Suspiria - They don't make `em like they used to...

...and some people may say `Thank goodness for that.'
Some people might, but not me. Suspiria has a lot going for it. It also has a lot of negatives about it. In fact, it may even be one of those rarest of films which actually might benefit from a modern day remake.

It's about a young American girl who enrols in a ballet school in Europe. Unfortunately, the school is run by witches (and not even the nice Nicole Kidman types from Bewitched).

The good: the film is spectacular to watch, simply because of the use of rich and vibrant colours in every scene. If ever a movie had `a look' then this is it.

The bad: the acting. It's dubbed. And when was the last time you watched a film with Oscar-winning performances that had been dubbed? The acting is pretty bad.

The indifferent: the musical score. If you like electro (and possibly have seen Dawn of the Dead 1979) you may be familiar with the band The Goblins. Well, they outdo their previous work with a truly loud score. It's supposed to make you jump and create tension. Personally, I liked it, but I've read plenty of negative comments saying how it was too loud, distracting and even made people have to turn the volume up and down all the way through the film.

There is gore - low budget stuff though and if you like your horror slow burning and colourful, you might get something out of this. 

7/10 if I woke up on Groundhog Day and had to watch this again, I could live with that