Funny. Not the movie itself, but I almost DMR’d this a long time ago. Even still have the notes for it, and the parody poster. But then dark times kinda befell DMR-land. Fortunately that’s a happier ending than this here movie. Of all the Italian horror from the giallo guys, there’s a reason this one stands out more from the rest. Some fantastic shots and composition, and one of the most foreboding and memorable scores by Goblin. This shit is like peanut butter jelly time, What a match!
Young Suzy from New York, gets a chance to enter the Ballet Academy in the Germany, a prestigiously known school of dance. But her arrival in the country leaves her a bit off-balance, and the new environment is additionally off-kilterly. Plus the chick she saw during that storm has been viciously killed? Yeah, that kind of word gets out.
There’s some above-average death scenes under saturated lighting here. Hard to not compare it to Rosemary’s Baby on a few different levels but it’s definitely its own thing. I’m not a big fan of chick movies, but this, despite starring almost all chicks, is definitely NOT a chick movie. Yeah, the ballet thing is a bit lame but damn. This one is pretty fuckin tight with the steady intensity of what’s maybe going on while delivering some genuinely unsettling shit. And, a very young Udo Kier! Well played, sir.
