Review of Suspiria (1977) by Magill F — 16 Jul 2009

I'm going to upset a few people with this one, but I wasn't crazy about Suspiria. I saw it at a late night screening that after it's first death the audience winced then laughed after it cuts to a blind man walking. (with someone shouting out CUT VERSION!).

So otherwise what do we get, a lot of scenes filmed with tints of green and blue and red. That didn't enhance much for me, as I was kind of desiring a bit more story other then a few good scenes (which is balenced out with a few lame ones, like the woman falling into the barb wire. And ultimate lesson of "look before you leap".

The other thing people seem to like is Goblin's score, which I'm back and forth on. Sometimes it works, but perhaps it's just my cut version of the film but does it have to just cut off at times? Everyone in the theatre giggled every time it did that.

Overall it's alright, but it doesn't hold up to my favourites of Euro-atmospheric horror like Black Sunday.