Who is Susie's mother to Mother Suspiriorum?

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There is much debate as to whether Susie was Mother Suspiriorum all along, became her at some point or emerged from within her.

However, what I find more perplexing is the role of Susie's mother in her deathbed in the film. We know from Kemper's account of Patricia's testimony that the three Mothers predate God and the Devil, so Mother Suspiriorum existed before Susie's mother.

Now it calls into question exactly what is the relation between all three characters. For example, we could have the following scenarios:

  • Mother Suspiriorum at some point possessed Susie in childhood to fully emerge later on.
  • Mother Suspiriorum is similar to a deity, and Susie's mother birthed her earthly form (similar concept to Christ, so Susie's mother was chosen by Mother Suspiriorum).
  • Susie and her mother were a normal human family, and it is only through the events of the film that Susie is chosen by Mother Suspiriorum, given her natural talent described by Madame Blanc.

There are even more possible scenarios. My point though is, if Mother Suspiriorum existed before Susie's mother, then what is Susie's mother to Mother Suspiriorum?

Most online article try to address what happens to Susie and don't really mention her human mother at all in the film. I am guessing there may be clues in the dreams that were sent to Susie since these did feature her mother.






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Why is Susie mother Suspiriorum?

Susie is of course the real Suspiriorum, something her flesh-and-blood, Mennonite mother in Ohio instinctively understood, as the very religious woman considered her daughter to be a great sin she has smeared across this world.

Who is Mother Suspiriorum?

Mater Suspiriorum, the Mother of Sighs, is the oldest and wisest of the Three Mothers. Her given name is Helena Markos. She is also known as The Black Queen; any mention of Helena Markos being one of the Three Mothers would not be made until Inferno three years later.

Is tenebrae part of the Three Mothers trilogy?

Giallo icon Mario Bava helped with some of the visuals for Inferno, the follow-up to Suspiria. Argento's 1982 film Tenebrae is sometimes mistaken as the second installment in the Three Mothers trilogy because Inferno doesn't mention the Mother of Darkness, Mater Tenebrarum, in the title.

Why does Helena Markos look like that?

Helena Markos is the complete opposite of Madame Blanc; while Blanc is a slim, pale, beautiful woman, Markos' body is a conglomeration of diseases - her skin leaks fluids like pus, there are extra baby limbs on her body that move on their own, and she has well as multiple tumors and warts.



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