..dunno why it took him so long to make this film..considering that inferno was in 1980..thats like 27 years to do 1 movie..hahaha..
well the wait was well worth it..1st of being set in 2007 i expected the movie to be very modern n just lack what i loved in suspiria..well well was i was wrong..this movie is BRUTAL..it has the most violent killing scenes in comparison with the other 2 movies..
the music was not as creepy as suspiria, but its was intense in its scenes and the movie was very good in connecting the story of the 3 mothers..
it however has been criticised as as cheesy and in the vein of saw n hostel..
this however is to be expected, after all the movie is 27years in waiting..times have changed..and horror movies in particular have evolved...
My Rating 8/10
if u love Horror movies and supernatural horror then this is a great trilogy to watch...
atleast watch suspiria, coz in my opinion it is a classic and a must watch for a true horror movie fan..
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