Personally, sitting alone in the dark in my weird house I thoroughly enjoyed this. If you like the films of Roger Corman starring Vincent Price, or Roman Polanski's horrors, but wished they were more visceral, this could be for you. Shrieking soundtrack and ominous foreboding at every turn - check
Proper nasty villains and villany with full-strength supernatural goings-on - checkĬentral European feel and some great character acting - check Weird buildings with secret rooms and very nasty surprises - checkĪ cast of bizarrely macabre characters - checkĪpparitions, occult, satanism, sacrifice, a profound sense of the uncanny - check Ultra violence and gorey endings - where artistically justified, of course - hmmmm - checkĪ spirited heroine / innocent victim trying to piece together the strange events she finds herself part of - check If you're a fan of Gothic Horror then this should appeal:-Ī start that leaves you in no doubt that this is all unlikely to end well - checkĪ conspiracy of nature and coincidence against the leading protagonist - check The director seems to have used a lot of theatrical lighting and sound techniques to add to the sense of unease - occasionally the colours are saturated and hyper-vivid, and the dynamics of the folie and score might have you reaching for the remote to turn the levels down occasionally. The overall effect on a large screen is almost of watching a theatre-piece. It is high on style and production quality, but might just leave you feeling that it's somewhat over the top and unrealistic. Suspiria is an extremely classy horror film in the Italian cinema tradition. You know what Dirty Harry says about opinions - here's mine:. That said, the last 15 minutes racks up the horror content rather and ensures that the experience at least ends on a high. Perhaps I prefer something slightly more subtle.
I’ve seen this described as a terrifying masterpiece of Italian cinema, but the overall effect, although commendably original, is mostly lost on me. Croatian actress Alida Valli plays her with a prison-officer deportment and ensures Tanner is every bit as fearsome as her reputation within the school suggests. The character who does the most to make an impression amidst all around her is Miss Tanner, formidable gravel-voiced dance-instructress. I can understand the intention to make everything heightened and not-quite-real, but whilst it sometimes works, often it is too loud and too much. Equally the sets, so rich in colour and pattern clearly win the fight with the actors in arresting the attention – sometimes effectively, providing a lush, poetic, dreamlike environment, and others simply far, far too decadent not to work with the soundtrack in inducing a migraine. And when something truly dramatic and horrific happens, the accompaniment storms back once again bringing with it an overpowering effect that works against proceedings rather than enhancing them. So huge and all-encompassing is this crashing music that it all but smothers everything, especially the performances. When the soundtrack is not present, it comes as a relief. The unforgiving rain, faces staring, the darkness of night - all these things and more are accompanied (or drowned out) by the relentless, driving musical score. A selection of disco-lit killings take place before a peripheral character explains the origins of the place, and why it has become such a location of terror. Suspiria Perspectives by Claudio Simonetti, Norman J Warren and Patricia McCormack BBFC: Release Date: Not released Run Time: 98 minutes More like Suspiriaīaby-faced student Suzie Bannion (Jessica Harper) travels to a German dance-school which becomes a living nightmare for her.Audio Commentary by leading Argento experts Alan Jones and Kim Newman.Documentary: 'Fear at 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess of Suspiria' featuring Argento and Claudio Simonetti.The classic 76 minute documentary of Dario Argento's "World of horror" featuring Michele Soavi director of "The church and the sect", Jessica Harper star of Suspiria, Urbano Barberini star of "Demons 1 & 2", Tom Savini make up on "Dawn of the dead" and also Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasance, and David Hemmings Disc 1: This disc includes the main feature Disc 2: This disc includes the special features BBFC: Release Date: Run Time: 98 minutes Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS-HD High Resolution 5.1 Subtitles: None Formats: Pal Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 2.35:1 Colour: Colour BLU-RAY Regions: B Bonus:.BBFC: Release Date: Run Time: 94 minutes Languages: English LPCM Mono DVD Regions: Region 2 Formats: Pal Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 2.35:1 Colour: Colour Bonus:
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