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Suspiria 2018: The Reimagining We Deserve (Mild Spoilers)

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I remember as a 13 year old child staying up late to find programs that would peak my interest besides the content usually spoon fed to me. One of those nights led to my viewing of Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments, something I would see air for a least a few Halloweens after. Many of the films on the countdown stuck out to me, but not as much as number 24, with the opening from its trailer showing a twisted lullaby being sung to a skeleton with a terrible wig and flower, followed by the organ shaped text reading SUSPIRIA. Even after finally seeing the film as a whole, the vibrant colors and brutal kills never left my memory and I understood why it was a classic in horror cinema and of Italian Dario Argento's work. I also understood why most fans (including myself for a time) were horrified at the idea of a remake ever being made of the film, but then again at the time Luca Guadagnino wasn't a household name director like he is now. Guadagnino's version of Suspi