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<em>Suspiria </em>Is a Bewitching, Bloody, and Admirably Daring Remake

In adapting Dario Argento’s 1977 classic, Luca Guadagnino has created something entirely different and undeniably challenging.
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Dario Argento’s 1977 horror classic is a feast of color, a bloody thrill ride set in a ballet school where rooms with demonic vibrancy. A breakout film for the master of the Italian genre, it has the capacity to thrill and bewitch despite a barely functioning plot, serving as the ultimate example of a horror movie where atmosphere matters more than plausibility. Luca Guadagnino’s remake, in theaters Friday, has functionally the same story as the original: A doe-eyed American named Susie Bannion (Dakota Johnson) enrolls with a celebrated dance company in late-’70s

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