Suspiria (1977)
92 %
Reviews Counted: 26 Fresh: 24 Rotten:2 Average Rating: 8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Synopsis: Dario Argento's masterpiece of horror, with its assault of garish colors, booming soundtrack and horrifically dreamlike set pieces, is the cinematic equivalent of an exceptionally scary fun house. It tells the story of Susan (Harper) a young, impressionable American who travels abroad... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Jessica Harper, Flavio Bucci, Stefania Casini, Joan Bennett, Miguel Bosé
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A strange combination of the art house and the slaughterhouse, it may be too violent for the typical cineaste and too contrived for the typical gore-hound. Yet somehow Argento impressively straddles both worlds, offering a unique vision ...
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07/04/08
As an appetizer to the thoroughly bizarre world of Italian horror, Suspiria is the perfect antipasto.
09/26/07
Throughout this nerve-wracking journey, Argento's sly gift is to strike when you least expect it.
03/29/07
Argento works so hard for his effects -- throwing around shock cuts, colored lights, and peculiar camera angles -- that it would be impolite not to be a little frightened.
03/29/07
Top Critic
It's always fascinating to watch; the thrills and spills are so classy and fast that the movie becomes in effect what horror movies seemed like when you were too young to get in to see them.
06/24/06
Dario Argento's best-known film is a Cinemascope, pinwheel lollipop-colored spin through a haunted German dance academy.
04/01/06
Only catches fire when it has run out of imagination to end it in any other way but through a pyrotechnic display.
03/03/06
Mr. Argento's methods make potentially stomach-turning material more interesting than it ought to be.
05/09/05
Top Critic
A get-under-your-skin makes no sense classic with some of the scariest images ever put on film.
01/14/05
The final revelations aren't especially difficult to discern and ultimately are a tad unrewarding but Argento never takes his foot off the atmospheric pedal, and the anxiety in the viewer lingers until the credits begin to roll.
07/22/03
...all the visual artistry in the world can't compensate for a lousy script.
02/25/03
Everything is baroque and overdone, including the obviously fake gore, but that gives the film a distinctive style that makes it exciting.
07/01/02
In terms of technical prowess the king of horror cinema is Italy’s Dario Argento. His masterpiece is the lurid Suspiria, which boasts the most arresting tagline for any horror film.
04/03/02
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