SUSPIRIA Featurette Shows How Its Makeup Designer Created Such Grisly Effects

We have a great featurette from Suspiria (2018) for you to check out today. It is titled “The Transformations of Suspiria” and focuses on prosthetic makeup designer Mark Coulier and how he created some of the grisly effects in the movie. It is both super creepy and cool as hell.

Suspiria is a remake of/homage to Dario Argento’s 1977 horror film of the same name and premiered at the Venice International Film Festival in September. Reviews were mixed, but its New York and LA opening was the highest per-screen average opening of the year. It is currently in limited release across the country, and since it is an Amazon Studios release, it will presumably be streaming on Amazon Prime sometime soon.

Here’s the synopsis:

Young American dancer Susie Bannion arrives in 1970s Berlin to audition for the world-renowned Helena Markos Dance Company, stunning the troupe’s famed choreographer, Madame Blanc, with her raw talent. When she vaults to the role of lead dancer, Olga, the previous lead, breaks down and accuses the company’s female directors of being witches. As rehearsals intensify for the final performance of the company’s signature piece, Susie and Madame Blanc grow strangely close, suggesting that Susie’s purpose in the company goes beyond merely dancing. Meanwhile, an inquisitive psychotherapist trying to uncover the company’s dark secrets enlists the help of another dancer, who probes the depths of the studio’s hidden underground chambers, where horrific discoveries await.

Suspiria was directed by Luca Guadagnino from a screenplay by David Kajganich and stars Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Mia Goth. I haven’t seen it yet because I am mostly too chicken to watch horror films, but if you’ve seen it, let us know what you thought!