Milius informs Sara that witches gain personal wealth by inflicting harm onto others and that a coven is weak without the power of its head witch. .
In the final scenes of the film, Suzy finds a secret trap-door and sees the coven of witches, including the head instructor, Miss Tanner and the vice directress, Madame Blanc. The coven is planning how they will kill Suzy and Madame Blanc starts chanting a spell. Scared that they will see her, Suzy tries to find a place to hide, but stumbles upon Sara's corpse. Suzy runs out of the room and finds someone snoring and struggling to breathe in a canopy bed. Suzy suddenly realizes that the silhouette is the burnt body of Helena Markos who is still alive. Helena magically awakens the corpse of Suzy's friend Sara. Sara runs toward Suzy with a knife in her hand, but Suzy stabs Helena in the neck just in time, and Sara's corpse disappears and the coven of witches begin to bleed out and eventually die in the same fashion that Helena died. Suzy escapes the academy as the building starts to fall to pieces and objects become emblazed in fire. .
Argento executed this film very well with his additions of several thriller aesthetics that made this a true horror film. Some of the aesthetics include the use of the same loud, ominous music that plays almost continuously throughout the film. The tune reminds me of an old, but incredibly creepy, music box. Another horror aesthetic is the set-up of the ballet academy. The halls of the gothic dormitory are lined with a deep, blood-like red, velvet wallpaper with matching drapes. Argento also uses close-ups and extreme close-ups for the murder scenes. For example, during Pat's murder scene, the viewers get an extreme close-up of her heart as the killer stabs it over and over again with his knife and outpours a puddle of vibrant red blood. Overall, Argento's use of sound, special effects, and choice of camera shots makes Suspiria a gory horror film that is ahead of its time.