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Movie review: Dancing lightly around Suspiria's many themes

Italian director Luca Guadagnino's homage to the 1977 supernatural horror classic has many ideas, but most are undeveloped

Actress Dakota Johnson plays naive American Susie who travels to West Berlin in 1977 to train at an elite modern dance academy, but discovers strange events happening there. — Actress Dakota Johnson plays naive American Susie who travels to West Berlin in 1977 to train at an elite modern dance academy, but discovers strange events happening there. PHOTO: ANTICIPATE PICTURES

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Jan 03, 2019, 05:00 AM

SUSPIRIA (R21)

152 minutes/Opens tomorrow at GV Paya Lebar/3.5 stars

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