Review of Suspiria (1977) by Danny M — 16 Oct 2009

This movie is an exercise. An exercise in suspense, atmosphere, gore and horror. I 've read somewhere that the script was written by Argento and his girlfriend at the time Daria Nicolodi. I think they did a litte more than writing during the writing process.

The plot of the movie is all over the place, doesn't hold together and leads to a weak ending. So what makes this movie great? The forementioned exercise. Argento obviously knew that the plot was weak and probably thought: "Ok, now let's see what we can make out of this.

" And boy what he made! Even without a sturdy plot the suspense, the atmosphere, the gore and most importantly the horror are all present. Argento creates these elements ex abrupto with his shots, the use of sounds and colors.

And isn't this an amazing achievement? The direction reing's over the writting and force's the movie to be what it was meant to be. A horror jewel and a film that all wannabe directors must watch.

Oh, a special mention is in order for the venomous cherry of every Argento movie that is the music of Goblin. Once again they fail to dissapoint launching the horror master's work in another dimension.