History Film / Inferno1980

* Card-Carrying Villain: Lachrymarum has one in relation to her title "The Mother of Tears", set up as a visual pun. After killing Carlo and seriously injuring Sara to the brink of death, there's a sheet of silk fabric covering the entrance of the hallway in Sara's apartment that wasn't there before the witch's assault. Sara begins to "tear" out of the fabric when she tries to get help from Mark.

* Card-Carrying Villain: Lachrymarum has one in relation to her title "The Mother of Tears", set up as a visual pun. After killing Carlo and seriously injuring Sara to the brink of death, there's a sheet of silk fabric covering the entrance of the hallway in Sara's apartment. Sara begins to "tear" out of the fabric when she tries to get help from Mark.

* ThematicSeries: The second part of the Three Mothers Trilogy with ''Susperia'' and ''Mother of Tears''.

** [[spoiler: Even Tenebrarum, the film's main antagonist has shades of this; rather than fleeing her lair which is burning down all around her, she instead chooses to intimidate and frighten the protagonist Mark one last time which causes her demise.]]

** After finding out that her apartment building is owned by a powerful and murderous witch and her coven, and even witnessing decaying corpses in the underwater sub-basement, Rose simply stays put to await her brother's arrival rather than getting out of dodge or even calling the authorities.
** Sara succumbs to this when in the library; rather than exiting the building through the entrance, that is shown to be completely safe and even has a helpful and friendly footman waiting outside. She naïvely trusts a sign that shows her the "Exit"; said exit lures her deep within the basement where she is surrounded by cauldrons and other witchy artifacts that would set off anybody's alarm bells and have them running as fast as possible, instead Sara asks for help from a huge, monstrously clawed, humanoid with an unsettling voice. She is almost murdered and put on Lachrymarum's hitlist for her troubles.

* AlienGeometries: The far out architecture of Rose's apartment (to say nothing of the [[Film/Suspiria1977 Tanz Akademie]] or the [[Film/MotherOfTears Palazzo Varelli]]) makes more sense when you realize it was designed by a medieval alchemist. Even more bizarre is the view of some buildings outside Elise's apartment; suggesting that Tenebrarum's house is 20-30 stories high. Despite the fact that it only has only 5 floors. However this could be a production goof rather than a stylistic choice.

* Too Dumb to Live: Probably the biggest flaw of the film is that a majority of the main cast suffer from this. After finding out that her apartment building is owned by a powerful and murderous witch and her coven, and even witnessing decaying corpses in the underwater sub-basement, Rose simply stays put to await her brother's arrival rather than getting out of dodge or even calling the authorities. Sara succumbs to this when in the library; rather than exiting the building through the entrance, that is shown to be completely safe and even has a helpful and friendly footman waiting outside. She naïvely trusts a sign that shows her the "Exit"; said exit lures her deep within the basement where she is surrounded by cauldrons and other witchy artifacts that would set off anybody's alarm bells and have them running as fast as possible, instead Sara asks for help from a huge, monstrously clawed, humanoid with an unsettling voice. She is almost murdered and put on Lachrymarum's hitlist for her troubles. [[spoiler: Even Tenebrarum, the film's main antagonist has shades of this; rather than fleeing her lair which is burning down all around her, she instead chooses to intimidate and frighten the protagonist Mark one last time which causes her demise.]]

* Animorphism: It's heavily suggested that Tenebrarum's covern is capable of transforming into cats throughout the film. The most notable is when Rose is being chased by the main antagonist's minions; one of the mysterious figures peeps in on her through the gap of a door, Rose and the audience get a glimpse of creepy yellow colored cat eyes staring back them rather than human ones...

* Animorphism: It's heavy suggested that Tenebrarum's covern is capable of transforming into cats throughout the film. The most notable is when Rose is being chased by the main antagonist's minions; one of the mysterious figures peeps in on her through the gap of a door, Rose and the audience get a glimpse of creepy yellow colored cat eyes staring back them rather than human ones...

* AlienGeometries: The far out architecture of Rose's apartment (to say nothing of the [[Film/Suspiria1977 Tanz Akademie]] or the [[Film/MotherOfTears Palazzo Varelli]]) makes more sense when you realize it was designed by a medieval alchemist.