There is a brand-new remake just leaving theaters by the same guy who directed Call Me By Your Name but I wanted to see the old one first just to make sure I wasn't going to miss anything.Susie (Jessica Harper) has been admitted to a very prestigious ballet school in Germany but upon arrival finds it in the middle of a great deal of intrigue. An expelled student, Pat (Eva Axen), was murdered just after a tumultuous exit and the school's blind piano player (Flavio Bucci) soon follows suit. Susie, a fish out of water in many respects, must navigate the increasingly labyrinthine hallways to determine what real dangers lurk around the corners of her new school.
It's considered a classic of the giallo style of horror but I was honestly not impressed. The plot is nonsensical, the score (by prog rock The Goblins) is grating, and the set decoration will make your eyeballs bleed. There are moments of beauty but for the most part it is not worth the slog. Perversely, I think all that makes it perfect for a remake.
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