
Suspiria(1977)
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.


“Darkness has found a new bride. Heaven help us.”
A spree of grisly murders is perpetrated in Frankfurt by a group of Satan worshippers. A lonely schoolteacher almost runs over an elderly man and takes him in, unbeknown to her the man has plans for her – plans that involve a permanent future with the Satanic cult.

Kelly Curtis
Miriam Kreisl

Herbert Lom
Moebius Kelly

Mariangela Giordano
Kathryn
Michel Adatte
Frank

Carla Cassola
Dr. Pernath

Angelika Maria Boeck
Claire Henri

Giovanni Lombardo Radice
Martin Romero
Niels Gullov
Mr. Henri

Tomas Arana
Damon

Donald O'Brien
Justice Jonathan Ford
The Sect is a horror film released in 1991 exploring themes of germany, bug, rabbit, satanic ritual, satanic cult, schoolteacher. Directed by Michele Soavi, it stars Kelly Curtis, Herbert Lom, Mariangela Giordano. A spree of grisly murders is perpetrated in Frankfurt by a group of Satan worshippers. A lonely schoolteacher almost runs over an elderly man and takes him in, unbeknown to her the man has plans for her – plans that involve a permanent future with the Satanic cult.
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