Suspiria (2018), starring Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton, is a remake of a 1977 movie of the same name. The 1977 version was directed by Italian horror auteur, Dario Argento.
It took me a while to realize that I really liked the remake of this movie. It walks a fine line between interesting, sophisticated filmmaking and terrible, B-movie garbage… kind of like the original. Luckily, it manages to stay on the right side of that line.
Suspiria (2018) is directed by Luca Guadagnino, in a surprising departure from his 2017 critical and commercial success, Call Me by Your Name, which earned several Oscar nominations (Best Picture, Best Actor for its lead, Timothee Chalamet) and one Oscar win (Best Adapted Screenplay).
Suspiria tells the story of a young woman who joins a prestigious dance company that is run by witches. It manages to build intriguing tension throughout, features some stellar dancing, some pretty brutal violence and a decidedly psychedelic end sequence.