It’s incredible to think that after the banger year we’ve had in horror, there’s still something as exciting asSuspiriacoming up.Luca Guadagnino’s remake of theDario Argentoclassic earned some visceral and extremely vocal reactions when Amazon Studios unveiled the firstbone-snapping footage at CinemaCon, and as of this week, the film officially has the hard R rating to match.
Suspiriahas earned an R rating from the MPAA for “disturbing content involving ritualistic violence, bloody images and graphic nudity, and for some language including sexual references.” Ritualistic violence? Check. Bloody Images? Double check. Graphic nudity? Well damn,Suspiriadidn’t come here to play.
The film starsDakota Johnsonas an American dancer who joins a world-renowned dance company and comes face-to-face with some seriously dark magic. How dark? I’ll let Los Angeles Times reporter Amy Kaufman explain: “Ummm I am traumatized after seeing a scene from ‘Suspiria’ in which Dakota Johnson controls the body of another woman as she dances,” shetweetedafter seeing the footage at CinemaCon. “The woman’s body literally cracks in half. She is like, torn apart. Spitting, urinating, bleeding. It’s… A lot.” Yep, that’s gonna be a a pretty hard R.
To bring his nightmarish visions to life, Guadagnino re-teams with hisCall Me by Your NamecinematographerSayombhu MukdeepromandA Bigger SplashscreenwriterDavid Kajganich(who also co-wrote and produced AMC’s stunningThe Terrorthis year).Suspiriawill also feature an original score byRadioheadfrontmanThom Yorke. The film also starsTilda Swinton,Chloe Grace Moretz,Mia Goth,Lutz Ebersdorf, andJessica Harper.
Here’s the official synopsis:
As a darkness builds at the center of a world-renown dance company, its artistic director (Swinton), a young American new to the troupe (Johnson), and a grieving psychotherapist (Ebersdorf) become entangled in a bloody, sighing nightmare.
