This is a remake of the 1977 horror film of the same name by director Dario Argento.
“Suspiria” is a supernatural horror film directed by Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino.
The film’s story revolves around a young American girl who enrolls in a dance school in Berlin (Germany). Here, she witnessed unusual events happening, taking the lives of her classmates and ultimately, her life was threatened by dark secrets hidden in the ancient dance school. This.
After premiering at the Venice Film Festival, the film will be released internationally later this year. Sharing about her experience playing “Suspiria”, female lead Dakota Johnson said she had to see a psychiatrist after completing her role with many horrifying scenes of violence and supernatural psychological horror elements.
Dakota Johnson revealed: “When I participate in a movie with heavy content, negative emotions can stay with me even after the movie ends. I was absorbed by the emotions of the people around me.
I found a solution for myself by talking to someone who understood, which was a psychologist.
It’s great when I can actually step away from a finished project. My psychotherapist is a very wonderful woman.
Actress Dakota Johnson (28 years old) is the daughter of actor couple Melanie Griffiths and Don Johnson. She is the granddaughter of an actress who was famous for films by famous horror director Alfred Hitchcock.
Although the horror film “Suspiria” has many scary scenes that have a strong psychological impact, actress Dakota Johnson affirms that the experience of making the film with director Guadagnino was one of the most joyful things she has ever done. ever in my career.
Sharing about this remake of the horror film, director Luca Guadagnino said he had always been obsessed with the legendary Italian director of horror films – Dario Argento, ever since he was a teenager. In fact, he once followed director Argento when he visited the city where Guadagnino lived – Palermo (Italy).
Director Guadagnino recalled:
“When I heard that the director was in town and was dining at a restaurant, I went to the restaurant alone and sat at a table by the window and just stared at him without blinking. until he finished eating. Director Argento was very worried, I think he was very confused and didn’t understand why that young man kept looking at him like that.
“I really love him. I wouldn’t be the director I am today if it weren’t for his presence in the film world. I came to cinema starting from being obsessed with the masters of filmmaking and he is one of them.”
In the Italian film world, director Guadagnino is a famous filmmaker who has received many domestic and international film awards. At the Oscars, his film was nominated in the Best Picture category, which is “Call Me by Your Name” (Call Me by Your Name – 2018).
At the age of 14, Guadagnino once drew the poster of the movie “Suspiria” (1977) in his student notebook. With this remake, “Suspiria” (2018) received two streams of reviews from critics. There are people who give the movie good reviews, but there are also people who think that the movie is too light compared to the scary horror in the original movie.
