Comments on: Dario Argento’s Suspiria

By: Some of the Movies That Started it All |

Some of the Movies That Started it All | — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:20:16 +0000

[...] 0 Recently I posted a review about the Italian horror film Suspiria. That review exposed (in a non gratuitous Boob shot kind of way) how my fetish for horror came to [...]

By: The Monster

The Monster — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:34:53 +0000

I also have a love/hate relationship with this film. There’s a cold misogyny at its heart, yet the atmosphere is brilliantly realised and it is stunning visually.

By: Petra

Petra — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:07:58 +0000

Tim & Aka Bill – I have my mother to thank for corrupting my young, pliable mind with horror. She dragged me to every one that came to base because my father would not go to them. Then when they divorced, my dad took me to a couple. I especially remember Frankenstein in 3D – talk about gory!

Lurple- agreed. This is a great Halloween movie.

Max – we are always cool. You are wight.

By: Relax Max

Relax Max — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:03:35 +0000

Deaw Petwa: I am sowwy I used yow name in a post on bwitshspeak today without asking you. But I did wink to this bwog. So. We are cool, then? Wight. Relax Maxs last blog post..Wight or Wong?

By: Relax Max

Relax Max — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:28:35 +0000

Wight. I found out today that a wight is sort of like a zombie. Relax Maxs last blog post..Wight or Wong?

By: Lurple

Lurple — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:43:37 +0000

This is one my favorite movies to watch at Halloween. It's not particularly terrifying compared to some of my other horror favorites, but it's so colorful and has such ambiance, and a nifty soundtrack by Goblins to boot. I just enjoy it. Lurples last blog post..Pulgasari

By: Uranium Willy aka Bill :)

Uranium Willy aka Bill :) — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 07:59:24 +0000

I recently did a post on Argento and there are some more in the works, including Suspiria, which I watched again a couple months ago. I have had a love/hate relationship with this guy’s work since I first saw Suspiria on VHS some 20 years ago now and as time as crept along I find the relationship has ended in a loveless divorce. Over all I have hard time following the Italian Giallo (yellow) films but I have seen more than few. This film is more horror than Giallo stlye but has those elements, such as a mystery element, a who dunnit type feel. Of course in most Argento films this only confuses the already confusing plot more, such as in Deep Red (Profuno Rossa) when the killer is revealed it is some minor character that had about 5 minutes on film earlier.

Yes Suspira has some nicely shot scenes, mostly the inside of the elaborate girl’s dancing school, and good camera work here and there, but the problem I have with Argento’s work (and a lot, though not all) Italian horror/suspense film makers is the the lack of fundamental cohesion with the storyline. If you have yet to see Tenebre (American title…Unsane) I suggest you try it out. It is incomprehensible.

Haha. I rag on the guy, but I have seen Suspiria about four times and Tenebre about the same. Why the hell is that?

Nice post, and one question. Who took you to see a film like this at eight years of age? Haha… now we know what happened to dear young Petra.

Bill

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:00:52 +0000

LOL That explains it, watching horror movies on the big screen at the age of 8! I can blame a movie about the "son of Satan", which I watched at age 7 on tv, for years of nightmares. Tims last blog post..Quiting Smoking, Second Hand Gum and Non-Chewing Sections