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* [[All There in the Manual]]: The significance of hangings, throat-slittings, the Directoress' distinctive snoring, and {{spoiler|the coven's deaths by asphyxiation}} only make sense if you know that the Directoress is {{spoiler|the Mother of Sighs.}} This is important in the inspiration and the sequels, but makes less sense here.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: The significance of hangings, throat-slittings, the Directoress' distinctive snoring, and {{spoiler|the coven's deaths by asphyxiation}} only make sense if you know that the Directoress is {{spoiler|the Mother of Sighs.}} This is important in the inspiration and the sequels, but makes less sense here.
* [[Animals Hate Him]]: Daniel's guide dog attacks Albert, Madame Blanc's nephew.
* [[Animals Hate Him]]: Daniel's guide dog attacks Albert, Madame Blanc's nephew.
* [[Anyone Can Die]]: It's an Argento movie. What did you expect?
* [[Anyone Can Die]]: It's an Argento movie. What did you expect?
* [[Better Than It Sounds/Film]]: Try describing the plot of this movie to someone briefly without making it sound like a silly stereotypic haunted house ride. Go ahead.
* [[Better Than It Sounds/Film]]: Try describing the plot of this movie to someone briefly without making it sound like a silly stereotypic haunted house ride. Go ahead.
* [[Blind Musician]]: In one scene, where there's ballet practice, the music is played by Daniel, a blind man with a guide dog.
* [[Blind Musician]]: In one scene, where there's ballet practice, the music is played by Daniel, a blind man with a guide dog.
* [[Big Bad]]: {{spoiler|Helena Markos }} Mater Suspirium, the Mother of Sighs.
* [[Big Bad]]: {{spoiler|Helena Markos }} Mater Suspirium, the Mother of Sighs.
* [[Bizarrchitecture]]
* [[Bizarrchitecture]]
* [[Boarding School of Horrors]]: Which Argento used again in ''[[Phenomena (film)|Phenomena]]''.
* [[Boarding School of Horrors]]: Which Argento used again in ''[[Phenomena (film)|Phenomena]]''.
* [[Bookcase Passage]]: {{spoiler|Helena Markos, the Directoress and Mother of Sighs}} is in a hidden room that can be accessed by turning the {{spoiler|blue iris}} on the wall in Madame Blanc's office.
* [[Bookcase Passage]]: {{spoiler|Helena Markos, the Directoress and Mother of Sighs}} is in a hidden room that can be accessed by turning the {{spoiler|blue iris}} on the wall in Madame Blanc's office.
* [[Color Wash]]: Red. Everything is red.
* [[Color Wash]]: Red. Everything is red.
** Or [[Unnaturally Blue Lighting|blue]].
** Or [[Unnaturally Blue Lighting|blue]].
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* [[Cruel and Unusual Death]]: The deaths of Pat, her friend, and {{spoiler|Sara}} are examples.
* [[Creator Breakdown]]: Quite chillingly. Argento contemplated suicide for a few days after finishing the movie.
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* [[Cruel and Unusual Death]]: The deaths of Pat, her friend, and {{spoiler|Sara}} are examples.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: The final confrontation with the [[Big Bad]] is...surprisingly easy.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: The final confrontation with the [[Big Bad]] is...surprisingly easy.
* [[Actor Allusion|Director Allusion]]: The weapon used in the final scene is a dagger hidden in {{spoiler|the crystalline tail feather of a bird statue. Argento rose to fame with a film titled ''[[The Bird with the Crystal Plumage]]''.}}
* [[Death Trap]]: While following the teachers at night, Sara gets chased by an unseen killer and jumps out of a window into a room full of razor wire.
* [[Death Trap]]: While following the teachers at night, Sara gets chased by an unseen killer and jumps out of a window into a room full of razor wire.
* [[Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead]]: Once the [[Big Bad]] is killed, the threat is neutralized because the other members of the {{spoiler|coven}} are powerless without the leader and die.
* [[Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead]]: Once the [[Big Bad]] is killed, the threat is neutralized because the other members of the {{spoiler|coven}} are powerless without the leader and die.
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