Amazon Studios has debuted the first trailer for the upcomingSuspiriaremake. Inspired byDario Argento’s 1977 horror masterpiece of the same name, the remake comes fromA Bigger SplashandCall Me by Your NamefilmmakerLuca Guadagnino, who leaves behind the technicolor wonders and iconic prog rock score from the original film in favor of a bleak and sparing take of the material he describes as “cold, evil and really dark."
The new iteration of the terrifying tale of hellish magicks starsDakota Johnsonas a young American dancer, who joins a world-renowned dance company, where she runs head-on into a bloody nightmare. Amazon debuted the first footage fromSuspiriaat CinemaCon last month, and the folks in the audience described a stomach-churning segment of visceral, bone-snapping violence. It caused quite the stir, and promises a no-prisoners remake.
This teaser trailer doesn’t feature any of that gore, although I’m pretty sure that’s a human rib in the last shot. Instead, the wordless trailer is more focused on telegraphing the creepy atmosphere that Guadagnino has conjured, and indeed it feels as though the filmmaker went back to the 1970s and made this film then. As a huge fan of his work, I can’t wait to see this thing.
Behind the camera, 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. Watch the first trailer below.
Here’s the official synopsis forSuspiria:
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.
