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Summary: What a Masterpiece!
Review: Even after all those years, since I saw the movie the first time, I still had the same amount of chills and the excitement while I watched it over and over again. It is one of the best suspense/horror type of movies I have ever seen. The colors, the decors, the special effects, and the performers are incredible. ENJOY!
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Summary: AMAZING!
Review: The 3-disc special edition is a must. Overall, a very slick, stylish package. Excellent 1 hour doc, trailers, stills and booklet. And the video and audio quality is mind-blowing. No color bleeding, noise, speckles. Couldn't be more pleased. Superlative. Get it before they're all gone!
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Summary: How did Dario Argento do it?
Review: It's a rarity to see movies like this one these days. Argento is a serious visonary with the horror genre.The feeling you get from watching this is so intense and disturbing that you will never look at horror the same way ever again.Masterful photograpy and story line and not to mention Goblins very uncomfortable and eerie music score gives the viewer an unforgetable roller coaster ride into terror.Please do yourself a real favor and purchase this DVD!!!
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Summary: Major Creep Factor in Suspiria
Review: I thought this movie [was bad] when I first saw it years ago, but I've since changed my mind. Suspiria is several cuts above most of the Italian schlocko fests that pass for horror films. I read once where the Italian idea of horror is one of trying to capture the essence of a nightmare, therefor, contemporary logic need not apply. If you watch Suspiria with that idea in mind, it works very well. Don't ask why a ballet school would just happen to have a spare room full of razor wire, just suspend all rational and pretend you're in a nightmare world with it's own rules of reality. The strange characters, creepy lighting, and non-sequiter events are either ridiculous or mesmerizing, depending on your approach when watching this film. Shut off the lights and crank the sound. Everything in this film is meant to assault the senses, and the score is about the freakiest thing I've ever heard.
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Summary: Fantastique Experience
Review: I had no idea what to expect from this movie, but I've been interested in several Dario Argento films. If you can afford it, get the 3-disc limited set.The BIG BONUS is the CD soundtrack of Goblin's music! I love it. The clarity is so superior and I just love the music; Goblin plays a variety of mood music from frantic, tension, wild horror, to a gentle piano piece for a ballet scene. Yes, the ending is a bit quick. But the first 10 minutes and the final ten minutes (just prior to the ending) will knock your socks off! Extreme quality picture and sound, although the CD soundtrack (3rd disc) has the greatest clarity. You must live in a place where you can blast the music throughout your whole house. It is not meant to be played at low volumes. Treat yourself to a wild, terrifying audio experience.
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Summary: Blow your mind
Review: When I smuggled this from Begium on the Best Video label I did not think much of it coss it was grainy, one scene was cut and it was not meant to be seen in that state. However, I decided to view it this way and what an experience. WOW! It is mazing, uncut, great quality in sound and picture letting you enjoy this classic the way it should be seen.
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Summary: Not The Best But Still One Of A Kind
Review: I am not a fan of gore and if I was I might have given it one more star. The gore here is cheap and obnoxious only adding to the nausea which may be a plus for some. The piece that really works for me is the heavy atmosphere. Everything here is over the top in color, sound, and paranoia. I also like the witches/instructors who are so snooty, passive agressive, or just down right intimidating in their personal style. This could have been an excellent movie if more was done with the plot and character development of the witches. The movie certaintly has a great look and for that reason I believe it is a classic.
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Summary: Not Quite Up To The Hype But Still Frightening
Review: The hype surrounding this movie gives it pretty high standards with which to live up to and though it wasn't everything I had heard it to be, it is a horror masterpiece. To quickly give a plot summary, a girl from America flys overseas to attend a european ballet school. Things start out strange as the first night, as it is pouring rain, a girl runs out of the ballet school in a panicked state just as the American girl is arriving by cab. Instead of being allowed in, the American girl is refused entrance and is forced to come back the next day where, contrastly, she is eagerly greeted and taken in. She is informed that two of the student are dead, one being the girl she saw the night before. Once settled in, she begins noticing strange occurences and becomes very suspicious of her new home and seeks to find out what is going on. The plot is good, made better by the acting, but it isn't what makes the movie a masterpiece. The eerie ballet school, superb camerawork, creepy atmosphere created by red and green lights and possibly one of the best horror scores make is just a brilliant work of horror.
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Summary: Overrated & Overblown! SUSPIRIA Is A Complete Letdown!
Review: I have heard & read a lot of hype surrounding this movie. How it's supposed to be one of the most frightening movies of all time. A true classic. Dario Argento's masterpiece of terror! And so on, ad nauseum...
When I saw this film, I was completely disappointed. SUSPIRIA is a very stylish, yet incomprehensive film. I consider Argento's THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMMAGE to be a lot better than this horror film. Other than some really bloody moments, SUSPIRIA suffers from too much style, an annoying soundtrack, & weak performances from everyone involved, especially the lead actress Jessica Harper. It's as if she's bored to death in this movie!
Argento should have done better, in my opinion. SUSPIRIA was a very stylish, colorful, slick, yet weak & overblown. All style, but very little substance.
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Summary: Avoid this trainwreck ...
Review: Okay I was all hyped up to watch this as soon as i recieved it in the mail and boy was I let down hard. Did the people that reviewed this movie here watch the same one I did ? This movie was terrible from the start! Whats with that... annoying soundtrack? You can't even make out what the fools... are saying half the time! What style filming are the reviewer's talking about also? There is none. Possibly one of the worst horror movie's ever made.
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