History Characters / Suspiria2018

* DecompositeCharacter: At the same time that she is [[spoiler:merged with Mother Suspirium]] making her a CompositeCharacter, Sara also gets a lot of Suzy's more noble qualities, and her detective-like role in the original.

* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler: The second in command of a coven of witches and seems to have no issue brutally torturing some of her students but it's difficult to deny that she has a charm to her. She also appears to genuinely care for Susie, even attempting to call off the sabbath so she wouldn't be subjected to a horrific SoulRape scenario.]]

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Directly and indirectly commits horrendous acts throughout the movie, but cares for most of the girls--especially Susie--and wishes to oust the corrupt Markos from coven leadership.

* VillainousBreakdown: A subdued one when Death itself arrives and Susie [[spoiler: exposes Markos as a fraud.]]

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->'''Played by:''' Sylvie Testud

->'''Played by:''' Mia Goth

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Most of them are barefoot for the majority of the movie.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Takes off her shoes whenever she's about to dance and the camera often lingers over her bare feet.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Her mother caught her doing it in the closet as a kid and ''ironed her hand'' as punishment.

* StrictParentsMakeSneakyKids: Best shown in a flashback when she ironed Susie's hand after catching her [[ADateWithRosiePalms feeling herself]] in the closet.

* TookALevelInJerkass: About halfway through the film, Susie becomes much more cunning and seemingly indifferent to Sara, which might be the cult taking hold of her...or letting her become what she already was. This is also around the time that Susie is becoming much closer with [[spoiler:Mme Blanc]] and has [[spoiler:realized that she herself is Mother Suspiriorum. In fact, this process really begins the moment Sara climbs into bed with Susie after Susie wakes up from her nightmare realization.]]

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: It's difficult to discern whether Mater Suspiriorum is a benevolent or malevolent goddess. On the one hand, she summons death and brutally blows up the heads of Markos's followers. On the other, she provides quiet and peaceful deaths for Olga, Patricia, and Sara upon their request. She also wipes Klemperer's memory to spare him from the trauma and pain of remembering the sabbath as well as his wife's death. She also doesn't kill those who sided with Madame Blanc and spares them, implying she wiped out the most corrupted members of the coven.

* AntiVillain: After revealing herself before Markos, she kills the old hag and everyone who voted for her, after which she gently puts down Sara, Olga, and Patricia at their request.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: It's difficult to discern whether Mater Suspiriorum is a benevolent or malevolent goddess. On the one hand, she summons death and brutally blows up the heads of Markos's followers. On the other, she provides quiet and peaceful deaths for Olga, Patricia, and Sara upon their request. She also wipes Klemperer's memory to spare him from the trauma and pain of remembering the sabbath as well as his wife's death.

* ImportantHaircut: Her RapunzelHair is cut to shoulder-length just before ''Volk''.

* MercyKill: Provides [[TheBigSleep peaceful ones]] to Olga, Patricia, and Sara, mutilated corpses at this point who are tired of [[FateWorseThanDeath suffering]] and wish only for the end.

* TranquilFury: Displayed [[spoiler: when Susie refuses to stop flipping the page to Europe when she and her sisters are supposed to be doing homework on America.]]

* ChromosomeCasting: Sorry, danseurs. They don't have openings.

* TookALevelInJerkass: About halfway through the film, Susie becomes much more cunning and seemingly indifferent to Sara, which might be the cult taking hold of her...or letting her become what she already was.

* AdaptationalBadass: Unlike the previous [[spoiler; Susie]] who was a normal human, this Suspiriorum is a PhysicalGod who kills Markos.

* TheSnackIsMoreInteresting: Fans were quite aroused just watching her eat a chicken wing.

* BodyHorror: She could pass off as a regular (if horribly aged) old lady with clothes on, but naked as most of her appearance in the climax she is ''[[{{Understatement}} hideous]]''.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Takes of her shoes whenever she's about to dance and the camera often lingers over her bare feet.

->'''Played by:''' Angela Winkler

* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: Elena Fokina is a contortionist in RealLife.

* BodyHorror: Her body warp is arguably the most iconic scene in this movie. Big surprise [[spoiler: she makes it to the climax]].

* AdaptationalWimp: In the original she was a goddess in human form with formidable psychic abilities and the power to raise the dead. In this she's a high priestess to a goddess and basically just a green, slimy thing in a wheel chair who shows no magical abilities whatsoever.

* ProtagonistsJourneyToVillain: Again, whether or not she is an actual villain is left ''very'' open for debate, but she does ultimately become head of the coven and avenges ''everyone'' who tries to hurt her.

* ChildrenAreInnocent: In her case, averted. See ADateWithRosiePalms above.

The Mother of Sighs incarnate, she is one of the three ancient matriarch witches whom the matrons of the Markos Tanzgruppe serve.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Most of them barefoot for the majority of the movie.

* ChildrenAreInnocent: In her case, averted. See ADateWithRosiePalms above.

* BodyHorror: She could pass off as a regular old lady with clothes on, but naked as most of her appearance in the climax she is ''[[{{Understatement}} hideous]]''.