Suspiria
(Italy/USA,
152 min.)
Dir. Luca
Guadagnino, Writ. David Kajganich
Starring: Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Chloë
Moretz, Angela Winkler, Ingrid Caven, Jessica Harper
“It’s time to break the noses of all beautiful things,”
declares Madame Blanc (Tilda Swinton) to Susie (Dakota Johnson) during a
devilish dance in Suspiria. There are
many broken bones and bloodied beauties in Luca Guadagnino’s gorgeously macabre
Suspiria, and many a horror fan is
bound to be tickled pink by the cries of pain and pleasure that echo throughout
the film. One major difference between this Suspiria
and the 1977 Dario Argento original is the sheer amount of dancing as sequences
punctuate the film with violent, staccato rhythms. Both films take place in a
dance studio/coven in divided Berlin, but the dancing in the classic is almost
incidental whereas the stylish moves of the new film are essential to the spell
it casts. This wild dance party is even better than the original Suspiria.