Review of Suspiria (1977) by Greg P — 18 Apr 2011
Wow, what a hard movie to rate.
The beginning of the movie sets the tone with absolutely immersive atmosphere. The death scenes are imaginative and surreal and are like abstract paintings that could actually be considered beautiful with it's use of powerful and rich colors. The middle section, however, falters quite a bit.
The ballet scenes are pretty dull and quite cheesy, and the suspense seems to want to build, but too often it bails out on the viewer. The editing was also noticeably poor from scene to scene. The ultimate redeeming quality in this movie is the art direction and music which has some of the best in both categories of any horror movie ever. Weeks after watching it, it haunts my memory because it is so vivid and unnerving. I can appreciate this more because I keep feeling intrigued by it, even if I didn't love it while watching it the first time.
It's too bad the plot didn't stack up, or else this would have been amazing...of course plot is a very important component.
This review of Suspiria (1977) was written by Greg P on 18 Apr 2011.
Suspiria has generally received very positive reviews.
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