Suspiria (1977)
 

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Dario Argento's horror classic SUSPIRIA comes to DVD and, for the first time ever, Blu-ray in January 2010 having undergone a brand new high definition transfer courtesy of Nouveaux Pictures and Cine-Excess. Digitally remastered from HD, this brand new presentation has already led critics to claim, "Suspiria has never looked better. It has never sounded as good, either." (John Millar, Film Critic, Sunday Mail) and to hail it as "a stunning makeover for one of the greatest horror films ever made." (David Edwards, Daily Mirror). Both formats also come with a host of newly commissioned extras including a brand new documentary featuring director Dario Argento and composer Claudio Simonetti and a feature length audio commentary.



Inspired by Thomas De Quincey's Suspiria de Profundis and co-written by Argento and his long-term partner Daria Nicolodi, SUSPIRIA is Argento's undisputed masterpiece of Grand Guignol horror, hitting new peaks of terror through its stunning photography (courtesy of Luciano Tovoli), eye-popping production design and terrifying atmosphere of dread and death. Suzy Bannnion (Jessica Harper) is an American ballet student, travelling to Germany to study at an exclusive dance academy in the Black Forest. After one of the students and her friend are hideously murdered in the first of Argento's breath-catching set-piece killings, Suzy discovers that the academy has a bizarre history and, as the body count rises, she gets involved in a hideous labyrinth of murder, black magic and madness.

Utilising complex lighting systems, intense film processing techniques, wire-guided cameras and multi-layer music recording (highlighting a superb Goblin score), Argento paints a masterpiece of terror on a technically impeccable canvas.


SUSPIRIA (cert. 18) will be released on DVD and Blu-ray by Nouveaux Pictures on 18/01/10. Special Features include: "Fear At 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess Of Suspiria" documentary featuring director Dario Agento and composer Claudio Simonetti; audio commentary by leading Dario Argento experts Alan Jones and Kim Newman; "Suspiria Perspectives" featuring Claudio Simonetti, Norman J. Warren and Patricia McCormack.

I think this is going to be the release of the year for many people, even if it is only January!

Awww dic! this would be ****ing awesome on blu-ray but

I don't have a HD Telly. Got a PS3 which can play Blu-ray's too. Just can't afford the tv as I'm now a student.

Might try persuade one of my mates who buys Blu-ray movies to get it just so I can see it if I go round his house sometime...

Dont worry Wolf, its getting a standard dvd release aswell.

CAN'T WAIT to see this in Hi-Def!:cool:

here here :biggrin:

:dog:

should be awesome

Anyone have any thoughts on the remake?

I'm cynical at best, considering the fact that Suspiria is one of the most influential genre films ever produced and it's also a personal favourite. I can understand remaking a flawed film but why bother messing around with Argento's classic?

Obviously, it's a shameless money move and I hope the Argento brothers got a nice pay off, perhaps enough for them to bankroll a decent film with a good budget as the less said about Mother of Tears, the better.

I won't be making too much effort to see the new versions, although I may watch out of morbid curiosity, until then, It's the new Blu-Ray for me... you can improve on perfection!

Yep. It's like a pencil without lead. Completely pointless.

Have to agree with Vin on this one. Totally pointless. Like a ship without sails, like a car without wheels.... :D

Seriously though, I'm not generally against the concept of remakes, but this just seems like a bad idea. Mainly, I think, because you can't make an Argento movie without Argento (you can barely make one with Argento himself these days LOL) - his style is probably more unique than any of the other director's whose films have been remade in recent years. Suspiria is a one-off original, that's what makes it so special. Don't remake it - re-issue it to cinemas so we can all see it on the big screen! :)

As handy as a wax fireguard. As long lasting as a chocolate teapot. As useful as a one-legged man in an arse-kicking contest...... :D

As useful as a pork pie at a Jewish wedding. As wanted as a reggae band at a BNP meeting... :D

and as desirable as a turd in a spacesuit. :ack:

About as welcome as Mary Whitehouse on the Cult Labs Forums :D

Or James Ferman. :fear:

At least James would have a look at the films before mounting a crusade against them :nod:

The idea of a Ferman-Zombie gives me the creeps. :ack:

Would anyone notice the difference? :D

He'd probably cut several minutes out of himself and re-edit it. :lol:

Has anyone had a sneaky look at this yet? What's the picture quality like?

:lol::lol::lol:

He'd ban himself outright!

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/icons/bbfc/Rejected.gif James Ferman. Submitted in January 2010. Runtime 72 years. Rejected for objectionable content.




I apologise for the bad taste of this post, but couldn't help myself. :lol:

And getting back to the topic of Suspiria. Did Ferman cut it for cinema? Oh but of course he did. :ack:

Long since uncut thankfully.

The more pertinent question is: was there anything Ferman didn't cut?

On topic - I bet this film looked great on the big screen! I wish we'd have the Weinstein restoration shown over here in cinemas.

It did look great on the cinema. I saw it as part of a double bill with The Driver (Ryan O'Neal's finest film) and it was a great evening. :nod:

Theres a serious lack of reviews and screen grabs / comparissons for this release so far. I hope it lives upto it's hype!

A review of the disc over at dvdtimes.

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content/id.../suspiria.html

It's looking pretty good! Pre-ordered.

Cracking review they've gave it!:cool:

More Review links on the CULT LABS Myspace blog

Has anyones copy been posted yet?
My order from Amazon has yet to be posted. :(
I used free delivery so doubt Il get it before release.

argentos finest on bluray amazing so glad i recently brought a ps3
first dawn of the dead now susperia
just want to know arrow will you be releasing Inferno and any of argentos other movies like phenonema and tenebre

Our review is almost finished... :)

Kev W

Chomping at the bit here to hear your thoughts on the disc.

Got Total Film this morning. They have given Suspiria Blu-Ray a glowing review.

My Copy from amazon has been shipped!!!!
Should have it by Tuesday which is disappointing as I could have got it on day of release. But oh wells

While this new Suspiria Blu-Ray certainly sounds a more than worthy purchase the only disappointment personally for me is the apparent lack of any of the trailers found on the earlier ABUS and ABUK DVD releases. Surely these vintage extras could've been included on this new edition too?

But apart from this minor gripe i can't wait for my pre-ordered copy to arrive.:)

Yeah the trailer would have been cool to have but the main thing I am disappointed with is that they could not include the 25th Anniversary documentary from the US AB dvd. I really dont want to buy the dvd just for that though. :(

I know the feeling and it was a let down when ABUK failed to include this extra on their nevertheless impressive DVD.
I was also hoping Cine-Excess would address this issue and allow this documentary a U.K. appearance on their own Suspiria release.

Something of a missed opportunity there methinks!:tsk:

It was probably a monetary issue, or possibly that Anchor Bay/Blue Underground didn't want to let them have it because they might want to try and release Suspiria on Blu in America.

Our review is now fnished and should be up on DVDActive by this evening.

Kev W

Great stuff - I'll look forward to reading it when it goes live :)

Blu cant release it anywhere as they dont have the rights to it anymore. The Weinstein Co has the US rights and they are not the best studio for releasing dvds. AB/Bu are being a bit stupid if they didnt let CineExcess have the documentary if they had asked as they can only release the documentary alone and I doubt that they will do that.