Thomas De Quincey, Suspiria De Profundis: Coloured Vinyl 7" Single [RSD19]

Horror story audio book, with musical score. Thomas De Quincey created Our Ladies of Sorrow - three sisters who, each, curse humanity with their own specific aspect of sorrow. It is these three “Maters” or mothers that helped inspire one of Italy’s most beloved maestros of the macabre, Dario Argento, to create his most imaginative and celebrated masterpiece, Suspiria (1980)—as well as its sequels Inferno (1980) and Mother of Tears (2007). Now for the first time, the prose poem that inspired a legendary film series and one of horror’s greatest cinematic masterpieces is presented beautifully—in an abridged form—on vinyl, with a hypnotic score by Philadelphia-based soundtrack composer Chris Bozzone, and a beautiful read by actor . As you listen, let Thomas De Quincey’s opium-fueled Laurence R. Harvey [of The Human Centipede films and The Editor] words wash over you and transport you through time and dimension, from early-19th century England into the surreal mind Dario Argento…and whatever you do, beware of “Our Ladies of Sorrow!