Considered the most famous Italian horror film of all time for its vivid, groundbreaking style and jaw-dropping bloodshed, now, to celebrate SUSPIRIA's Fortieth Anniversary, CultFilms is proud to terrify audiences once again with the dazzling 4K restoration of Dario Argento's groundbreaking horror masterpiece. Ballet student Suzy Bannion (Jessica Harper) arrives at a prestigious dance academy in Freiburg, a school plagued by gruesome and supernatural happenings. Soon students begin to die in horrific circumstances is Suzy next, and can she uncover the academy's sinister secret before it's too late? Argento carved a Baroque Expressionist nightmare, saturated with expressionist colours and punctuated by shocking violence. His monumental, epoch-making cinema-redefining visual and aural assault on the senses has become the reference by which all horror genre is measured and its creator, director Dario Argento can now truly be seen as one of the important artists of the 20th century.. Now finally presented for the 1st time ever according to the director's original vision: the 4K scan was restored painstakingly by the applauded TLE Films (who did the Clint Eastwood Dollar Trilogy among others) with that crucially distinct colour palette reinstated in accordance with Argento's original specification. Extras: Special Dual Edition: DVD and Bluray + Embossed Slipcase New Extra: long interview of Dario Argento discussing his Suspiria New Extra: Exclusive Dario Argento Introduction of this new 4k restoration Audio Commentary by critics Kim Newman and Alan Jones Fear at 400 Degrees: interview with Argento and Claudio Simonetti Interview with Claudio Simonetti, Norman J Warren and Patricia McComack (Blu only) New Extra: The 4K Restoration Process utterly fascinating
Considered the most famous Italian horror film of all time for its vivid, groundbreaking style and jawdropping bloodshed, now, to celebrate SUSPIRIA's Fortieth Anniversary, CultFilms is proud to terrify audiences once again with the dazzling 4K restoration of Dario Argento's groundbreaking horror masterpiece. Ballet student Suzy Bannion (Jessica Harper) arrives at a prestigious dance academy in Freiburg, a school plagued by gruesome and supernatural happenings. Soon students begin to die in horrific circumstances is Suzy next, and can she uncover the academy's sinister secret before it's too late? Argento carved a Baroque Expressionist nightmare, saturated with expressionist colours and punctuated by shocking violence. His monumental, epochmaking cinemaredefining visual and aural assault on the senses has become the reference by which all horror genre is measured and its creator, director Dario Argento can now truly be seen as one of the important artists of the 20th century.. Now finally presented for the 1st time ever according to the director's original vision: the 4K scan was restored painstakingly by the applauded TLE Films (who did the Clint Eastwood Dollar Trilogy among others) with that crucially distinct colour palette reinstated in accordance with Argento's original specification. Features Dario Argento Suspiria 40th Anniversary interview Dario Argento Introduces his 4K restored Suspiria Audio Commentary by critics Alan Jones and Kim Newman Fear at 400 Degrees: Cine Excess interviews Dario Argento, Claudio Simonetti et al. Suspiria Perspectives: Cine Excess Critical Comments on a Cult Classic The 4K Restoration Process by TLE Films
Considered the most famous Italian horror film of all time for its vivid, groundbreaking style and jaw-dropping bloodshed, CultFilms is proud to terrify audiences once again with the dazzling 4K restoration of Dario Argento's groundbreaking horror masterpiece. Ballet student Suzy Bannion (Jessica Harper) arrives at a prestigious dance academy in Freiburg, a school plagued by gruesome and supernatural happenings. Soon students begin to die in horrific circumstances - is Suzy next, and can she uncover the academy's sinister secret before it's too late? Argento carved a Baroque Expressionist nightmare, saturated with expressionist colours and punctuated by shocking violence. His monumental, epoch-making cinema-redefining visual and aural assault on the senses has become the reference by which all horror genre is measured and its creator, director Dario Argento can now truly be seen as one of the important artists of the 20th century. Now finally presented for the first time ever according to the director's original vision: the 4K scan was restored painstakingly by the applauded TLE Films (who did the Clint Eastwood Dollar Trilogy among others) with that crucially distinct colour palette reinstated in accordance with Argento's original specification. Extras: Special Exclusive O card New Extra: long interview of Dario Argento discussing his Suspiria New Extra: Exclusive Dario Argento Introduction of this new 4k restoration Audio Commentary by critics Kim Newman and Alan Jones Fear at 400 Degrees: interview with Argento and Claudio Simonetti Interview with Claudio Simonetti, Norman J Warren and Patricia McComack (Blu only) New Extra: The 4K Restoration Process utterly fascinating
Outside of devoted cult audiences, many Americans have yet to discover the extremely stylish, relentlessly terrifying Italian horror genre, or the films of its talented virtuoso, Dario Argento. Suspiria, part one of a still-uncompleted trilogy (the luminously empty Inferno was the second), is considered his masterpiece by Argento devotees but also doubles as a perfect starting point for those unfamiliar with the director or his genre. The convoluted plot follows an American dancer (Jessica Harper) from her arrival at a European ballet school to her discovery that it's actually a witches coven; but, really, don't worry about that too much. Argento makes narrative subservient to technique, preferring instead to assault the senses and nervous system with mood, atmosphere, illusory gore, garish set production, a menacing camera, and perhaps the creepiest score ever created for a movie. It's essentially a series of effectively unsettling set pieces--a raging storm that Harper should have taken for an omen, and a blind man attacked by his own dog are just two examples--strung together on a skeleton structure. But once you've seen it, you'll never forget it. --Dave McCoy
Suzy Bannion (Jessica Harper) is an American ballet student travelling to Germany to study at an exclusive dance academy in the Black Forest. After one of the students and her friend are hideously murdered in the first of Argento's breath-catching set-piece killings Suzy discovers that the academy has a bizarre history and as the body count rises she gets involved in a hideous labyrinth of murder black magic and madness.
After the death of their father, a traumatised Ursula (Barbara Magnolfi, SUSPIRIA) and her sister Dagmar (Stefania D'Amario, ZOMBIE) check into a plush hotel on the picturesque bay of Naples. Soon, beautiful women start dying in the most bizarre gory manner. All post-coitus.The already disturbed Ursula starts having visions: apparently seeing through the eyes of a black-clad voyeur who observes his prey having sex.. Heightening the giallo genre with the Sleaze-O-meter cranked up to 11 à la Spinal Tap' the story plays out straight-faced however, here, the film's outrageous intensity stems from the stream of beautiful women stripping and pleasuring themselves, or each other, or some happy bloke, in an eye-popping gamut of sex: sapphic, straight, bent, oneiric, usually murderous In a candid interview, writer-director Milioni guarantees that this is his own full uncut edit with all the eroticism he intended! He should know: Defying ALL political correctness, URSULA was made to skirt hardcore and started the ultra-rarified Porno-Giallo genre.
Inspired by Thomas De Quincey's 'Suspiria de Profundis' and co-written by Argento and his long-term partner Daria Nicolodi SUSPIRIA is Argento's undisputed masterpiece of Grand Guignol horror hitting new peaks of terror through its stunning photography (courtesy of Luciano Tovoli) eye-popping production design and terrifying atmosphere of dread - thanks in no small part to the great score from Goblin! Susy Banyon (Jessica Harper) is an American ballet student travelling to Germany to study at an exclusive dance academy in the Black Forest. After one of the students and her friend are hideously murdered in the first of Argento's breath-catching set-piece killings Susy discovers that the academy has a bizarre history and as the body count rises she gets involved in a hideous labyrinth of murder black magic and madness...
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