Twenty-eighth review is for a campy, bizarre Italian cult classic that had a remake in 2018. New to my watch list, had me entertained. Campy, bizarre, stylish, cultish, paranoia, witches, light on the ballet, heavy on the suspenseful sound effects. Includes #spoilers :
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Suspiria (1977) Pros: Vibe of movies from the 70s and 80s like the Exorcist that has a sinister score from the beginning credits. Also gives me A Clock a Work Orange with the voice over and the stylish interiors, murals, and furniture. The first death was campy, stylish, and the same thing as when you pour too much water in a cup, over the TOP! I’m a fan though. The maggots coming out the ceiling 🤢 Loved the color schemes of deep blues, yellows, reds, and greens. 40 minutes in I still didn’t know if it was a monster, possession, haunted house, a witch, or stress mania. The story of the start of the school is exciting, I want a prequel!
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Cons: The overlapping whispering, cowbell, guitar strumming, unsettling, loud sound hurt my ears. It repeated several times and each time I turned the volume realllll low. Too much of that, I felt like the shit was tryna posses me. The scene when shorty is hiding in a side room and the person chasing her is trying to jimmy the lock from the outside😂 The tension was building and was slowwwww moving THEN shorty SWAN DIVES into a bunch of barbed wire. Unexpected but she was wylin out, swiming up in the barbed wire and screaming. When she stood up it’s like someone told her nahhhh dive back in that. The attack of the bat😂 All this suspicion, and people dying left and right, like Girl from jump you knew it was time to go. The ending was almost satisfying but just looked like Nickelodeon’s Secrets of the Hidden Temple.
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I rate it a healthy 5, not terrible not great. I can see why the plot is exciting to make more movies, and see how they could push the story further from the source material. Love that the main character faught back but I did spend a lot of the run time muting the sound, laughing, and furrowing my brow in confusion. Like Black Swan, every Twilight Zone episode, The Witches, and Poltergeist. #halloween #review #suspiria #explorepage #new #october