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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Ryko Distribution
EAN: 0827058201391
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC
Label: Blue Underground
Manufacturer: Blue Underground
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Blue Underground
Release Date: September 25, 2007
Running Time: 98 minutes
Sales Rank: 4845
Studio: Blue Underground
Theatrical Release Date: August 12, 1977
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Description:
The Terrifying First Chapter of DARIO ARGENTO'S 'Three Mothers' Trilogy... Uncut, Uncensored and Remastered from the Original Negative!
Jessica Harper (PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE) stars as Suzy Banyon, a young American ballet dancer who arrives at a prestigious European dance academy run by the mysterious Madame Blanc (Joan Bennett of DARK SHADOWS) and Miss Tanner (Alida Valli of KILLER NUN). But when a series of bizarre incidents and horrific crimes (including what Entertainment Weekly calls 'the most vicious murder scene ever filmed') turn the school into a waking nightmare of the damned, Suzy must escape the academy's unspeakable secret of supernatural evil.
Experience the most shocking and hallucinatory horror movie in history as you've never seen or heard it before, now featuring the fully remastered landmark score by Goblin and a heart-stopping new film transfer supervised by cinematographer Luciano Tovoli. This is the definitive version of Dario Argento's SUSPIRIA, an aria of terror beyond imagination and one of the most extraordinary horror films ever made.
Amazon.com:
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 empty Inferno was 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
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Over the Top, Technicolor, Pseudo-"Slasher"
The work of Italian director Dario Argento may truly be an acquired taste. This tale of an American girl arriving at a European ballet academy and discovering its sinister secrets is interestingly executed but may leave viewers perplexed.
"Suspiria" carries a reputation of being a great horror film. It's not brilliant, really, but it's also not the worst thing on celluloid. I understand its importance as an international horror film. It's known for it's bizarre use of vivid colors and its over the top production design. Those are the most memorable things about this movie.
The best thing in this film is the first murder which occurs about ten minutes or so into the film. It's pretty sensational. But the film overall lacks a lot in substance and story. It's basically a stylish yet flimsy movie. For me it is worth seeing once. I would have no desire to see it again. I'm afraid I was not very impressed with it. Maybe it's just not my cup of tea. I know it has many admirers.
The film is in English but some of the Euorpean actors had trouble speaking English, so their dialogue was later dubbed to be more understandable. This results in a film that seems dubbed but a couple of characters sound like they weren't dubbed (which is exactly what happened).
The music (which has been praised a lot) is too loud, and really isn't great compared to other horror films of the 1970's.
So I would suggest that it's worth renting to see this film that is ... Read More
Rating:  - Definitely where an Argento newbie should start!
Suspiria has a very ominous beginning, and great musical score that is not only slightly scary, and used throughout as foreshadowing, but also appropriate for the plot and main character: Suzie, a ballerina traveling from NY to Germany for a dancing scholarship. Upon arrival to her new academy she encounters an eerie, gruesome murder of a recently expelled student. Soon thereafter she falls understandably ill after seeing an anonymous, hideous looking woman (picture the offspring of Capt. Lou Albano and an Eastern European bearded-lady carnival worker) who looks after the schoolmaster's creepy, Little Boy Blue nephew.
Essentially, the movie breaks down as a mystery; the killer, cause, and source of evil is completely unknown and secretive until the final suspenseful moment. It's psychotic and seductive, a true horror tale that leaves the exposition as minimal as possible and saturates the senses with prolonged action and climaxes.
This is where Argento's reputation is well deserved. While the story and acting are average, the framing of colors and shadows are wonderful contrasts that can't be avoided; they simply grab a viewer's attention. The camera angles and scenery are stupendous, with soul piercing close-ups and epic, wide-angle work, each scene is framed with a deliberateness that works perfectly. At one point a shadow is so masterfully filmed during a chase scene that it appears to be the tormentor or evil entity that seems to be ever-so-elusive in Argento movies. ... Read More
Rating: - great movie
I love horror movies, and this is probably one of my top three favorites. The story is ok, but the way the movie is shot and the technicolor are amazing. this movie is too good.
Rating:  - not the masterpeice its praised to be....
i bought susperia thinking it would be a masterpeice like everyone said....i was WRONG.the only good thing about this movie were the kills.the story was ok,the plot kinda boring and it took FOREVER to get to the good parts.NOTHING scary about this movie at all so i dont understand all the good reveiws.See the third movie,mother of tears,its a better movie to me and moves at a better pace then this one.i havent seen the sequel,inferno,but after seeing this one i never will.
Rating: - What Color Lipstick Does Your Pig Wear? Argento's wears Blue and Red.
WOW!!! Talk about flirting with disaster!! So, clearly I'm not an Argento-phile. The pig I alluded to would be the film "Suspiria". The lipstick is Dario Argento's visual style. What I ended up with was a very visually appealing film that could have been 20 minutes long and still not have been nearly as interesting as the hype. I can clearly hear your cries of protest and disbelief; "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MORON!!! Believe me, I've been here before. I'm use to it. You would present as evidence of my suspect intelligence, approval of films like "Hatchet" and "Slugs". Yet, I have watched this movie twice and a half and have recently watched four other Argento "classics", some of which I enjoyed to a certain degree. So armed, I will endeavor to explain why this film didn't do it for me on a complete level (yea, this is serious stuff!!!).
-THE PROVERBIAL PIG.
Of course, the "pig" in "Suspiria" is the story. Everybody who loves this film, including the amazon.com reviewer up there, willfully dismisses the admittedly convoluted story as extraneous to the brilliance of this film. I guess I'm screwy because I think that idea is just appalling. Let me qualify this by saying that I am a professional artist. I have knowledge of most of the visual arts including photography. I'm a visual person by nature. Yet, the visual experience in "Suspiria" was not enough for me to give the bloated and shallow story a free pass. I understand surrealism and the attempt at a ... Read More
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