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How An Italian Prog-Rock Band Laid The Integral Eeriness Of Horror Film 'Suspiria'

By: Jim Sullivan

Let’s go back in time for a moment, rewinding to what many would argue were the glory days of horror films — the 1970s. That decade gave us “The Exorcist,” “Halloween,” “Last House on the Left,” “Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” “Dawn of the Dead,” “Eraserhead” and “Carrie,” to name just a handful.

And then there was this little low-budget Italian film, “Suspiria,” made in 1977 by Dario Argento and soundtracked by Claudio Simonetti’s prog-rock band Goblin. The supernatural movie has been an object of cult fascination for decades. (It was recently remade, in manner of speaking, by Luca Guadagnino, with the soundtrack by Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and stars Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton.)

Source: http://www.wbur.org

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