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* AdaptationDyeJob: Suzy in the original had dark brown hair, while Susie in the remake is a redhead.
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** A key sequence in the film features [[spoiler:Olga]] having her body [[CruelAndUnusualDeath violently twisted and her bones broken]].

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** A key sequence in the film features [[spoiler:Olga]] having her body [[CruelAndUnusualDeath violently twisted and her bones broken]]. The worst part? She's ''still alive'' afterwards.
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* ChromosomeCasting: All of the film's significant characters are women except for Dr. Klemperer (who's still [[CrosscastRole played by a woman.]])
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* PracticalEffects: Most of the gore and BodyHorror makes use of these rather than CGI. This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=183&v=NIw8-R24qFk behind the scenes video]] goes into more detail (Word of warning: Spoilerific and '''very''' NSFW.)
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''Suspiria'' is a 2018 {{supernatural|fiction}} {{horror}} film directed by Creator/LucaGuadagnino and written by David Kajganich, and a {{remake}} of 1977 Creator/DarioArgento classic [[Film/{{Suspiria}} of the same name]], with music composed by [[Music/{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]].

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''Suspiria'' is a 2018 {{supernatural|fiction}} {{horror}} film directed by Creator/LucaGuadagnino and written by David Kajganich, and a {{remake}} of 1977 Creator/DarioArgento classic [[Film/{{Suspiria}} [[Film/Suspiria1977 of the same name]], with music composed by [[Music/{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]].
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* ImportantHaircut: Susie gets a haircut in preparation for the dance exhibition, symbolizing her growth from ingénue to lead performer.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: Thom Yorke's beautiful, forlorn piano-driven song "Unmade" plays as [[spoiler: the avatar of Death strolls around the sabbath chamber exploding heads left and right.]]

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* NaiveNewcomer: Susie, coming to the academy without any knowledge of its goings-on.

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* NaiveNewcomer: Susie, coming to the academy without any knowledge of its goings-on. [[spoiler:Allegedly. It's not clear whether or not her ignorance was only an act the whole time.]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Helena Markos when she realizes that Susie isn't what/who she appears to be.]]
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* {{Gorn}}: Hoo boy. Argento would be proud.

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* TheSeventies: Set circa 1977, close to when the original film was released.

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* TheSeventies: Set circa 1977, close to when Incidentally set in the same year Dario Argento's original film was released.''Suspiria'' came out.
** The German Autumn of 1977 is a background event for the plot thread concerning Patricia and her disappearance from the academy.



* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:Was Susan an ambitious-if-naive dancer who was corrupted by the coven's magic into becoming a vessel for Mother Suspiriorum even before the Volk ritual was completed, or [[EvilAllAlong was she Mother Suspiriorum the whole time]], and used the events of the movie as a way to prove who was loyal to her and exact revenge on those who weren't?]]

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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:Was Susan Susie an ambitious-if-naive ambitious-if-naïve dancer who was corrupted by the coven's magic into becoming a vessel for Mother Suspiriorum even before the Volk ritual was completed, or [[EvilAllAlong was she Mother Suspiriorum the whole time]], and used the events of the movie as a way to prove who was loyal to her and exact revenge on those who weren't?]]



** [[spoiler:Sara, in a trance during the final ritual, being graphically disemboweled, remaining standing and seemingly-unaffected as her intestines are splattered to the ground.]]

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** [[spoiler:Sara, Sara, [[spoiler: in a trance during the final ritual, being graphically disemboweled, remaining standing and seemingly-unaffected as her intestines are splattered to the ground.]]
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: Susie. It's a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal dramatically different direction]] compared to the more typical heroine Suzy of the original.

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* FromNobodyToNightmare: Susie. It's a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal dramatically very different direction]] direction compared to the more typical heroine Suzy of the original.
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** [[spoiler:Sara, in a trance during the final ritual, being graphically disemboweled, remaining standing and seemingly-unaffected as her intestines are splattered to the ground.]]

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* CompositeCharacter: The remake's version of Sara takes on part of the role filled by the original Susie Bannion, being the one who leads the investigation into the coven.

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The remake's version of Sara takes on part of the role filled by the original Susie Bannion, being the one who leads the investigation into the coven.coven.
** [[spoiler: ''Susie'' is Mother Suspiriorum in this version.]]


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* DecompositeCharacter: [[spoiler: Helena Markos and Mother Suspiriorum are two separate entities in this iteration; just ''who'' Mother Suspiriorum is becomes a key part of TheReveal (for more info, see CompositeCharacter).]]
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* SpiritualAntithesis: To the original film, believe it or not. Putting the two films side-by-side is one of the best examples possible of how two filmmakers can take virtually the exact same story and come away with two radically different takes on it, from their visual styles to the beats of the story and how they progress.
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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:Was Susan an ambitious-if-naive dancer who was corrupted by the coven's magic into becoming a vessel for Mother Suspiriorum even before the Volk ritual was completed, or [[EvilAllAlong was she Mother Suspiriorum the whole time]], and used the events of the movie as a way to prove who was loyal to her and exact revenge on those who weren't?]]
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Susie Bannon (Creator/DakotaJohnson) is a young American woman studying at a dance academy in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}. Following a series of mysterious disappearances, Susie, her friend Sara (Mia Goth), and elderly psychologist Dr. Josef Klemperer ("Lutz Ebersdorf" [[note]] In actuality Creator/TildaSwinton under heavy makeup. [[/note]]) launch an investigation into the school that reveals a hidden dark side the instructors, including Madame Blanc ([[ActingForTwo Tilda Swinton]]), likely wished to remain hidden. Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz also stars.

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Susie Bannon (Creator/DakotaJohnson) is a young American woman studying at a dance academy in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}.1977 [[UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}} West Berlin]]. Following a series of mysterious disappearances, Susie, her friend Sara (Mia Goth), and elderly psychologist Dr. Josef Klemperer ("Lutz Ebersdorf" [[note]] In actuality Creator/TildaSwinton Actually Tilda Swinton under heavy makeup. [[/note]]) launch an investigation into the school that reveals a hidden dark side secrets about the instructors, including Madame Blanc ([[ActingForTwo Tilda Swinton]]), likely wished to remain hidden. Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz also stars.



* AdaptationalVillainy:[[spoiler:Susie, of all people. She violently takes over Markos' coven at the end of the film and may have been a witch the whole time.]]

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* AdaptationalVillainy:[[spoiler:Susie, of all people. AdaptationalVillainy:[[spoiler: Susie. She violently takes over Markos' the coven at the end of the film and may have been a witch the whole time.time. On the other hand, her treatment of Dr. Klemperer in the end might reveal she's not as evil as those she replaced.]]



* SweetieGraffiti: The film ends with a heart carved into the side of Klemperer and Anke's cottage.

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* SweetieGraffiti: The film ends with a heart carved into the side of Klemperer and Anke's cottage.cottage has a heart carved into an outside corner, with their initials. [[spoiler: The last shot of the film is of the cottage, now occupied by a new family, with the heart faded but still present.]]
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* AdaptationalVillainy:[[spoiler:Susie, of all people. She violently takes over Markos' coven at the end of the film and may have been a witch the whole time.]]

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* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Much like the original film, the cast is largely female. [[note]]This was part of the reason for the elaborate production/marketing hoax with Swinton playing the psychologist under heavy makeup and a pseudonym, to include Klemperer's male presence in the story while still keeping the cast entirely female.[[/note]]

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* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Much like the original film, the cast is largely female. [[note]]This was part of the reason for the elaborate production/marketing hoax with Swinton playing the psychologist under heavy makeup and a pseudonym, to include Klemperer's male presence in the story while still keeping the cast almost entirely female.[[/note]][[/note]]
* IronicEcho: "No other mother." First said by "Mother" Markos to Susie. Then re-stated by Mother Suspiriorum as she [[spoiler: cleans house of all those who backed Helena.]]


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* MercyKill: Given to a very willing [[spoiler: Patricia, Olga, and Sara]] at the end, who have been brutally wounded and mutilated and are walking corpses.


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* RightInFrontOfMe: The witches' final ceremony is brought to an abrupt end when Susie asks Markos which of the three mothers she represents. When she responds the she has inherited the position of Mother Suspiriorum, Susie responds, [[spoiler: "[[WhamLine I am she.]]"]]


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* YourHeadAsplode: When Mother Suspiriorum returns to the coven, this happens to every member who had [[spoiler: voted to keep Helena Markos in power.]]

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* BodyHorror: A key sequence in the film features [[spoiler: Olga]] having her body [[CruelAndUnusualDeath violently twisted and her bones broken]].
* ColorWash: Unlike the original film, which was very vibrantly colored, this version favors a drab, Earthier shade of brown throughout.

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* BodyHorror: Oh, mother—
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A key sequence in the film features [[spoiler: Olga]] [[spoiler:Olga]] having her body [[CruelAndUnusualDeath violently twisted and her bones broken]].
** [[spoiler:Sara]] literally breaking a leg in the ''Volk'' sequence.
** Helena Markos, natch.
** [[spoiler:Susie's]] VaginaDentata.
* ColorWash: Unlike the original film, which was very vibrantly colored, this version favors a drab, Earthier earthier shade of brown throughout.



* CreepyBlueEyes: Sara [[spoiler:switching eye colors with Susie in the ''Volk'' sequence. Susie's turns brown.]]



* FromNobodyToNightmare: Susie. It's a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal dramatically different direction]] compared to the more typical heroine Suzy of the original.



* TheLostLenore: Anke, [[spoiler:who was revealed to have died in the hands of Nazis at Theresienstadt.]]



* VaginaDentata: [[spoiler:Susie]].

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* VaginaDentata: [[spoiler:Susie]].SweetieGraffiti: The film ends with a heart carved into the side of Klemperer and Anke's cottage.
* UnconventionalFormatting: A poster of an upcoming performance in the film, some of its promotional materials, and even movie tickets make use of randomly aligned letters that look like the words they form just splattered into position. Even their Twitter account likes to invoke this every so often.

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* BodyHorror: A key sequence in the film features [[spoiler: Olga]] having her body [[CruelAndUnusualDeath violently twisted and her bones broken]]

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* BodyHorror: A key sequence in the film features [[spoiler: Olga]] having her body [[CruelAndUnusualDeath violently twisted and her bones broken]] broken]].


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* VaginaDentata: [[spoiler:Susie]].
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* RemakeCameo: Jessica Harper (aka the original Suzy) has a small role as Klemperer's wife.

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* BodyHorror: A key sequence in the film features [[spoiler: Olga]] having her body [[CruelAndUnusualDeath violently twisted and her bones broken]]



* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Much like the original film, the cast is largely female.

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* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Much like the original film, the cast is largely female. [[note]]This was part of the reason for the elaborate production/marketing hoax with Swinton playing the psychologist under heavy makeup and a pseudonym, to include Klemperer's male presence in the story while still keeping the cast entirely female.[[/note]]


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Susie Bannon (Creator/DakotaJohnson) is a young American woman studying at a dance academy in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}. Following a series of mysterious disappearances, Susie, her friend Sara (Mia Goth), and elderly psychologist Dr. Josef Klemperer ("Lutz Ebersdorf" [note] In actuality Creator/TildaSwinton under heavy makeup. [/note]) launch an investigation into the school that reveals a hidden dark side the instructors, including Madame Blanc ([[ActingForTwo TildaSwinton]]), likely wished to remain hidden. Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz also stars.

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Susie Bannon (Creator/DakotaJohnson) is a young American woman studying at a dance academy in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}. Following a series of mysterious disappearances, Susie, her friend Sara (Mia Goth), and elderly psychologist Dr. Josef Klemperer ("Lutz Ebersdorf" [note] [[note]] In actuality Creator/TildaSwinton under heavy makeup. [/note]) [[/note]]) launch an investigation into the school that reveals a hidden dark side the instructors, including Madame Blanc ([[ActingForTwo TildaSwinton]]), Tilda Swinton]]), likely wished to remain hidden. Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz also stars.
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Susie Bannon (Creator/DakotaJohnson) is a young American woman studying at a dance academy in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}. Following a series of mysterious disappearances, Susie, her friend Sara (Mia Goth), and elderly psychologist Dr. Josef Klemperer (Lutz Ebersdorf) launch an investigation into the school that reveals a hidden dark side the instructors, including Madame Blanc (Creator/TildaSwinton), likely wished to remain hidden. Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz also stars.

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Susie Bannon (Creator/DakotaJohnson) is a young American woman studying at a dance academy in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}. Following a series of mysterious disappearances, Susie, her friend Sara (Mia Goth), and elderly psychologist Dr. Josef Klemperer (Lutz Ebersdorf) ("Lutz Ebersdorf" [note] In actuality Creator/TildaSwinton under heavy makeup. [/note]) launch an investigation into the school that reveals a hidden dark side the instructors, including Madame Blanc (Creator/TildaSwinton), ([[ActingForTwo TildaSwinton]]), likely wished to remain hidden. Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz also stars.
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* DeathByAdaptation: Olga, who simply disappeared from the story in the original film, gets the first prominent death scene in this version.

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Susie Bannon (Creator/DakotaJohnson) is a young American woman studying at a dance academy in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}. Following a series of mysterious disappearances, Susie, her friend Sara (Mia Goth), and elderly psychologist Dr. Josef Klemperer (Lutz Ebersdorf) launch an investigation into the school that reveals a hidden dark side the instructors, including Madame Blanc (Creator/TildaSwinton), likely wished to remained hidden. Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz also stars.

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Susie Bannon (Creator/DakotaJohnson) is a young American woman studying at a dance academy in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}. Following a series of mysterious disappearances, Susie, her friend Sara (Mia Goth), and elderly psychologist Dr. Josef Klemperer (Lutz Ebersdorf) launch an investigation into the school that reveals a hidden dark side the instructors, including Madame Blanc (Creator/TildaSwinton), likely wished to remained remain hidden. Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz also stars.


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* CompositeCharacter: The remake's version of Sara takes on part of the role filled by the original Susie Bannion, being the one who leads the investigation into the coven.
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''Suspiria'' is a 2018 {{supernatural|fiction}} {{horror}} film directed by Creator/LucaGuadagnino and written by David Kajganich, and a {{remake}} of 1977 Creator/DarioArgento classic [[Film/{{Suspiria}} of the same name]].

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''Suspiria'' is a 2018 {{supernatural|fiction}} {{horror}} film directed by Creator/LucaGuadagnino and written by David Kajganich, and a {{remake}} of 1977 Creator/DarioArgento classic [[Film/{{Suspiria}} of the same name]].
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''Suspiria'' is an upcoming remake of the classic 1977 Creator/DarioArgento [[Film/{{Suspiria}} film]], revolving around a young woman named Susie Bannon (Dakota Johnson) who travels to a dance academy in Berlin. Following a series of mysterious disappearances, Susie, her friend Sara (Mia Goth), and elderly psychologist Dr. Josef Klemperer (Lutz Ebersdorf) launch an investigation into the school that reveals a hidden dark side the instructors likely wished had remained hidden.

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''Suspiria'' is an upcoming remake a 2018 {{supernatural|fiction}} {{horror}} film directed by Creator/LucaGuadagnino and written by David Kajganich, and a {{remake}} of the classic 1977 Creator/DarioArgento classic [[Film/{{Suspiria}} film]], revolving around a young woman named of the same name]].

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!!Tropes found in !! ''Suspiria'' contains examples of:
* TheSeventies: Set circa 1977, close to when the original film was released.
* ColorWash: Unlike the original film, which was very vibrantly colored,
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* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Much like the original film, the cast is largely female.
* NaiveNewcomer: Susie, coming to the academy without any knowledge of its goings-on.
* OneWordTitle: Simply ''Suspiria''.
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''Suspiria'' is an upcoming remake of the classic 1977 Creator/DarioArgento [[Film/{{Suspiria} film]], revolving around a young woman named Susie Bannon (Dakota Johnson) who travels to a dance academy in Berlin. Following a series of mysterious disappearances, Susie, her friend Sara (Mia Goth), and elderly psychologist Dr. Josef Klemperer (Lutz Ebersdorf) launch an investigation into the school that reveals a hidden dark side the instructors likely wished had remained hidden.

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''Suspiria'' is an upcoming remake of the classic 1977 Creator/DarioArgento [[Film/{{Suspiria} [[Film/{{Suspiria}} film]], revolving around a young woman named Susie Bannon (Dakota Johnson) who travels to a dance academy in Berlin. Following a series of mysterious disappearances, Susie, her friend Sara (Mia Goth), and elderly psychologist Dr. Josef Klemperer (Lutz Ebersdorf) launch an investigation into the school that reveals a hidden dark side the instructors likely wished had remained hidden.
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''Suspiria'' is an upcoming remake of the classic 1977 Creator/DarioArgento [[Film/{{Suspiria} film]], revolving around a young woman named Susie Bannon (Dakota Johnson) who travels to a dance academy in Berlin. Following a series of mysterious disappearances, Susie, her friend Sara (Mia Goth), and elderly psychologist Dr. Josef Klemperer (Lutz Ebersdorf) launch an investigation into the school that reveals a hidden dark side the instructors likely wished had remained hidden.
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!!Tropes found in this film include:

* {{Homage}}: Director Luca Guadagnino has described the film as more of an homage to the feelings he had while watching the original movie for the first time as opposed to a strict retelling of the story.
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