Part of the main reason why Suspiria is so good is the beautiful, lavish colour patterns and artsy decor. If this is undoubtedly going to be remade, do you think they're going to show some decency and follow the same trend and use techni-colour or something similar to create the same effect?
Maid: Will you be home for dinner, Wendy?
Wendy: How the Hell should I know?
-Prom Night (1980)
The cameras do not exist anymore
shareTrue, but the technology exists to replicate the look. "Red Velvet" is a recent horror film that has "Suspiria"-like colors in it. And even so, with the computer technology they have today, they can always go back and do the coloration in the editing process. You can color-correct anything nowadays.
shareThey would probably use a digital substitute for technicolor.
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Suspiria was shot on regular 35mm film (anamorphic), not in Technicolor (a process using monstrous cameras and three separate film stocks), however the prints were made using a Technicolor developed dye-transfer system resulting in very saturated, unique, and bleeding colors. Suspiria was one of the last films to use that process.
But the look was really determined by the lighting which involved huge lights shot through heavy colored fabrics. Being that it was shot using film and lenses far less sensitive to light as what we use nowadays, it should be easier to do, though that kind of "in camera" craftsmanship is seldom relied on. On larger budget pictures the DP and director are encouraged to play it safe stylistically and let the computer do most of the work. Sometimes they get it right, most of the time they don't.
Of course if you want to sound like a know-it-all too... American Cinematographer did a retrospective on Suspiria in the February 2010 issue. Great interview with Tovoli.