10 Horror Movie Remakes That Were TOTALLY Different

Luca Guadagnino's 2018 remake of Suspiria, Dario Argento's legendary 1977 giallo film, is one of the most fascinating and worthwhile horror remakes of all time.

In addition to its mesmerising directorial craft and stunning performances, it also veers far away from the style and tone of the original, while retaining the basic "dance school infested with witches" premise.

The most immediate change is the emphasis Guadagnino places on the setting, having the story unfold in 1977 Berlin in the midst of the German Autumn - a spate of far-left terrorism that occurred during the height of the Cold War.

Argento's film comparatively takes place in a bubble with little exterior context beyond also being set in Germany.

The remake also offers up a more in-depth and complex story re: the witches, whereas the original is almost an entire hour shorter and therefore considerably more simple and streamlined.

Aesthetically, Argento's film is famously extremely colourful and neon-tinged, while the remake strips this all away to be considerably more muted and oppressively "dull" - albeit intentionally so.

And then there's the music - Italian prog-rock band Goblin provided a discordant score for the original, while Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke's work on the remake couldn't sound much more different.

This is a refreshing example where both movies are fantastic, albeit in radically different ways.