Episode 58: Remake Reframe - Suspiria (1977) & (2018)

This episode was recorded on June 5, 2025 and posted on June 28, 2025.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 58
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie
• Welcome back to Remake Reframe - our series pitting horror films and their remakes against one another
• Today's Topic: Suspiria (1977) and Suspiria (2018)

Welcome to Season Three of No Bodies!

• Reflecting on Season Two
• Audio Clip Roulette - can Suzie guess the guests?
• Introducing our No Bodies YouTube Channel

Listening to Your Voicemails

• Responding to voicemails from Mike aka That Horror Teacher and Jose from Miami

Remake Reframe

• Introducing Italian horror, giallos, and Dario Argento
• Criteria for the Original Film
  • Did this film need a remake?
  • Has the film aged well?
  • One thing from the original that is important to keep in a remake
  • One thing from the original that is important to change in a remake
• Criteria for the Remake
  • How true was the remake to the original, for better or worse?
  • What was kept the same? What was changed?
  • Was the remake successful?

Film Discussion

• Suspiria (1977)
• Suspiria (2018)

Closing Thoughts

• Which of the Suspiria adaptations is the better film?

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Sources

Tamhaney, A., & Tamhaney, A. (2021, April 20). The glory of Dario Argento's stylish horror. The Michigan Daily. https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/dario-argento-horror/ Wikipedia contributors. (2025, June 16).

Dario Argento. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Argento#:~:text=Dario%20Argento%20(Italian%3A%20%5B%CB%88da%CB%90rjo,the%20%22Master%20of%20Horror%22.