History Film / Suspiria2018

->"[[Creator/LucaGuadagnino Guadagnino]], who has said he wanted to remake ''Film/{{Suspiria|1977}}'' since he first saw it more than 30 years ago, signals both his reverence and his seriousness by departing from it in every way imaginable — visually, sonically, dramatically, emotionally."
-->-- '''[[https://web.archive.org/web/20181025214027/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-suspiria-review-20181024-story.html Justin Chang]]'''
''Suspiria'' is a 2018 {{supernatural|fiction}} {{horror}} film directed by Creator/LucaGuadagnino and written by David Kajganich, with music composed by [[Music/{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]]. It's a ''[[InNameOnly very]]'' loose {{remake}} of the 1977 Creator/DarioArgento classic [[Film/Suspiria1977 of the same name]], taking its story and atmosphere in a wholly different direction.

In 1977 [[UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}} West Berlin]], Susie Bannon (Creator/DakotaJohnson) is a young American woman studying at one of the most renowned dance schools in the world: the Markos Tanz Company. As her skills gain the attention of head artistic director and choreographer Madame Blanc (Creator/TildaSwinton), a series of mysterious disappearances occurs, leading Susie, her friend Sara (Mia Goth), and the grieving elderly psychologist Dr. Josef Klemperer ("Lutz Ebersdorf" [[note]]Actually Creator/TildaSwinton under heavy makeup.[[/note]]) towards an investigation into the school that reveals dark secrets that the instructors likely wished to remain hidden.

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

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Susie becomes Mater Suspiriorum and defeats Markos and her cohorts with the help of Death itself and Madame Blanc survives despite a grievous injury. On the other hand, Patricia, Olga and Sara are dead (though are given graceful [[MercyKill Mercy Kills]]) and Josef Klemperer has his memory wiped at the hands of Susie/Susiriorum as a merciful gesture and to prevent him from exposing the existence of the witches]].

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Susie becomes Mater Suspiriorum and defeats Markos and her cohorts with the help of Death itself and Madame Blanc survives despite a grievous injury. On the other hand, Patricia, Olga and Sara are dead (though are given graceful [[MercyKill Mercy Kills]]) and Josef Klemperer has his memory wiped at the hands of Susie/Susiriorum to prevent him from exposing the existence of the witches]].

->"[[Creator/LucaGuadagnino Guadagnino]], who has said he wanted to remake ''[[Film/Suspiria1977 Suspiria]]'' since he first saw it more than 30 years ago, signals both his reverence and his seriousness by [[SpiritualAntithesis departing from it in every way imaginable]] — [[RealIsBrown visually]], [[DroneOfDread sonically]], dramatically, emotionally."

-->'''[[https://web.archive.org/web/20181025214027/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-suspiria-review-20181024-story.html Justin Chang]]''': "Guadagnino, who has said he wanted to remake Suspiria since he first saw it more than 30 years ago, signals both his reverence and his seriousness by departing from it in every way imaginable — visually, sonically, dramatically, emotionally."

* FreezeFrameBonus: When we first see Susie, she's walking down the stairs of a German train station. The platform on screen left is labeled [[spoiler: SUSPIRIA]].

* TheSeventies: The German Autumn of 1977 is a background event for the plot thread concerning Patricia and her disappearance from the academy.

* KissOfDeath: [[spoiler:Susie seals each request for a MercyKill with a kiss. The avatar of Death kills off Markos and her followers the same way, though the way she does it ends in YourHeadAsplode.]]

* KissOfDeath: [[spoiler:Susie seals each request for a MercyKill with a kiss]].

''Suspiria'' is a 2018 {{supernatural|fiction}} {{horror}} film directed by Creator/LucaGuadagnino and written by David Kajganich, with music composed by [[Music/{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]]. It's a very loose {{remake}} of the 1977 Creator/DarioArgento classic [[Film/Suspiria1977 of the same name]], taking its story and atmosphere in a wholly different direction.

* RemakeCameo: Jessica Harper (the original Suzy) has a small role as Klemperer's wife.

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''Suspiria'' is a 2018 {{supernatural|fiction}} {{horror}} film directed by Creator/LucaGuadagnino and written by David Kajganich, with music composed by [[Music/{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]]. It's a {{remake}} of 1977 Creator/DarioArgento classic [[Film/Suspiria1977 of the same name]]

Susie Bannon (Creator/DakotaJohnson) is a young American woman studying at a dance academy in 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]] Actually Creator/TildaSwinton under heavy makeup. [[/note]]) launch an investigation into the school that reveals dark secrets about the instructors, including Madame Blanc (Creator/TildaSwinton), likely wished to remain hidden. Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz also stars.

* BodyHorror: Oh, mother—
** 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.

** Helena Markos, natch.
** [[spoiler:Susie's]] VaginaDentata.

* 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.)
* RemakeCameo: Jessica Harper (aka the original Suzy) has a small role as Klemperer's wife.
* 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: "I am she."]]
* 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.]]

* 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.

Susie Bannon (Creator/DakotaJohnson) is a young American woman studying at a dance academy in 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]] Actually Creator/TildaSwinton under heavy makeup. [[/note]]) launch an investigation into the school that reveals dark secrets about the instructors, including Madame Blanc ([[ActingForTwo Tilda Swinton]]), likely wished to remain hidden. Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz also stars.

''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/Suspiria1977 of the same name]], with music composed by [[Music/{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]].

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

* ColorWash: Unlike the original film, which was very vibrantly colored, this version favors a drab, earthier shade of brown throughout.
** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the climactic sequence, which bathes the chaos in a red filter.

* 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]]

* 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.]]

* 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.]]"]]

* 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.
* SweetieGraffiti: Klemperer and Anke's 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. Susie is seen touching it at TheStinger too.]]

* 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.]]

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

** [[Averted Averted]] in the climactic sequence, which bathes the chaos in a red filter.

* 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.

* SweetieGraffiti: Klemperer and Anke's 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.]]

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

Susie Bannon (Creator/DakotaJohnson) is a young American woman studying at a dance academy in 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]] Actually Tilda Swinton under heavy makeup. [[/note]]) launch an investigation into the school that reveals dark secrets about the instructors, including Madame Blanc ([[ActingForTwo Tilda Swinton]]), likely wished to remain hidden. Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz also stars.