She chose the celebrated Academy of Freiburg. So begins Suspiria .
Harper takes a taxi to the academy during a thunderstorm.
She arrives just as a student is leaving in terror. She barely hears her talking to someone at the door. The person at the door will not let Harper in, so she must find a room. The woman who left the academy goes to a friend's apartment for the night. The two of them are brutally murdered soon after.