Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- Italian
- Country
- Italy
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
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.
- witch
- dancing
- dance
- boarding school
- germany
- ballet
- whodunit
- young woman
- gothic
- evil
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Barbara Magnolfi — Olga
- Susanna Javicoli — Sonia
- Eva Axén — Pat Hingle
- Rudolf Schündler — Prof. Milius
- Udo Kier — Dr. Frank Mandel
- Alida Valli — Miss Tanner
- Joan Bennett — Madame Blanc
- Margherita Horowitz — Teacher
- Jacopo Mariani — Albert
- Fulvio Mingozzi — Taxi Driver
- Franca Scagnetti — Cook
- Directed
- Dario Argento
- Written
- Dario Argento, Daria Nicolodi
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 3,232 ratings
- Studio
- Seda Spettacoli
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
