Blu-ray Review – Suspiria

The career of Dario Argento has seen its ups and downs, with the helmer recently struggling to maintain his vision while dealing with changing industry attitudes and audience expectations. But there was a time when he could do no wrong, with 1977's "Suspiria" his crowning achievement, gifted a setting and story where he could go hog wild with directorial interests, including immersion into the strangeness of the occult. Blasted with colors, quaking with sound, and teeming with nightmarish encounters, the production reaches deep into the unknown to locate a special feel for unnerving filmmaking, openly trying to disturb viewers with carefully controlled audio and visual elements, while the unexplained passes for mystery, making Argento one of the few helmers in history to pull off this a high-wire act. "Suspiria" carries such incredible menace and beauty, offering a curious balance of horror and art that tends to smother other offerings, but comes up gold here, guiding in great part by Argento's cinematic perfectionism and comfort with operatic torment, coming up with a dynamic offering that's terrifying and unforgettable.  Read the rest at Blu-ray.com