03-30-2019, 05:54 AM
Suspiria (2018)
I've visited the city of Varese, Italy and seen the abandoned Grand Hotel Campo dei Fiori (where the interiors and exterior were shot) high up on a hill, looking very much like The Overlook Hotel, or The Bates Motel. I also know somebody who has been on a tour of the inside after filming was completed. The guides apparently said the filmmakers had vandalized the Art Nouveau building and stolen pieces of architecture/artwork. So I didn't go into watching this film feeling well disposed to the people involved
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A new subplot about an elderly Psychiatrist is the main reason why this remake is a full hour longer than the original film. I felt that whenever the weirdness within the dance school begins to build up a sense of sickly dread, the film cuts away to this very sombre outside story and that dark energy dissipates. The whole thing could be taken out fairly easily, leaving a more satisfying artsy Horror experience. The modern-dance sequence halfway through backed by Thom Yorke's score (video below) was the only scene that I felt really nailed the full power of what the film was going for, I had a queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach all the way through. This remake is inferior but it's got some unique and extreme body-Horror scenes that should please David Cronenberg fans.
I've visited the city of Varese, Italy and seen the abandoned Grand Hotel Campo dei Fiori (where the interiors and exterior were shot) high up on a hill, looking very much like The Overlook Hotel, or The Bates Motel. I also know somebody who has been on a tour of the inside after filming was completed. The guides apparently said the filmmakers had vandalized the Art Nouveau building and stolen pieces of architecture/artwork. So I didn't go into watching this film feeling well disposed to the people involved
.A new subplot about an elderly Psychiatrist is the main reason why this remake is a full hour longer than the original film. I felt that whenever the weirdness within the dance school begins to build up a sense of sickly dread, the film cuts away to this very sombre outside story and that dark energy dissipates. The whole thing could be taken out fairly easily, leaving a more satisfying artsy Horror experience. The modern-dance sequence halfway through backed by Thom Yorke's score (video below) was the only scene that I felt really nailed the full power of what the film was going for, I had a queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach all the way through. This remake is inferior but it's got some unique and extreme body-Horror scenes that should please David Cronenberg fans.
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