Suspiria

Name: Suspiria
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Released: October 26, 2018
Duration: 152 min
Rating: 64
Cast: Alek Wek, Angela Winkler, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christine Leboutte, Dakota Johnson

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Amazon Studios | Release Date: October 26, 2018 | R

Starring: Alek Wek, Angela Winkler, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christine Leboutte, Dakota Johnson, Doris Hick, Elena Fokina, Fabrizia Sacchi, Ingrid Caven, Jessica Batut, Jessica Harper, Lutz Ebersdorf, Malgorzata Bela, Mia Goth, Renée Soutendijk, Sylvie Testud, Tilda Swinton, Vanda Capriolo

Movie Facts:

The original horror classic Suspiria directed by Dario Argento is "truly is one of the absolute classics of the horror genre (RogerEbert.com's Peter Sobczynski)" and has a Metascore of 79.

Summary: A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the troupe's artistic director (Tilda Swinton), an ambitious young dancer (Dakota Johnson), and a grieving psychotherapist (Lutz Ebersdorf). Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.

Director: Luca Guadagnino

Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 152 min

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Britt Hayes

Sep 24, 2018

It is impossible to discuss the rapturous, experiential masterpiece that is Guadagnino’s Suspiria without dedicating this much space to its thematic density. It’s not a film one considers, but excavates, continually finding additional symbols and meaning within the deceptively simple setting. Read full review

David Ehrlich

Sep 1, 2018

Guadagnino dredges up the dead with such crazed purpose that his magnum opus is able to dance through its rough spots and make good on its foreboding promise. Read full review

Sara Stewart

Oct 24, 2018

Director Luca Guadagnino pirouettes far from the easy-living, Italian-countryside romance of last year’s masterpiece “Call Me By Your Name” for an arthouse-meets-Grand Guignol reboot of one of the freakiest horror movies to come out of the 1970s. And he pulls it off in delicious, gut-punching style. Read full review

Maitland McDonagh

Oct 25, 2018

It’s a smart reimagining, but not a particularly compelling one, which is the problem overall. Read full review

Peter Travers

Oct 24, 2018

Polarizing is too tame a word to describe reactions to Luca Guadagnino’s radical rethinking of Suspiria. Either you’ll dig in or bolt for the exit — no in between. Read full review

Josh Larsen

Oct 31, 2018

The first Suspiria is a psychedelic sensory experience, but it didn’t really mean much. The remake, written by David Kajganich and directed by Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name), tries to bring too much meaning to its horror conceit. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Oct 31, 2018

Suspiria is not just a movie unworthy of your time. It’s an experience one should reflexively recoil from, up there with things like fire, pain, humiliation and embarrassment. Easily, it’s one of the worst movies of 2018. Read full review

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Tuneison

Nov 1, 2018

2018's Suspiria manages to be both a faithful remake to the original and, it's own thing entirely. The film's color palate is in direct contrast to the original along with many other things. Suspiria expects you to understand what is going on based on your knowledge of the original and, with2018's Suspiria manages to be both a faithful remake to the original and, it's own thing entirely. The film's color palate is in direct contrast to the original along with many other things. Suspiria expects you to understand what is going on based on your knowledge of the original and, with that in mind, it allows the movie to cut out a lot of the exposition and, dive straight into the heart of the insanity at the core of the film. Literally aspect of this film is fantastic and, to say more would to spoil the experience.… Expand

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GinaK

Nov 5, 2018

If you are a connoisseur of horror and love the subtler classics like Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Haunting of Hill House (1963 version), you will love the new Suspiria. It is macabre, subtle, historical, psychological – and beautifully directed by Luca Guadagnino and acted by a terrificIf you are a connoisseur of horror and love the subtler classics like Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Haunting of Hill House (1963 version), you will love the new Suspiria. It is macabre, subtle, historical, psychological – and beautifully directed by Luca Guadagnino and acted by a terrific cast that includes Tilda Swinton and Dakota Johnson. I can’t remember a film of any kind that kept me so constantly on edge throughout.… Expand

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Estebaan

Jan 29, 2019

Esta película NO es un remake, o no tendría que llevar ese nombre. Guadagnino declaro amar a la obra original y supo llevar ese amor a otro nivel. Una película con su propio toque, una atmósfera digna de este ''nuevo terror'' que esta emergiendo y unas actuaciones estupendas. Guadagnino tomaEsta película NO es un remake, o no tendría que llevar ese nombre. Guadagnino declaro amar a la obra original y supo llevar ese amor a otro nivel. Una película con su propio toque, una atmósfera digna de este ''nuevo terror'' que esta emergiendo y unas actuaciones estupendas. Guadagnino toma pequeñas cosas del film da un gran giro a esta historia que enriquece mas experiencia del espectador. A mi parecer mejor que la Suspiria original pero sin dejar de apreciar la obra de Dario Argento.… Expand

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sachineldho

Nov 10, 2019

Really good. But couldn't live up to the expectations of original Suspiria.

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TheQuietGamer

Mar 10, 2019

I must agree with Dario Argento, there is no music in Suspiria (2018). None that stands out that is. Thom Yorke's soundtrack is an unequivocal disappointment. Same goes for the lack of color. The drab greys of the setting don't lend themselves well to establishing any sort of style. ThereI must agree with Dario Argento, there is no music in Suspiria (2018). None that stands out that is. Thom Yorke's soundtrack is an unequivocal disappointment. Same goes for the lack of color. The drab greys of the setting don't lend themselves well to establishing any sort of style. There are attempts to capture some of the original's magic in this department, but they mostly amount to the occasional odd camera angles or movements that just come off as dated flourishes that feel out of place in what is otherwise a traditionally made modern horror movie.

While it's disappointing to see this remake/reimagining fall short in those areas, my enjoyment of the film ultimately wasn't hindered too much thanks to what an improvement it is narrative-wise. Looking back, the antagonists of the original Suspiria didn't actually seem to be doing much other than just existing. Only taking the time to kill someone if they happened to be stumbled upon. Here though, the coven has motives and recognizable faces. They're using the girls at the dance academy to reach twisted goals and it's a much more sinister movie as a result.

I like how they actually teach dance in this version. It was odd that it never played a role in the original. The performances don't seem all that well choreographed though. Dakota Johnson was great, but the other dancers around her paled in comparison do to their roles in the routines being nowhere near as complex and feeling oddly disconnected from the whole. However, each display is erotic and disturbing enough to remain memorable.

Luca Guadagnino matches Argento's ability to create horrific death sequences. The first major kill in the movie is one of the most violent and hard to watch acts of brutality I've ever witnessed, and I'm something of a glutton for gore and mangled bodies. The extremely bloody conclusion is a little over the top, but is the kind of slaughter any fan of Italian horror cinema will love. The R rating is well earned. Expect gratuitous (yet non-sexualized) nudity and disgusting sights galore.

2018's Suspiria ultimately doesn't hold a candle to the 1977 classic. Stylistic deficiencies aside, the biggest issue with it is that it's so slow moving. It's quite a chatty little film, and one where the conversations don't mean as much as Guadagnino would like us to believe. Yet, it delivers so much memorable, grotesque, and macabre imagery that it's worth watching regardless.

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thunderboltway

Nov 3, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This was a disappointment.

The Good:

-Dakota Johnson's dancing (and acting in first two acts)
-Two imaginative dream sequences
-The setting
-Literally backwards cinematography finally hits its stride in second act as it veers into voyeuristic territory, but is consistently an antogonistic character of its own (arc included) which can be interesting (when not distracting and overt) to observe
-Witchy stuff is generally handled pretty well
-Entire cast of witches and dancers were expertly chosen
-Very nice cameo by the original Susie actress
-Tilda Swinton as Madame Blanc rules
-Mad decent eroticism
-Clarifies the connection between dance and witchcraft solidly
-One scary sequence
-Absurdities of story / script sometimes played for dark laughs
-Good job, Thom Yorke

The Bad:

-Atrocious exposition writing. Expect wooden, forced telling instead of showing. Writing in Act 3 is particularly embarrassing.
-Dakota Johnson's acting in Act 3 (blaming the writer)
-Tilda Swinton cast as major psychologist character extremely distracting and forced (begs for post-processing on her voice, and if Guy Pearce bugged you in Prometheus this will too)
-Tilda Swinton as rubberized Helena Markos recalls the 90's Island of Doctor Moreau disaster
-Chloe Grace Moretz was thrown under the bus by this production
-Contains some of the worst dialogue ever committed to film
-Returns repeatedly to America like we give a f***
-Unnecessary back stories and side stories take over entire film by the end
-Tacked on, sophomoric social message grates on nerves like a Rupi Karr poem
-Tacked on twists ring flat, hollow
-Makes you feel embarrassed for Thom Yorke - even he can't redeem this climax, but you finally get why he was asked
-Historical context is blunt, forced, and distracting
-Symbolism is weak, sophomoric
-Repeated stench of amateurism
-Gruesome horror action scenes lack geography, horror, and effects budget necessary
-Hijacks Argento storyline to desperately tack on another, much worse drama story, alienating core audience ( Imagine if a Gremlins remake turned into Schindler's-List-meets-Munich and you're close )

Overall: A bold attempt of ambition and a triumph of setting, but a disaster of execution, world-building, and consistency. Strong dancing, setting, scenario, cast, and acting keep you from asking for your money back afterwards in an otherwise bottom-of-the-barrel B-movie on the level of Jupiter Ascending but without the redeeming camp factor. One scene was horror, and was therefore pretty neat!

Luca has a knack for interpersonal Drama but should be *banned* from Horror for life… Expand

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seed4suffering

Oct 20, 2019

A pale imitation of the original. There was no reason to remake an already great horror movie.

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