Suspiria

Name: Suspiria
Genre: Horror
Released: August 12, 1977
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Alida Valli, Barbara Magnolfi, Eva Axén, Flavio Bucci, Jessica Harper

1977

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Produzioni Atlas Consorziate (P.A.C.) | Release Date: August 12, 1977 | X

Starring: Alida Valli, Barbara Magnolfi, Eva Axén, Flavio Bucci, Jessica Harper, Miguel Bosé, Rudolf Schündler, Stefania Casini, Susanna Javicoli, Udo Kier

Summary: A newcomer to a fancy ballet academy gradually comes to realize that the school is a front for something far more sinister and supernatural amidst a series of grisly murders.

Director: Dario Argento

Genre(s): Horror

Rating: X

Runtime: 98 min

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RogerEbert.com Peter Sobczynski

Suspiria truly is one of the absolute classics of the horror genre and anyone who considers themselves to be true students of the cinema owe it to themselves to experience it for themselves, especially if they get a chance to see it on the big screen where it belong. Read full review

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Ed Gonzalez

Argento’s deliriously artificial horror film owes as much to Georges Méliès and German Expressionism (specifically The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) as it does to Jean Cocteau and Grimm fairy tales. = Read full review

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Empire Adam Smith

Suspiria is the perfect antipasto. Read full review

J. Hoberman

A veteran of Richard Foreman’s Ontological-Hysteric Theater, the deadpan Harper puts her training to good use, gracefully eluding the attacking furniture and skillfully dodging the imploding set, as she flees—arms protectively crossed before her face—out into the night. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

The original ad campaign boasted that the only thing more terrifying than the last five minutes of SUSPIRIA were the first 90. Actually, it's the first 15 minutes that contain some of the most frightening footage ever committed to celluloid, but why quibble. Read full review

Josh Larsen

The movie is a collection of ghoulish creative impulses (some of them gorily sadistic, as when a character is trapped in a room of barbed wire) rather than a coherent story. Read full review

Gary Arnold

A ridiculously self-indulgent spree of satanic bogeymannerisms entitled Suspiria, virtually self-destructs in the opening sequence. Eager to menace the audience from every sensory direction, Argento doesn't so much create and sustain an illusion of terror as invite you to marvel at his garish ingenuity, at the spectacle of a filmmaker who can't resist overstylizing and upstaging his material. Read full review

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Giugi

Oct 3, 2022

Horror film that can be called a masterpiece of the genre. The tension is always very high, the rhythms are tight and the music is wonderful. The colors of the settings are spot on and the single colors of the lights make the settings surreal. The only flaw is that like many other horrorHorror film that can be called a masterpiece of the genre. The tension is always very high, the rhythms are tight and the music is wonderful. The colors of the settings are spot on and the single colors of the lights make the settings surreal. The only flaw is that like many other horror films it has obvious logic problems but the latter take a back seat in front of the merits of this film.… Expand

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alejandro970

May 14, 2023

La historia de una academia de baile y los siniestros misterios que la envuelven es uno de los ejemplos de cómo el cine italiano se abrió paso en el género de terror, con voz propia y un score musical que hace que la sangre se congele. Y no van a creer que cantante español está en el reparto.

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marcmyworks

Nov 16, 2018

Suspiria is an amazing arthouse film by Dario Argento that though is cheesy at times works because of its bold colour scheme, fantastic punk soundtrack and beautiful filmmaking.

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AnnieBitencourt

Jun 19, 2018

Decidi assistir principalmente por causa do remake desse ano. Um filme visualmente maravilhoso, com aquele vermelho claustrofóbico e muita violência. O roteiro deixa a desejar nos últimos 20 minutos. Com certeza assistiria novamente.

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acoolguy

Oct 28, 2018

Really cool visuals and music, but not much beyond that. Story was cheesy and the scares don't hold up at all nowadays.
Still, the aesthetic and soundtrack kinda make it worth a watch.

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frederik1478

Sep 14, 2020

Amazing visuals the music was ear piercing good I like the music but my ears hurt so I'm probably not going to watch this movie again But the visuals are really worth the Blu-ray

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imthenoob

Sep 16, 2018

While the film is well directed, I was not a fan of the story at all. I thought that it was too fast-paced and we didn't really get a chance to explore anything. It let me very unsatisfied in that regards.

2 of 4 users found this helpful22

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