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>The Mother of Tears (1985)
>alt US title: The Tear Collector
>directed by: Dario Argento
>written by: Dario Argento and Mario Bava (posthumous credit)
>starring: Jessica Harper, Daria Nicolodi, Phoebe Cates, Udo Kier, Linnea Quigley, and Tim Curry
>music by: Goblin
Synopsis: This direct follow-up of Suspiria takes latent witch Suzy Bannion (Harper) to Rome where she attempts to take down the infamous Mother of Tears (Nicolodi) while trying to overcome her powers; she joins a band of witch hunters lead by fellow American, Bella (Cates). The style of this film is more akin to Inferno instead of Suspiria and it's also a proper giallo/mystery horror unlike the previous films.
Linnea Quigley cameos as Dorothy, later reprising the same character in Kolobos. Udo Kier briefly reprises his character from Suspiria. Surprisingly, Tim Curry is the strongest voice of reason other than Suzy but he also has the most gruesome death scene.
In fact, almost every character dies gruesomely at the hands of Nicolodi and their tears are harvested/collected. There's a scene near the end interspersed between these deaths where Harper, topless on her bed like in Inserts, physically can't stop crying and breaks down even further after realizing she's been cursed by the coven. Shortly after she finds Cates dead, and then after that comes the final showdown.
By the end, everyone but Harper/Quigley are dead, the latter managing to escape the burning church. There's a teaser for the fourth film implying Suzy is actually the "secret" fourth witch never mentioned prior in the trilogy's lore and she turns into the villain. "Live long enough to see yourself become the villain" type shit. Also directed by Argento, it would later be filmed in 1989-90 but shelved until '96 for unknown reasons. I believe Asia was the protagonist for the fourth film, so same year as The Church… typical early 90s Argento.
>alt US title: The Tear Collector
>directed by: Dario Argento
>written by: Dario Argento and Mario Bava (posthumous credit)
>starring: Jessica Harper, Daria Nicolodi, Phoebe Cates, Udo Kier, Linnea Quigley, and Tim Curry
>music by: Goblin
Synopsis: This direct follow-up of Suspiria takes latent witch Suzy Bannion (Harper) to Rome where she attempts to take down the infamous Mother of Tears (Nicolodi) while trying to overcome her powers; she joins a band of witch hunters lead by fellow American, Bella (Cates). The style of this film is more akin to Inferno instead of Suspiria and it's also a proper giallo/mystery horror unlike the previous films.
Linnea Quigley cameos as Dorothy, later reprising the same character in Kolobos. Udo Kier briefly reprises his character from Suspiria. Surprisingly, Tim Curry is the strongest voice of reason other than Suzy but he also has the most gruesome death scene.
In fact, almost every character dies gruesomely at the hands of Nicolodi and their tears are harvested/collected. There's a scene near the end interspersed between these deaths where Harper, topless on her bed like in Inserts, physically can't stop crying and breaks down even further after realizing she's been cursed by the coven. Shortly after she finds Cates dead, and then after that comes the final showdown.
By the end, everyone but Harper/Quigley are dead, the latter managing to escape the burning church. There's a teaser for the fourth film implying Suzy is actually the "secret" fourth witch never mentioned prior in the trilogy's lore and she turns into the villain. "Live long enough to see yourself become the villain" type shit. Also directed by Argento, it would later be filmed in 1989-90 but shelved until '96 for unknown reasons. I believe Asia was the protagonist for the fourth film, so same year as The Church… typical early 90s Argento.
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