Suspiria (1977)

Episode 64,   Oct 23, 2023, 10:03 PM

Our journey through international horror takes us out of English-speaking territory and into English-dubbed territory, as we cross the border into Italy for Dario Argento's supernatural classic, Suspiria!

CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 64: Suspiria (1977)
(00:00:32) - Intro.
(00:03:45) - Initial impressions of our film this week: Suspiria! And discussion of what makes a giallo film (and if this is even one of them).
(00:08:00) - A little Q&A at the top.
(00:14:19) - More production notes.
(00:21:54) - Argento's Three Mothers trilogy and some additional notes about Italian films of the time.
(00:26:45) - Opening the movie with a bang.
(00:35:10) - Break!
(00:35:50) - We're back, and it's time to go to school.
(00:39:25) - A few plot threads that don't seem to go anywhere.
(00:42:43) - Our incredibly peculiar staff.
(00:48:07) - Say goodbye to the piano man.
(00:52:18) - The inexplicable maggots. And oh, hi Mark.
(00:54:35) - Using every red gel in Italy, and here comes The Directress.
(00:58:51) - It's going to take two whole professors to explain this one.
(01:04:06) - Sara's incredible death.
(01:10:43) - Getting to the endgame (and a SPOILER for the Suspiria remake).
(01:13:16) - END OF SPOILERS. We're on to the subject of toilet fish and rubber bats.
(01:16:27) - All occult tunnels lead to pissed off old witches.
(01:22:47) - And that's a wrap! Final thoughts, and favorite rooms.
(01:24:52) - Some additional potential SPOILERS for the remake.
(01:27:35) - END OF REMAKE DISCUSSION.
(01:29:01) - Outro.