Comments on: Profondo Guidos

By: Scott Mercer

Scott Mercer — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 06:49:56 +0000

I only saw the TV COMMERCIAL for this movie and it SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME. It was broadcast late at night, but still, I was only ten! You see the back of a woman’s head. She’s combing her hair with a brush. A creepy female voice reads a creepy poem. The woman turns around and IT’S A FUCKING SKULL ! GET ME OUTTA HERE!

Later on I happened to be going through Times Square, (must have been with my parents) where the movie was playing, with scary posters, displays, and a TV monitor showing frightening scenes from the movie. I freaking RAN past the theatre, out of breath, my chest heaving. Good times.

By: perkypat23

perkypat23 — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:12:57 +0000

I remember going to the theater ALONE in the late 70’s to see this…from the moment it started, I was asking myself what the HELL I was doing here…it scared the living shit out of me (I was 16 at the time!). Definitely the scariest movie I saw as a teenager (the theater was completely empty other than me too, so a VERY intense experience). Thanks for the flashback!
pp23

By: Mr. Jim Goad

Mr. Jim Goad — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 20:47:36 +0000

I’ve never seen SUSPIRIA, but I remember being scared witless by the TV ads for it back…oh…without Googling, I’d say it was around the same time Bruno Sammartino was the wrestling champ.

By: wi11iam13

wi11iam13 — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:31:58 +0000

obscured by clouds…

By: michelle

michelle — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:44:52 +0000

Have you seen the shitty metal band’s shitty cover video of the theme song on the latest DVD release of Suspiria? It made me vomit into the back of my mouth, but then I swallowed it.

By: Ennio Sfumato

Ennio Sfumato — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:27:50 +0000

OK OK, let’s everybody just calm down… i like a good soundtrack as much as the next geek, in fact i was just sorting through my collection of soundtracks to JILL CLAYBURGH movies, such as I’M DANCING AS FAST AS I CAN but as to the weird/horror vein, i would mention an interesting track for Jess Franco’s VENUS IN FURS (1969) by MANFRED MANN. or how about the track to Herzog’s NOSFERATU, by POPUL VU?—70s krautrock minimalism at its best!

By: Ivan Lerner

Ivan Lerner — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 02:30:03 +0000

Now I want Sfumato’s take on soundtracks!

By: Ivan Lerner

Ivan Lerner — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 02:28:47 +0000

Rick, you’re batting 1.000!

But they are intending to remake De Palma’s Sisters—one of my faves, but according to some dreadfully derivative,—but I don’t care: it’s a mad, FUBAR flick with an AWESOME Bernard Herrmann score—like Goblin’s soundtrack for Suspiria, almost “too good” for the movie it’s attached with, but also somehow perfect for that movie—and a key element toward that flick’s cult status. See also Ennio Morricone’s outrageous disco soundtrack for John Boorman’s “Exorcist 2: The Heretic,” Jerry Goldsmith’s bombastic ode to Satan with his soundtrack for “Damien: Omen 2,” or Tangerine Dream (w/ Keith Jarrett’s organ playing) for Friedkin’s underrated “Sorcerer” (called “Four Doomed Men” around Chez Ivan).

Now I will listen to The Stooge’s “We Must Fall,” and try to imagine what sort of warped 1970s action/horror movie it could be the soundtrack to…