Dancing The Dance of Another: Suspiria (2018)
Nightmare on Film Street - A Horror Movie Podcast
Kimberley Elizabeth & Jonathan Dehaan
4.6 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2024
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to the Nightmare on Film Street horror movie podcast, where this week, we’re diving broom-first into Luca Guadagnino's Suspiria (2018). Buckle up, because we're not just tiptoeing around the dance floor – we're breaking down every pirouette and whispered conspiracy in this bewitching remake!
In this episode, your horror hosts Kimmi and Jon obsess over the hauntingly beautiful yet perplexing layers of Suspiria. Prepare to have your mind tangled like the film's confuddling plot as we explore the maze-like halls of the Markos Dance Academy. Is it just a dance school, or a front for something more sinister? We examine every clue, from the twisted choreography to the unsettling color palette, and ask: what does it all mean?!
Our conspiracy corkboard is brimming with theories. Why the Cold War setting? What's with the secret language of the witches? And, for the love of horror, let's talk about Tilda Swinton's triple role. We analyze the bewildering symbolism, the eerie score, and the film's unapologetic divergence from Dario Argento's original Suspiria (1977). Is Guadagnino's version a straightforward remake, or is it hiding a darker secret in its shadows?
Join us as we enthusiastically dissect the film's intricate narrative, getting lost (and found) in its hypnotic maze. We debate, we theorize, and yes, we're totally confused – but in the best possible way. This episode is for both the dedicated horror aficionado and the casual viewer who left the theater asking, "What did I just watch?"
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| 0:00.0 | Do you ever feel like life is a never ending series of lessons while you try to find purpose, meaning, and answers? |
| 0:07.0 | I am Vanessa Fontana, the host of Figuring Shit Out, a podcast where we undertake self-help, coming of age, and healing. |
| 0:14.0 | As I live my 20s in New York City, figuring shit out myself, |
| 0:17.0 | I've realized that if you spend your whole life trying to get your act together, |
| 0:20.0 | you don't have a life. You have an act. |
| 0:22.0 | On figuring shit out every Sunday you get to normalize the journey of not knowing and be guided into living your life with more intention and ease |
| 0:31.0 | You're listening to Nightmare on Film Street. |
| 0:35.0 | The current time is 666. |
| 0:40.0 | Traffic is clear ahead from here to the afterlife, but it's hell outside. |
| 0:47.4 | For the next hour, you're on Nightmare Time. |
| 0:51.7 | So let's give a grave welcome to our hosts John and Kim. |
| 1:00.0 | Hello again, fiends and welcome to Nightmare on Film Street. I'm Kim. |
| 1:05.0 | I'm John. And today we are doing the dance of another. |
| 1:09.0 | We are talking about the Susperia remake from 2016. 2018. And I got to say before we get started a movie that |
| 1:19.0 | has stressed me out in terms of talking about it on the podcast since 2018 and we've talked about it briefly before and things like what's keeping us creepy episodes on Patreon |
| 1:28.0 | Just sort of like outline what we've been watching I think it's squeaked on to my top 10 list in 2018. |
| 1:33.0 | Yeah, so we talked about it very briefly there. |
| 1:35.0 | Yeah, because like the weirdest thing about this movie is that when we first saw it we saw it at Fantastic Fest. |
| 1:40.0 | And I fell asleep while watching. |
| 1:42.0 | I really, I just didn't vibe with it at all. |
| 1:46.0 | I wrote a not great review which I think I've since unpublished because I disagree with everything I originally said. |
| 1:53.8 | Upon watching this movie more and more times, |
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