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Suspiria (1977)
A masterpiece form the king of macabre
There are few directors which enjoy such support as the king of the macabre - Dario Argento. Although the plots in his movies aren't on the highest level, the characters are not convincing enough and all-in-all, the actors are not the best available, his works are very high-esteemed among horror fans. He may be lousy script-writer, but he is one hell of a director. He scares you a lot when you least expect it, and that is what horrors suppose to do (don't they?). Surprising moments are not his only weapon. There are also colors which he uses in most scary scenes. And while most horror movies are dark, Argento's works scream with yellow, blue, green and - especially - red color. The atmosphere in this "giallo" masterpiece is also built with a horrific soundtrack written (and performed) by Goblin. To summarize, the director of "Suspiria" and "Phenomena" maybe don't deserve an Oscar, but he surely deserves glorification.
Leptirica (1973)
Truelly scary movie
I couldn't agree more. It is one of the horror that scared me the most when I was a child. Spooky vampire story from the Balkans - a short description of the movie. B&W technique makes it even more scary. "Leptirica" is based upon a short story an I've read it - "Posle devedeset godina" (Milovan Glisic the author). I can only say it is almost as scary as the movie. Recently I had three opportunity to see "Leptirica" again. And it is still scary (and I'm not seven years old any more). There are only three chiller scenes, but even those three are too much. The atmosphere itself is scary enough. I give it 10 because it's the only horror that scared me twice.