Review of Suspiria (2018) by Brent_Marchant — 14 Nov 2018

Despite considerable potential, this celluloid mess ultimately can't pull off what it appears to promise. After a painfully slow and needlessly cryptic start, this stylish horror flick gradually and effectively begins building suspense toward what is believed will be a revelatory and stunning conclusion.

Unfortunately, the film falls apart in its final act, going needlessly over the top and ultimately serving up more muddle than resolution, squandering the audience trust that the director had built up in the picture's preceding segments.

Though visually stunning and viscerally affecting, the end product never quite comes together as one would hope, leaving more questions open than answered. While this release aspires to cinematic greatness, sadly it ends up yet another exercise in artsy pretentiousness in the same vein as "Mother!" and "Killing of a Sacred Deer.