Amazon Studios just debuted the first footage for their upcomingSuspiriaremake at CinemaCon, and the social media reactions are the kind of crazy intense and profusely praising responses that drive hype and curiosity levels through the roof.Suspiriais one of my favorite movies of all time andLuca Guadagninodirected myfavorite movie of 2017, so you would think my hype for the Guadagnino’s remake couldn’t have been higher, but you would be wrong.
From the sound of it, this movie is going to be absolutely brutal and very definitely fucked up in a way that honors the shocking experience of watchingDario Argento’s classic, even if Guadagnino has no intention of mimicking its iconic style. The filmmaker has saidhe’s avoiding the primary color palette, describing the film as “cold, evil and really dark,“and likewise, theGuadagnino recruited Radiohead frontmanThom Yorketo write an original score rather than attempting to redo Goblin’s revered soundtrack. If there’s one quality it seems Guadagnino wants to share with his inspiration, it’s graphic, disturbing violence.
The scene showed at CinemaCon showed featuredDakota Johnsondancing and twirling around a ballet studio for her demanding instructor (Tilda Swinton), intercut with scenes of another woman in that same studio at a different time who’s body is being contorted and mangled by every moment Johnson makes. Our friends over atBirth.Movies.Deathwere in the room for the screening, and they described a most gnarly-sounding scene. “Shrieking in pain, the dancer’s body was twisted and folded into a number of unnatural positions… Eventually, Johnson’s routine came to an end, and what was left in the other room was basically just a crumpled, leaking mess that used to be a human being.” YIKES. Gimme this movie now.
Check out all the oh-so-extra reactions to the footage below and feel your hype skyrocket in real time.
Now, I don’t want to pour a big bucket of suck on this moment of horror happiness, but Amazon also debuted the first teaser poster for Suspiria today and man, it’s not good. Not that a poster has any bearing on what the finished film will be, but honestly, why even release this? How is this supposed to get the people excited? Or maybe they just knew the word of mouth would be so strong, that’s all they need. Anyway, here’s the poster. Spoiler, it’s just an S.
