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Film:Suspiria

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:32:53 GMT

Title: Suspiria
Year: 1977
Director: Dario Argento
Plot: A candy-colored nightmare from Italian terror maestro Dario Argento, Suspiria weaves a menacing tale of witchcraft as a fairy tale gone horribly awry. From the moment she arrives in Freiberg, Germany, to attend the prestigious Tans Academy, American ballet-dancer Suzy Banyon (Jessica Harper) senses that something horribly evil lurks within the walls of the age-old institution. Ill at ease as the result of her fellow student's peculiar behavior and increasingly terrified following a series of gruesome and spectacular murders, Suzy slowly begins to unravel the dark history of the academy. Convinced that the occult roots of the school and the horrific tale of its founding mother may hold an unthinkable secret, she begins a hallucinatory journey into the black heart of one of the most powerful witches ever known to exist. As Suzy edges ever closer to a secret that may hold the answers to all of her nightmares, the coven's grip on her soul begins to tighten until there is seemingly no escape. Will Suzy solve the mystery of the cursed academy before the fearsome Black Queen consumes her, or will she finally reveal the secret that has forever haunted the lavish corridors of the academy and bring an end to the Black Queen's terrifying reign? ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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Spout Post: Weekly Theme for October 27: I Put A Spell On You!

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:16:59 GMT

Post By: mercurial
Post To: Weekly Theme
Post Date: 10/27/2008 5:16:59 PM
Body: With Halloween only a few days away - old people getting their stores of pennies ready to unload on ungrateful tweens inappropriately underdressed as Britney Spears to the benefit of the local pedophiles - this week's theme is devoted to that staple of Halloween lore: the witch. Nowadays, the traditionally ugly wench with pointy hat and warted nose of The WIzard of Oz has been replaced by a flawless, Playboy centerfold body scantily clad in skintight black spandex and perfectly coifed mane of blonde hair with skanky purple highlights like Nicole Kidman in Practical Magic. While the oft forgotten male equivalent, the Warlock, with his itchy black robe and peculiar soul patch has been abandoned for anachronistically attired Abercrombie models with a good sprinkling of Brad Pitt in Interview With The Vampire like those in The Covenant. Ranging from the family-friendly features like Hocus Pocus and Snow White to the vomit-inducing The Blair Witch Project and Suspiria, witches and warlocks weave their spells throughout the cinematic world to the dismay of easily duped virgins just waiting to be sacrificed. So put down that over-sized bag of miniature Snickers and get started on this week's theme!

Spout Post: Re:Foreign Gems

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:49:03 GMT

Post By: Risselada
Post To: Friends of Foreign Flicks
Post Date: 6/9/2008 5:49:03 PM
Body: [quote user="unclefestering"]When I find a genre I like I usually try to watch a group of them together because, expecially if you watch them in the order of release date, you can really make connections and see how one director influenced another and you can really understand how the conventions develop and change. If I want to follow an individual director, I will tend to space his works out with other movies, because an individual style over and over really causes burn out. I had to space out Dario Argento's movies, but I loved Suspiria (1977) and Inferno (1978).[/quote] Yeah I know what you are saying. I think you have to find the right time span when you are trying to watch a bunch of related movies to see how they are related together. Watching them too close together can cause burnout and confusion in memory of which is which. But watching them too far apart you can forget details of the earlier ones you saw.

Spout Post: Re:Foreign Gems

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:40:00 GMT

Post By: unclefestering
Post To: Friends of Foreign Flicks
Post Date: 6/6/2008 2:40:00 PM
Body: [quote user="Risselada"] So you like to focus on one era or genre of filmmaking and soak in as much as you can at one time? I try to avoid that for just the reason that you mentioned. You get sick of them because you are comparing them all to each other and they almost all start to blend together in your mind. If I am interested in several movies from a certain era or movement, I will try to stagger my viewing of them over several months at least so that I don't see them all at the same time and have those negative effects. [/quote] When I find a genre I like I usually try to watch a group of them together because, expecially if you watch them in the order of release date, you can really make connections and see how one director influenced another and you can really understand how the conventions develop and change. If I want to follow an individual director, I will tend to space his works out with other movies, because an individual style over and over really causes burn out. I had to space out Dario Argento's movies, but I loved Suspiria (1977) and Inferno (1978).

Spout Post: Suspiria (1977) Dario Argento ***

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:25:32 GMT

Post By: kristen
Post To: kristen Blog
Post Date: 3/23/2008 7:25:32 PM
Body: This movie makes death inviting, the occult real, and me wish that I had seen more good horror films. Suspiria is really something special. I would call it a hypnotizing hallucinatory nightmare. Boy did Suzy (played by Jessica Harper) pick the wrong school to attend. Suzy, a ballet dancer, joins a school for this art, but finds more than she was asking for. Everyone is accommodating, forcefully so, and despite her strong will she finds herself manipulated into their scheme. For example, she wishes to live off campus, but grows sick at the sight of a palpitating crystal, and finds all her things moved to campus. Everyone is friendly, but a bit off. Meanwhile, murdered people keep turning up. The set design and rainbow lighting are the key factors in the films uniqueness. It is rare that one finds such visually stunning murders. The set gives a cheery but gothic retro feel to the otherwise standard plot. And though I would never listen to the score apart from the movie, it enhances the scenes. At one point, I was so creeped out that I had to pause the movie and find out what was making noise behind me (bugs outside and a noisy computer). I'm a sucker, but I'm glad I watched this movie late at night on my own in a dingy musty apartment. Though the ending could be much better, the movie remains strong for the images evoke a feeling that cannot be discarded. Suspiria makes one believe in the occult, or at least enjoy it a little more.

Spout Post: Re:Top 31 Horror films of the past 31 years on The Naked Lunch Radio Show

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:22:34 GMT

Post By: Puhnner
Post To: HORROR MOVIES 101
Post Date: 2/12/2008 2:22:34 PM
Body: Revised List of 31 from 76 through07Mommie Dearest and Red Dawn co-winners of No. 1and wished I could have included:1988 Blood Orgy of the Leather Girls ( have not seen it, but the title is terrific and I cannot find it here ) 1976 Man on the Roof1976 The Sentinel1977 Suspiria 1978 I spit on your Grave 1987 Near Dark 1988 Rabid Grannies ( have not seen )1988 Brain Damage 31. 1988 The Blob 30. 1978 Halloween 29. 1986 Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer 28. 1986 Vamp 27. 1976 The Omen 26. 1979 The Brood 25. 1985 Lifeforce 24. 2001 Frailty 23. 2002 28 Days Later 22. 1990 Jacob’s Ladder 21. 1995 Se7en 20. 1986 Manhunter 19. 1987 Angel Heart 18. 1995 The Addiction17. 1997 Office Killer 16. 1986 Nomads 15. 1981 The Howling 14. 1979 Nosferatu 13. 2007 Bug 12. 1987 Street Trash 11. 1987 Evil Dead II 10. 1987 The Hidden 9. 1989 Shocker 8. 1987 Hellraiser 7. 1985 Re-Animator 6. 1986 The Hitcher 5. 1991 The Silence of the Lambs 4. 1982 The Thing 3. 1992 Twin Peaks Fire Walk with Me 2. 1997 Lost Highway 1. 1999 Audition

Spout Post: Re: Italian Horror....

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:27:29 GMT

Post By: Dr_Gor
Post To: HORROR MOVIES 101
Post Date: 2/4/2008 12:27:29 AM
Body: Anyhow, I wanted to resurrect this discussion yet again to say a few words about Dario Argento... His new movie, The Mother of Tears: The Third Mother is due out this year. This is the third movie in his 'three mothers' trilogy that began with Suspiria and Inferno ... two of the most visually stunning and graphic movies ever made. While at times a bit convoluted and hard to follow plot wise, and featuring bizzare and surrealistic sets and colors consisting of luminescent deep reds and blues against stark black, both of these movies involve the discovery of, and battle against, two of the 'Three Mothers', the most powerful witches of all time. There are plenty of very graphic slasher-type murders in both of these movies as well as some supernatural type killings as well, including a seeing-eye dog who rips out the throat of his master in Suspiria and 'death-by-cat' in Inferno ... I am looking forward to this third installment with much anticipation. Other Argento movies of note include the seminal slasher films Deep Red (considered to be the inspiration for all the slasher films to come, including Halloween and Friday The 13th ) , Tenebre and Trauma . One of my personal favorites is Phenomena , which features a stunningly beatiful Jennifer Connolly as a young girl with some sort of a psychic link to insects (!) and a murderous, razor-wielding chimpanzee (!!) ... (God, I hate those murderous chimpanzees! See also Link and Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan ...) < GOR >

Spout Post: The Heart is Lifeless, Cold, and Black

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:14:09 GMT

Post By: solafekxela
Post To: solafekxela Blog
Post Date: 1/18/2008 8:14:09 PM
Body: Italian filmmaker Dario Argento is considered the all time great horror maestro, with films like Suspiria and Inferno on his resume. HIs daughter, Asia Argento, is an aspiring young filmmaker and actress with a few films under her belt. Her latest, with a title as agonizingly interminable as the film itself, is a near-shameful entry into the oeuvre of her family. It’s torture porn meets melodrama meets senseless violence meets, well, porn. There is not one image in The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things that did not disturb, annoy, or offend me. Based (loosely, I presume) on a short story by J.T. LeRoy, Argento’s film stars herself as an irresponsible teenage mother and Jimmy Bennett as Jeremiah, her seven-year-old son dragged from the comparatively heavenly foster home and thrust into a world of sexual and physical abuse. No film excites me more than one that sets out to toss countless disturbing images at my face for unidentifiable reasons. Schindler’s List portrays offensive events and images because it’s telling the true story of the Holocaust; Argento is like a kid at a carnival game, aimlessly tossing darts with the hope of finally hitting one emotion-filled baloon. Instead, I was the little specimen of inflatable latex in the corner defiantly refusing to pop. Having said that, it is claimed that LeRoy based the story (again, presumably loosely) on some aspects of his childhood. I pray for his soul. The reason I resort to perhaps unjustified assumptions about the faithfulness of the adaptation is that the way Argento presents the events implies that anyone who endured them would be too emotionally scarred to be able to relive them as catharsis. It’s endlessly painful to watch, and Argento’s motivation for telling such a macabre tale is mystifyingly undefined. The film can be considered a road movie that follows Sarah, the mother, teaching young Jeremiah (Biblical reference explicitly intended) about the evils of the world. How so? Well, her boyfriend rapes him, she introduces him to the magic of drugs and alcohol, and her fanatically religious family leaves the poor child mentally and physically nonplussed. All this sounds like fantastic entertainment, sure, but Argento’s desired end is wholly nebulous. In fact, I’m not entirely sure she has one, other than the conspicuous manipulation found in her many failed attempts to strike a random emotional chord and lyrically suck you into the soulless story. I can see where some would find the alarmingly expressive cinematography enchanting, but I found it distracting and, frankly, meaningless. It’s a series of frame-able images that, had they not been ruined by the shear carelessness of Argento’s storytelling, I may have considered as potential wall decoration. As for the acting, it’s actually tolerably subtle. The one arena in which there are no theatrics, Argento exhibits the kind of experience that can only be accumulated through watching a master work year after year, and the supporting performers, perhaps with the exception of young Bennett who just hasn’t quite developed the chops necessary to endure excessive torture, are generally watchable. It’s most difficult to say what Argento is attempting to achieve; it is less so to declare it a failure in all regards. There is no hope, no life, and no depth or dimension to the torpidly drawn characters. In fact, I was able to find much more comfort in the go-to cinematic depressant Schindler’s List. Perhaps her goal is to suggest that some parents shouldn’t be allowed to parent at all. I submit that some filmmakers shouldn’t be allowed to make films at all, and Argento (the younger) is among them.

Spout Post: The Media Diet: Andrew Grant and Aaron Hillis, Benten Films

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:02:16 GMT

Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 8/17/2007 3:02:16 PM
Body: This week on The Media Diet, we check in with Andrew Grant and Aaron Hillis. Grant is the brain behind Filmbrain; Hillis is a freelance critic and reporter whose work can be found at Premiere, The Village Voice and his personal blog, Cinephiliac. Together, they’ve just launched Benten Films, a boutique DVD distribution company aimed at drawing attention to “overlooked gems that deserve greater recognition.” Benten’s first release, Joe Swanberg’s LOL, will hit stores on August 28 (more on that closer to the date). They’re also planning to release two films by Aaron Katz, Dance Party USA and Quiet City, sometime after both screen at The New Talkies festival in New York, which begins next week. SPOUT: We start each installment of The Media Diet with the old desert island question: you’re packing your suitcase for life-long seclusion on a tropical island that happens to have a full entertainment system. What records, books, movies, video games, websites, etc do you bring with? AARON: I’m a media whore, so this stream of consciousness might change in an hour: I’m watching Playtime, Once Upon a Time in the West, 2001, Wings of Desire, Suspiria, Penn & Teller Get Killed, and the collected works of Herzog, Buñuel, Altman, Godard, and the Marx Brothers. I’m listening to Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Zappa, James Kochalka Superstar, and the four actresses covering Blue Hearts songs in Linda Linda Linda. Also, if my island has internet and video games, who needs books? (Kidding!) ANDREW: I’ll try to keep this sensible, i.e., what I could reasonably carry in my backpack. The only book I’d need (the only book anybody needs for that matter) is William Gaddis’ The Recognitions, for it says everything there is to say about the human condition. I’d like to have every note recorded by John Coltrane, some Nick Drake, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, and that Scarlett Johansson album of Tom Waits covers. (No, I haven’t heard it, but, come on…) Films, of course, are tough—give me complete box sets of Godard, Allen, Cassavetes and Imamura. Throw in The Big Lebowski, Lawrence of Arabia, and Xanadu and I’m set. (more…) Originally posted on:Spoutblog

Spout Post: Re: whats the best (current release 2005-2007) horror/suspense/ thriller you have seen lately ????

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:41:15 GMT

Post By: Risselada
Post To: suspense-thriller-mystery-horror
Post Date: 8/3/2007 9:41:15 AM
Body: [quote user="lukasblu"] Can anyone else recommend a dario argento that is a MUST SEE for the 1st time viewer of d.argento flicks????[/quote] I've only seen one, Deep Red. I'd recommend it though. However Suspria sounds like it may be the more mature work.

Spout Post: Re: whats the best (current release 2005-2007) horror/suspense/ thriller you have seen lately ????

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:18:14 GMT

Post By: lukasblu
Post To: suspense-thriller-mystery-horror
Post Date: 8/2/2007 6:18:14 PM
Body: "28 Days Later"(2002) or 28 wks. later (2007), which one is better(if you have seen it or for anyone that has seen both) ?how do they compare? how are the stories similar and or different?altough i was looking for flicks that are more current, "Suspiria",strikes my curiosity; i am a fan dario argentos daughter asia argentos BUT i have never seen a d.argento flick;Suspiria seems to be highly recommended in this site and praised at other online reviews;Some even giving it 5 stars(filmcritic.com),which is rare.So i am going to check out some recent and a classic d.argento films this wk.(put it #1 & #2 on my queue)through recommendations of other spouters.Masters of horror: jenifer (2005) and Suspiria (1977)Can anyone else recommend a dario argento that is a MUST SEE for the 1st time viewer of d.argento flicks????

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