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Oct 31, 2011
- by Madpenguin
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Quite possibly Argento's most stylish film that bombards the senses with some very colorful visuals. The cinematography is amazing and it has a very nice music score. Unfortunately, I always found this a little weak concerning the characters and story. I need to see this one again, perhaps I'll feel different about it.
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FM_ALEX
November 05, 2011
Yes indeed, this was a good one.
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woopak_the_thrill
November 02, 2011
For some reason, I usually feel the same with most of Argento's movies save for his giallos.
Madpenguin
November 04, 2011
He focused way too much on style back then, and his movies came off pretty empty substance wise.
woopak_the_thrill
November 04, 2011
his supernatural movies have more style, but his giallos have more depth in regards to storytelling...
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**** out of **** What is a nightmare but a string of unexplainable, sometimes unrelated events that awaken the most negative of emotions from within us whilst we are not actually, in fact, awake? Nightmares are often scary because they are overwhelming to the senses when we recall them; unexplainable, illogical, and wholly unpredictable. If this is what a nightmare truly is, then Dario Argento's "Suspiria" is a nightmare caught on celluloid. But then again, so were most of … more
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It's a shame that I wasn't old enough to sue Dario Argento for infringement as Suspiria looks a lot like something right out of my worst nightmare. Yeah, pretty damned creepy if I do say so myself. Sadly, I was only 3 years old when this film was originally unleashed & I wouldn't be so arrogant to say Argento was invading my dreams as I'm sure legions of people have dreams much like what unfolds in Suspiria. By now, any true movie fanatic has more than … more
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4 ½ Stars: Arguably Dario Argento's Best Film: The Opening Chapter to the "Three Mothers" Trilogy...
The Italian maestro of horror, Dario Argento’s first installment of his “Three Mothers” trilogy begins with “SUSPIRIA” (1977); arguably the most beloved of his films in the 1970s. There has always been debate among his fan base whether this film or “Deep Red” is his masterpiece. Some say it should be “Tenebre”. For me, I am still somewhat undecided. I like his psychological “giallos” as much a his occult films. Whatever … more
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Watching the American trailer to this made me laugh especially when the background speaker whispers the title to this film. For all I can see this film is not about plot...it's about experience. This is the opposite formula of American horror. As a matter of fact, Suspiria pretty much throws out the rules of cinema in favor of the logic of dreams...to put it bluntly, Suspiria is the definitive cinematic nightmare, a wildly colorful and dazzlingly stylish fun-house of blood and beauty. Take it seriously … more
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Outside of devoted cult audiences, many Americans have yet to discover the extremely stylish, relentlessly terrifying Italian horror genre, or the films of its talented virtuoso, Dario Argento.Suspiria, part one of a still-uncompleted trilogy (the luminously emptyInfernowas the second), is considered his masterpiece by Argento devotees but also doubles as a perfect starting point for those unfamiliar with the director or his genre. The convoluted plot follows an American dancer (Jessica Harper) from her arrival at a European ballet school to her discovery that it's actually a witches coven; but, really, don't worry about that too much. Argento makes narrative subservient to technique, preferring instead to assault the senses and nervous system with mood, atmosphere, illusory gore, garish set production, a menacing camera, and perhaps the creepiest score ever created for a movie. It's essentially a series of effectively unsettling set pieces--a raging storm that Harper should have taken for an omen, and a blind man attacked by his own dog are just two examples--strung together on a skeleton structure. But once you've seen it, you'll never forget it.--Dave McCoy
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Director:
Dario Argento
DVD Release Date:
September 11, 2001
Runtime:
98 minutes
Studio:
Starz / Anchor Bay
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