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Orrex

(67,361 posts) Mon Apr 11, 2016, 12:22 PM Apr 2016

Suspiria. What am I missing. [View all]

I made a serious effort to watch this universally praised film, and I found it so boringly unwatchable that I concluded that I'd been pranked.

Its much-lauded visuals look like cutting room floor outtakes from one of Stevie Nicks' lesser 80s videos, and the plot is so lifeless that it almost qualifies as a snuff film about killing film.

What's all the commotion about this dry, plodding waste of 100 minutes?

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Suspiria. What am I missing. [View all] Orrex Apr 2016 OP

Years ago I tried to watch it... TreasonousBastard Apr 2016 #1

I think you actually have to go back in time and watch it. Iggo Apr 2016 #5

It's my favorite film of all time CrawlingChaos Apr 2016 #2

It seems to me if you've seen one Argento film TexasBushwhacker Apr 2016 #3

Thanks for the tip. Orrex Apr 2016 #4

Part of the reason SwankyXomb Apr 2016 #6

Maybe that's it. Orrex Apr 2016 #7

lol, one of those ho-hum films recommended by Stephen King in "Danse Macabre" closeupready Apr 2016 #8

King's book "On writing" is great TexasBushwhacker Apr 2016 #10

Danse Macabre is also a good nonfiction book. closeupready Apr 2016 #11

You should have seen it as a child. skypilot Apr 2016 #9