#suspira

Sometimes horror cries in color rather than always being shrouded in darkness. Every scene of Dario Argento's 1977 film Suspiria is flooded with red and blue gels, producing a bizarre nightmare that is as horrifying to look at as it is to feel. Fear flourishes even in the presence of sunlight, as demonstrated by Midsommar, which astounded audiences with its pastel-hued daylight terror decades later. In horror, color is psychological as well as aesthetic. We feel uneasy when we see sickly greens, blue when we see cold, and red when we see danger. Horror movies strategically employ color to create a sense of dread, control mood, and ingrain unsettling images in our minds. Color, whether saturated or desaturated, becomes an actor in the narrative that infiltrates the narrative.

Suspira #1 (April 1997) by Chaos! Comics

Goblin - Suspiria "Main Theme" (Original Score) Dario Argento Classics