2018 · horror · drama
Suspiria (2018)
Directed by Luca Guadagnino2h 32m2018
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
Our read: Suspiria (2018) (2018) reads as a heavy, measured, surreal horror · drama entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, extreme horror / drama, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- extreme
- surreal
- bleak
- cold
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