In late April, Amazon premiered a scene from Suspiria at Cinemacon, and, to put it lightly, the footage really unsettled the unsuspecting audience. "It's one of the most fucked up things I've ever seen at #CinemaCon," said Collider's Steven Weintraub after the premiere. "People at my table turned away from the screen. All I can say is it's beyond extreme and gross and I need to see more."
And now, Amazon has debuted the first trailer, which stars Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton as dancers in 1970s Berlin. The trailer isn't quite as disgusting as the scene that traumatized audiences at CinemaCon, but it is unsettling, nonetheless. Suspiria is a remake of the classic 1977 Italian horror movie from Dario Argento. Directed by Call Me By Your Name's Luca Guadagnino, the film stars Johnson as a dance student who uncovers a horrifying secret in Swinton's school.
Audiences weren't the only ones shaken by the film. Johnson told Elle earlier this year that making the movie "fucked me up so much that I had to go to therapy."
Matt Miller is a Brooklyn-based culture/lifestyle writer and music critic whose work has appeared in Esquire, Forbes, The Denver Post, and documentaries.
