Join X and his special guest, Mark Scofield, as they provide stunning DVD commentary for Dario Argento’s 1977 nightmarish classic, “Suspiria.” Most of it is a complete lie, of course… and the language is terrible. Someone should wash out this commentary’s mouth with soap. This commentary is not for impressionable folks, that’s for sure.

Everyone else should cue up their copy of “Suspiria,” hope that everything syncs up and listen along with X and Scofield.

original location

Welcome to the Tanz Academy, where strange colors and gruesome murders await you. Your first class of the day will be a real killer, so take notes because the instructors will be giving commentary on the 1977 Italian gorefest, Suspiria. You might have come to learn ballet, but you’ll instead get lots of film details, lewd observations, various subtexts revealed, and an uncomfortable amount of ridicule aimed at the most unfortunate of folks. And if that’s not enough… it’s got Udo Kier! After the feature, stick around for the usual chatter from Matt and Jason on what they’ve recently seen on DVD. Sure beats meeting up with… THE LIVING DEAD!

Is Hell behind that door? No, silly, it’s just our episodic Flickr pics!

Warning: These files have had silent stretches edited out, so they DO NOT sync with the movie. Frankenstein is the first of their commentaries where it is possible to maintain sync.

Italy: Dario Argento, 1977

My first commentary, this was very much a learning experience for me, and although there are a number of moments that don’t work quite as I planned, I am overall quite happy with the results. The version used, unsurprisingly, is the full 98-minute uncut version (94 minutes for PAL releases). The commentary is split into two sections, so that those who wish to burn audio CDs of the tracks will not have to split the commentary themselves.

I would recommend running the film at a low level of volume in the background when you listen to this commentary. The audio files themselves contain full instructions on how to synchronize the commentary with the film.

This track has a rather stilted feel to it, mainly because most of it was pre-written with very little deviation from the initial script. I hope to make my future commentaries more spontaneous.

The recommendation he makes is Kinoeye.org, but it’s unavailable.