Nathan's Neo-Suspiria Q&A

[carminalizarin]

~ IN WHICH I ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT NEO-SUSPIRIA (AND ALSO REMINISCE ABOUT THE ORIGINAL TO SOME EXTENT) ~

I first heard about some European horror film called “Suspiria” (whatever that even meant*) as a teenager back in like 2002 or thereabouts, and finally saw it a year or two later. It became one of my favorite movies in general and has

Comments

[saithkar]

Great write up. It's noteworthy that most horror films tend to stick around that 90-100 minute runtime because it takes a very talented group of filmmakers to maintain an atmosphere of terror beyond that timeframe. I'd put 2018 Suspiria into the same camp as A Cure For Wellness (that starred Mia Goth incidentally) as a good film that was ultimate undone by its two and half hour runtime.

One of the pleasures of seeing films with a crowd is their reactions, so while I'm a cold and jaded bastard, I was sitting next to two young women whose squirming and palpable discomfort during the gore scenes added an extra layer of enjoyment to the movie.

[carminalizarin]

Thanks. Yes, beyond 100 minutes or so you essentially start getting a film that ends up being hybridized with other genres (not that that's necessarily a bad thing), hence the considerable "drama" influence at work in much of the current boom of "prestige horror" films.

Ha, interesting. I saw it at a 10:50 a.m. showing (since I wanted to go hiking after the film) in which the audience consisted of me plus one older gentleman sitting a few rows back, so I did not have that experience. Then again, had I been at your theater, I would have been squirming in palpable discomfort while Olga was being folded up like a shirt. Dear god...