SUSPIRIA Remake Director Had Plans For a Sequel and Teases The Story
Director Luca Guadagnino's remake of Suspiria was one hell of an insane, unsettling, and wild psychological horror movie. While I’m a fan of the original movie, I liked what Guadagnino did with his vision of the film. He took it to some crazy demented places that I wasn’t expecting.
There was a post-credits scene at the end of the film that teased a possible continuation of the story. The director confirmed that there were plans for a sequel, but unfortunately the first film was a box office flop. Regardless, the filmmaker did tease what his sequel would have entailed.
During an interview with The Film Stage, he explained the next movie would have unfolded across multiple points in time, including transporting many centuries earlier.
"I’ll tell you something, Suspiria was originally titled 'Suspiria: Part 1' in the script and in the slate. That’s true. The movie made absolutely nothing. It was a disaster at the box office. I know that people are liking it more and more now. I loved making that movie. It’s very dear to me. But writer David Kajganich and I had really conceived it as the first half of a bigger story.
"With Suspiria, I can tell you that in part two the storyline was layered in five different time zones and spaces. One of these was Helena Markos being a charlatan woman in the year 1200 in Scotland and how she got the secret of longevity."
In an earlier interview, Guadagnino offered some other details regarding his vision of the character Helena Markos, saying:
“I have this image in my mind. I have this image in my mind of Helena Markos in solitude in the year 1212 in Scotland or in Spain. Wandering through a village and trying to find a way on how she can manipulate the women of the village. I have this image. I know she was there, I know it was six to seven hundred years before the actual storyline of this film.”
I’d like to see this second Suspiria movie get made, but unfortunately, it’s most likely not going to happen. Did you see the Suspiria remake? Would you have liked to see this sequel get made? It sounds like it would have been interesting.