Suspiria is the story of American student Suzy Bannion, a young woman who recently arrived in Germany to study ballet at a private academy. During the rainstorm that greets her arrival at the Tanz Akademie, Suzy sees a woman running away from the property screaming. When Suzy rings to be let in through the intercom, she is told she cannot check into her room that night and returns to the town for lodging.
Suspiria sees the girl who fled the academy, Pat, at a friend’s apartment as the streaming rain continues throughout the night. After revealing to her friend that something is wrong with the school, Pat is stabbed repeatedly by an unknown assailant. A noose is placed around her neck, and she is thrown through the building’s skylight, the shards of glass falling and killing her friend.
