In a film by this director, a slow close-up of two characters teasing each other by sticking out their tongues and hissing at each other cuts abruptly to an extreme close-up of Olga painting her nails red. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this director who was inspired by Thomas de Quincey to create the horror trilogy The Three Mothers. The second and third films of that trilogy are Inferno and Mother of Tears by this director.
ANSWER: Dario Argento
[10m] Argento’s first entry in The Three Mothers trilogy is this film, which was remade by Luca Guadagnino in 2018. In this film, Suzy Bannion kills the witch Helena Markos and flees a dance academy.
ANSWER: Suspiria
[10e] Dario Argento is a director from this country and pioneered its giallo horror genre. Earlier directors from this country include Roberto Rossellini and Michelangelo Antonioni.
ANSWER: Italy [or Italian Republic or Repubblica Italiana]
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