It’s unfortunate that manyhorrorfilms that helped define the medium rarely get discussed today.

The music of Goblin became the linchpin of giallo cinema.

In fact, they may even discover where some of their favorites drew inspiration from.

This Trippy Historical Horror Movie Is Considered One of the Greatest of All Time

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Yet for all of its surface scares,the movie’s real horror lies withinits portrayal of loneliness.

This scene is followed by one in which the matriarch grabs herself sensually and mourns some unseen lover.

Nobuko Otowa and Jitsuko Yoshimura in Onibaba

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A demonic-looking pair of black hands holds up a copy of Goblin’s soundtrack for the movie Suspiria.

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