Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino has scaled back Argento's 1977 original cult horror, making a more introspective version that plays out like a muted fever-dream.
It's a far cry from the original's bombastic excess and plays on chilly haunts rather than abrasive scares.
Like the original, this relatively simple tale is set in a cold-war Berlin during the 70s.
An urban coven of witches operate out of a famed dance academy, which not only acts as a perfect cover but also conveniently provides them with the necessary dance routines which feed directly into their rites and rituals.
Tilda Swinton cuts a striking figure as the head of the coven, Madame Blanc. But while she is visually chilling there is no single antagonist to pin your fears on. Rather, it is the coven as a whole that provides a brooding sense of dread. Especially when the doe-eyed dancer, Susie (Dakota Johnson), pirouettes headlong into their clutches.
