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Sus­piria vs Sus­piria – Argento’s orig­i­nal vs Guadagnino’s remake

26 Nov 2019

Words by Leigh Singer

Two individuals embracing, shrouded in blue and green lighting.
Two individuals embracing, shrouded in blue and green lighting.
The lat­est video in our Remake/​Remodel series com­pares the clas­sic hor­ror with its mod­ern update.

It’s hard to imag­ine a more dif­fer­ent remake than Luca Guadagnino’s 2018 Sus­piria – but what sim­i­lar­i­ties does it share with Dario Argento’s sem­i­nal 1977 hor­ror, and how does it hold up on its own?

Video essay­ist Leigh Singer offers an in-depth com­par­i­son as part of our Remake/​Remodel series, mak­ing a case for Guadagnino’s dar­ing reimag­in­ing while explain­ing why the orig­i­nal is such a unique and influ­en­tial vision.

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