Review of Suspiria (2018) by Riff J — 24 Jan 2019

Its a good movie. Somewhat long, and boring at times but still good. None of the actors really stood out except for the great Tilda Swinton (who miraculously plays 3 roles in the film!). The score and soundtrack were very good, done by Thom Yorke from Radiohead.

My interpretation of the film... From folklore, 3 witches (sisters) were brought to the world to bring death. The 3 witches went 3 separate directions to spread their powers out. Mother Suspiriorum was the one based in Germany. This all occurred in the distant past. Markos claims to be the reincarnation of Mother Suspiriorum hence is held in the highest regard by the coven (evidenced by the fact that she got majority of the votes to see who would lead the coven). But she's extremely old now and withering away hence they need a new body for her to possess. I'm assuming it must be a star student, hence Susie is chosen for that role. Blanc is the one who prepares her for the possession. But in doing so, she gets close to Susie as she reminds her of herself. So when it comes time for the ritual leading to the possession she tries to stop it but Markos nearly decapitates her, foiling her attempt. The only problem for Markos is that she's an imposter and Susie is the actual reincarnation of Mother Suspiriorum! So Susie ends up killing Markos (via Death) as well as kills all other members of the coven that were loyal to Markos. The coven under Markos' rule abused their power and tortured some students which Susie/Mother Suspiriorum didn't agree with (hence she'll be a nicer witch - though still an evil witch at the end of the day - which is why her mother admitted her child Susie was her final sin) and hence Susie/MS gave the 3 girls who tried to fight the coven (Patricia, Olga and Sara) a wish each and all requested death, so Susie/MS killed them painlessly. And going forward, Susie/MS will lead the coven. Side note: Dr. Klemperer is involved in all this because the coven needs a witness during the ritual for it to be successful, so the coven had tricked him into coming near the academy where they captured him and tried to use him as the witness. He gets to survive in the end because no ritual was required and because Susie/MS showed him good will. Hence she also wiped from his memory the 4 females that he couldn't help (his wife Anke, Patricia, Olga and Sara). Shame and guilt are required for the coven to be successful, but Susie/MS decided it wouldn't come from him. I'm positive I didn't get everything so pls reply telling me what I missed or how you interpreted the plot.