The New 4k Reissue of SUSPIRIA Looks Amazing: Here’s Why
The AFS Cinema is proud to present the new restoration of horror legend Dario Argento’s 1977 horror classic SUSPIRIA, starting September 1. Tickets are on sale now.
Colors are everything in this film, and Tovoli’s supervision has ensured they pop like severed arteries. Possibly an even bigger revelation is the sound, sourced from the original 35mm magnetic tape four-track soundtrack which accompanied SUSPIRIA during its initial first-run tour through Europe in the 1970s and has not been heard since—the pulsing score performed by longtime Argento collaborators and Italian progressive rock legends Goblin is louder and more present than ever.
The film depicts the terrifying experience of an American ballet dancer Suzy Bannion (Jessica Harper), as she arrives in Germany to study at the Tanz Dance Academy. During the course of her study, Suzy realizes the school, its origins, and instructors are not what they seem in this strangely beautiful nightmare of a film. Argento’s remarkably bold camera movements explore the diabolically decadent cinematic environment while each measure of Goblin’s frenetic, bewitching soundtrack pulls audiences further from safety. Blood pours and screams resound as each meticulously crafted frame of fear grips the screen.