My favorite guilty pleasure movie subgenre is "demonic coven at girl's school" - which is why I wanted to like Suspiria. Sadly, however, I did not.

Well, I expect Baxter and Davis cancelled one another out. Baxter had already won a best supporting Oscar if I am not mistaken and was likely not after another suporting nod. She had won for the always reliable former good girl who goes bad and ends up not only a drunk but a prostitute after family tragedy in The Razor's Edge. You know, the sentimental actress choice, she's so out of character as a drunk, much like Claire Trevor's win in Key Largo.

Holiday was such a breath of freshness, and it was a damned good part. She'd won a richly deserved Tony for the role on Broadway. Yeah, she died young. But, I really think it shoulda been Swanson's year, it was her last great film role and I guess it cut just a little too close to home for some Academy members.

Pretty silly, I'm still arguing with myself over this and I was not even there when this happened!

Hah! Agreed on both counts.

I am a fan of Suspiria, sorry you didn't like it. How about the TV-Movie classic Satan's School For Girls?

I also like Susprira. The scene where the blind man attacked is really one of the most deliciously suspense driven horror scenes I've watched.

LOVE IT!!!!!!

Suspiria - Jessica Harper - <Homer Simpson "gargle of longing">

Apart from that and Satan's School For Girls, what other films are to be found in this sub-genre? I really must know.

I've got The Big Bird Cage, that's one of my favorite "women in prison" movies.

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Diana Rigg? I may have to look into that one