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Haus Zum Walfisch, Freiburg. As seen in “Suspiria”. March 2013.

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As in Inferno, destruction of the witch and the house are nearly simultaneous. Also as in Inferno, simply escaping seems to be the final challenge for the protagonists. This time she gets out with a friend (sort of).

The Mother of Tears (Italian title: La Terza Madre, The Third Mother) (2007) Written and directed by Dario Argento and starring Asia Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Moran Atias, Udo Kier, and Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni.

The Mother of Tears is the third and final of the trilogy Argento refers to as “The Three Mothers”, preceded by Suspiria (1977) and Inferno (1980). Mother of Tears features the third “mother,” Mater Lachrymarum, Mother of Tears.

Top: We get our first real glimpse of the Third Mother’s house.

Middle: In the catacombs underneath, our heroine discovers the witches in dark debauchery.

They remind me a lot of Agony and Ecstasy, the twin demons bound together by barbed wire. They act as Hell’s Inquisitor in Vertigo comics.

Bottom: Who wants to eat the girl?

A rather more literal intent than when a similar question was asked in John Waters’s A Dirty Shame.

The Mother of Tears (Italian title: La Terza Madre, The Third Mother) (2007) Written and directed by Dario Argento and starring Asia Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Moran Atias, Udo Kier, and Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni.

The Mother of Tears is the third and final of the trilogy Argento refers to as “The Three Mothers”, preceded by Suspiria (1977) and Inferno (1980). Mother of Tears features the third “mother,” Mater Lachrymarum, Mother of Tears.

If you find yourself in a Dario Argento film, you probably shouldn’t trust the old dude in the wheelchair.

The Mother of Tears (Italian title: La Terza Madre, The Third Mother) (2007) Written and directed by Dario Argento and starring Asia Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Moran Atias, Udo Kier, and Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni.

The Mother of Tears is the third and final of the trilogy Argento refers to as “The Three Mothers”, preceded by Suspiria (1977) and Inferno (1980). Mother of Tears features the third “mother,” Mater Lachrymarum, Mother of Tears.

-I need to see Guglielmo De Witt.
-And you are?

The Mother of Tears (Italian title: La Terza Madre, The Third Mother) (2007) Written and directed by Dario Argento and starring Asia Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Moran Atias, Udo Kier, and Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni.

The Mother of Tears is the third and final of the trilogy Argento refers to as “The Three Mothers”, preceded by Suspiria (1977) and Inferno (1980). Mother of Tears features the third “mother,” Mater Lachrymarum, Mother of Tears.

Big Mouth demonstrates obeisance, Mater Lachrymarum and henchgirl demonstrate breasts, and Mater demonstrates a rather literal interpretation of her title.

The Mother of Tears (Italian title: La Terza Madre, The Third Mother) (2007) Written and directed by Dario Argento and starring Asia Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Moran Atias, Udo Kier, and Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni.

The Mother of Tears is the third and final of the trilogy Argento refers to as “The Three Mothers”, preceded by Suspiria (1977) and Inferno (1980). Mother of Tears features the third “mother,” Mater Lachrymarum, Mother of Tears.

Big Mouth.

I think I dated him once in high school.

The Mother of Tears (Italian title: La Terza Madre, The Third Mother) (2007) Written and directed by Dario Argento and starring Asia Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Moran Atias, Udo Kier, and Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni.

The Mother of Tears is the third and final of the trilogy Argento refers to as “The Three Mothers”, preceded by Suspiria (1977) and Inferno (1980). Mother of Tears features the third “mother,” Mater Lachrymarum, Mother of Tears.

Aaaaaaagh!

The Mother of Tears (Italian title: La Terza Madre, The Third Mother) (2007) Written and directed by Dario Argento and starring Asia Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Moran Atias, Udo Kier, and Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni.

The Mother of Tears is the third and final of the trilogy Argento refers to as “The Three Mothers”, preceded by Suspiria (1977) and Inferno (1980). Mother of Tears features the third “mother,” Mater Lachrymarum, Mother of Tears.

Misty, golden ghosties.

The Mother of Tears (Italian title: La Terza Madre, The Third Mother) (2007) Written and directed by Dario Argento and starring Asia Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Moran Atias, Udo Kier, and Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni.

The Mother of Tears is the third and final of the trilogy Argento refers to as “The Three Mothers”, preceded by Suspiria (1977) and Inferno (1980). Mother of Tears features the third “mother,” Mater Lachrymarum, Mother of Tears.

I know this type of effect is pretty old news, but I always like it.

The Mother of Tears (Italian title: La Terza Madre, The Third Mother) (2007) Written and directed by Dario Argento and starring Asia Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Moran Atias, Udo Kier, and Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni.

The Mother of Tears is the third and final of the trilogy Argento refers to as “The Three Mothers”, preceded by Suspiria (1977) and Inferno (1980). Mother of Tears features the third “mother,” Mater Lachrymarum, Mother of Tears.

Promise me you won’t trust anyone.

Usually when someone says that in a movie, they wind up betraying you later. Argento, however, almost always winds up killing off anyone he sets up as looking like the baddy.

The Mother of Tears (Italian title: La Terza Madre, The Third Mother) (2007) Written and directed by Dario Argento and starring Asia Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Moran Atias, Udo Kier, and Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni.

The Mother of Tears is the third and final of the trilogy Argento refers to as “The Three Mothers”, preceded by Suspiria (1977) and Inferno (1980). Mother of Tears features the third “mother,” Mater Lachrymarum, Mother of Tears.

It’s the world that’s going crazy.

The Mother of Tears (Italian title: La Terza Madre, The Third Mother) (2007) Written and directed by Dario Argento and starring Asia Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Moran Atias, Udo Kier, and Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni.

The Mother of Tears is the third and final of the trilogy Argento refers to as “The Three Mothers”, preceded by Suspiria (1977) and Inferno (1980). Mother of Tears features the third “mother,” Mater Lachrymarum, Mother of Tears.

Asian witch on the train. (animated gif)

The Mother of Tears (Italian title: La Terza Madre, The Third Mother) (2007) Written and directed by Dario Argento and starring Asia Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Moran Atias, Udo Kier, and Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni.

The Mother of Tears is the third and final of the trilogy Argento refers to as “The Three Mothers”, preceded by Suspiria (1977) and Inferno (1980). Mother of Tears features the third “mother,” Mater Lachrymarum, Mother of Tears.

Beastie.

The Mother of Tears (Italian title: La Terza Madre, The Third Mother) (2007) Written and directed by Dario Argento and starring Asia Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Moran Atias, Udo Kier, and Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni.

The Mother of Tears is the third and final of the trilogy Argento refers to as “The Three Mothers”, preceded by Suspiria (1977) and Inferno (1980). Mother of Tears features the third “mother,” Mater Lachrymarum, Mother of Tears.