In Suspiria, many strange events have been occurring surrounding a prestigious ballet academy in Freiburg. It may be up to young, naive American Suzy Bannion (Jessica Harper); a newcomer to the academy, to solve the mystery.
There aren't many twists, turns or surprises in Suspiria (It's fairly easy to predict where it's all going). In fact, I wasn't scared at all. That said, what the film lacks in plot, characters, or scares it more than makes up for in cinematography, lighting, colors (There are constant, bloody reds and some soft, supernatural greens), and atmosphere. If there was ever a film deserving of a 4k remastering, this film would be it.
Jessica Harper is very pretty as our main lead, and everyone else does fine performances, but I'd dare say that Suspiria is very likely more so remembered for the above mentioned atmosphere, etc than for anything else. It all resembles a hypnotic, beautiful dream and while we sleepwalk through most of the film, the last 12 minutes are sure to wake you up as things go a bit off the rails.
The blood looks like Ketchup, and there is some unintended silliness at times, but Suspiria remains a classic example of visual storytelling and fantastic cinematography (Luciano Tovoli, who desrves a standing ovation).
3.5 STARS
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