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cipheramnesia · 16 hours

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I know you talk about movies and TV shows on here a lot, so I'm not sure if you've already a secret this, but do you have any recommendations for things on canabalism? Or werewolves

The cannibalism genre is huge, and you could probably write a book on it. Obviously my favorites are The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 (the originals, none of the remakes, reboots, whatever). They're two sides of the same strange coin with underlying themes of classism and the deep rot at the core of US nationalism. Along with Night of the Living Dead around six years prior, the original TCM was one of those movies that marked a paradigm shift in horror film.

But meanwhile, there was a huge lurid explosion of cannibalsploitation movies. I don't know most of them very well. Like, I've seen Motel Hell and Blood Diner, The Hills Have Eyes movies, but they didn't do a lot for me. Once you start getting to the end of the 80s, directors seemed to start getting an inkling of the satirical or symbolic value of the cannibal, and that's where some really interesting work happens, for example Parents (1989), the absolutely iconic People Under the Stairs (1991), and a left field one from me personally - Auntie Lee's Meat Pies (1992) - which feels almost accidentally anti-capitalist / anti-authoritarian.

One thing about this period is that for the most part there was an associate of cannibalism with being rural and poor (People Under The Stairs and Parents are notable and very interesting exceptions). A degree of the horror lies in humans eating humans, but in a modern lens these old exploitation films tap into other feelings, finding an undercurrent of anger which comes from the way it's so often poor and rural people literally consuming wealthy or privileged people. The cannibals of these movies were often dirty, or old, or fat, or horny. They were loud and obnoxious and tacky - and their victims were so clean and thin and pretty and wealthy. There's no doubt a lot of the exploitation movies in that whole late sixties to early nineties period weren't exactly made with pure intentions, but many of them hit that "eat the rich" sweet spot in a way more recent movies don't.

But anyway, also starting in the 1990s was the shift towards the idea of cannibalism as something transformative - human flesh went from a staple of the poor and disenfranchised, and started to be a luxury item, or something which marked those who consumed it as special or even elite, sort of kicked off by Silence of the Lambs. However, if you want a more interesting example, Ravenous is a fun watch, and has a lot to unpack going on - both for the good and for the bad. It's one of those movies where you'll find a degree of the mythologizing also start to appropriate first nations culture and in particular a figure which isn't meant to be spoken about just in general. Prior to this, there was already a habitual use of "native people" as "savage cannibals" in the exploitative way, but this was where it swung over to the other side of the horseshoe, to stereotype any sort of pre-colonial people's have having a unique and ritualized consumption of human flesh that separated them from white, western colonizers.

Anyway, that takes us up to recent stuff, which is probably too close to see a clear pattern. People are still making the same movies as before, but some of the more interesting modern approaches where cannibalism is in the context of things like coming of age, or finding a place in the world are Raw and Bones And All. These two takes merge some of the original models of cannibalism being a trait of the underprivileged, but having elements signifying it as a unique experience which allows it to serve as a stand-in for the feeling of transition to adulthood, or being someone who is socially othered in some way. A few others which I think have some interesting takes, but maybe not enough to get into detail, are Flesh, We Are What We Are, Feed Me, and Bloody Hell. Most recently, and probably the best new cannibal movie in ages, is Lowlife, which you can find on Tubi.

Anyway, uh, quick off the cuff werewolf take is that there's not really a perfect werewolf movie which in no particular order should have a bipedal werewolf with a wolf head (not human-like) and is queer. Some movies which are a mixed bag are An American Werewolf In London (great writing, terrible wolf design), The Howling series (cool werewolf design, terrible writing), Ginger Snaps 1+2 (should be queer, isn't), Wolf Cop 1+2 (okay writing, okay design, missing the queer), and Late Phases (good writing, so-so design).

Here are the three that you should watch: Dog Soldiers has peak werewolf design, a really interesting concept, and solid writing. Probably your best bang for the buck in terms of cool werewolf fighting time. Bloodthirsty is peak queer werewolf movie writing, with very little actual wolf. It's beautiful and meditative and I love it. And of course the all time greatest werewolf movie ever: Company of Wolves. More of a dreamscape painting than movie, what it lacks in wolf design it makes up in beauty and depth of psychosexual exploration.

#horror movies #cannibalism #werewolves

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ghouljams · 6 months

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*Wazzup Ghostface voice* what’s your favorite scary movie?

Scream easy.

Top 5 scary movies are:

Scream

The Love Witch

The Ritual

My Bloody Valentine

The Thing(original)

Honorable mentions to: Midsommar, Halloween(original), Nightmare on Elm Street(original), and Last Night in Soho

#ghoul speaks #im a horror fan #these movies dont scare me but i do love them #also the original texas chainsaw massacre is fun #great for analysis #i fucking love horror

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sludgewolf · 1 year

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Horror Night

Rodrick Heffley x Reader

Warning: foul language, may be ooc

Disclaimer: do not copy, repost, take or feed to AI or NFTs anything I post

Masterlist

This was his idea, he wanted to act as your knight in shinny armour when you got scared by the movie

He takes you to his room and slam the door on Greg's face when he wanted to come along

Rodrick isnt a scared cat but also not a stone faced bitch

but between you two he's the one jumping up at any jumpscare

he tells you he really undertestimated how scary some of the movies you picked are

Rodrick laughed so hard when Jason threw the teen around in the sleeping bag like a sack of potatoes in the second movie

he will try to be smooth and have his arm casually drapped over your shoulder, even if you're taller, and as the night progresses it transitions into a full on hug

he shoves his face on the crock of your neck and squeezes you whenever he gets scared

You make fun of the way the characters run from the monster, specially that girl in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre that ran too slow while being chased by Bubba

You end up falling asleep somewhere between the Halloween bad sequels and the reboot

You wake up to Rodrick drooling on his pillow while still keeping an arm around you

#rodrick heffley #rodrick heffley x reader #diary of a wimpy kid

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i-drop-level-one-loot · 7 months

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You watch slasher movies? I haven't done so in years (much to my disappointment), got any recommendations, classics, popular, underrated, anything really?

I knew I hadn't watched them in a long time, but it wasn't till I had to try and write something based on classic slashers, that I realized how long its been since I consumed that kind of content.

My only plan so far is that I need to watch The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Alright, Pandora, it depends on your tastes, and what you look for in a "slasher" ❤️

As you may remember, I fucking love the OG the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and when I got pretty bad last month emotionally I watched it on repeat for two weeks straight. However, if you go in for a regular slasher film you will be disappointed. The first movie is incredible, focusing on amazing shots and atmosphere for nearly the entire first half. It's less of a slasher as we would come to know the genre, and more of an artistic film centered around the horrors of humanity. The series is a wonderful mess of multiple timelines and little continuity, but the sequels better fit the slasher archetype. The best sequel (imo) is the one directly after the first, and it's a black comedy slasher, focusing more on the kills.

Now, slashers ❤️

If you're a nerd and want to experience the slasher history, then before Halloween (which still holds up) there was Black Christmas, and before that the Town that Dreaded Sundown.

The Town that Dreaded Sundown is based off a true serial killer, and unlike TCM which is loosely inspired by Ed Gein, a lot of the kills (except the trombone scene) are based on actual murders, with his mask accurate to the only real world survivor's testimony of her assault. It's very slow pace, and with how desensitized we are as a society you might find it boring, but if you ever get a phonecall from Ghostface, then you have to know the Town that Dreaded Sundown. Fun fact, his mask also inspired Jason's mask from Friday the 13th part 2!

Black Christmas is awesome! I'd recommend it more than Sundown, because of pacing, characters, acting, and overall atmosphere. I love my second wave feminism horror (Stepford Wives (mwah)), and it did a lot better with it's feminist themes than the loose remake from 2019 that tried to be intentionally feminist (ignore the 2006 remake entirely, so bad, so lame, so gross). It did the first person perspective of the killer nearly four years before Halloween's iconic opening. It introduced the idea of the final girl, but she wouldn't become a sexually repressed younger woman until Halloween solidified the trope. It has some great kills that still hold up, and Billy is iconic. I really feel the only reason why he isn't more well known in non-horror spaces is because he doesn't have a mask or outfit that can be replicated and sold in Spirit.

After that we have our most well known slashers, and they're popular for good reason ❤️

A Nightmare on Elm St, Friday the 13th, and Halloween spawned sequels that spiraled off into varying degrees of madness, but still have fun moments.

After the success of Friday the 13th (and the realization of the franchise-ability of slashers) there were a lot of slashers that tried to capture the money magic of the first few success stories. Not all of them were great, but a few notable slashers imo are My Bloody Valentine and the Dentist.

Although Candyman is often lumped in with slashers, like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the first movie is more than a traditional slasher. I recommend the first one as a beautiful love story about the horrors of American racism. It's score is still incredible, the behind the scenes are so interesting, and Tony Todd is absolutely beautiful. Such an amazing actor. (Not so) Fun fact: Tony Todd said in the behind the scenes that there originally was a romantic scene where Helen proclaimed her love for Candyman, but they were forced to cut it, because "they were okay with a tall, black man covered in bees.. but, mm, when it came to a kiss, or something like that, it was a little bit too risque..." ( :/ )

(Please please please watch Candyman)

Then the best, or worst (depending on your views), thing happened to the genre; Scream.

One of the best slashers there is, it isn't the first self referential, meta horror (see Wes Craven's New Nightmare), but it did change the slasher genre for a very long time. It was a revival for the genre, since it was declining in popularity by the early 90s. However, post Scream horror was very meta. See Chucky's personality changing from the occasional funny quip, to Bride of Chucky levels of silly (still love him tho). Of the terrible horror trying to copy Scream, I'd recommend Urban Legend over I Know What You Did Last Summer. It was a shame, just how silly a lot of scary movies got back then, trying to be as smart and self aware as Scream was.

But my favorite (outside of Scream) meta horror slasher film is Behind the Mask: the Rise of Leslie Vernon ❤️ took meta to a whole new level, mockumentary style, a camera crew follows a wannabe slasher killer explaining how to be a slasher icon.

I've watched too many slashers to remember all of them right now, but if you want really meta black comedies, Tucker and Dale vs Evil isn't a slasher but a loving joke on the genre, and the Final Girls made me laugh and cry like a little bitch.

A lot of slashers since the late 90s have drifted closer to the black comedy sub genre. Killers that kill for the sake of killing are often B-rated blood fests, that can be great for mindless fun but not so great for box office gains, especially in our current horror renaissance. Slashers don't fit in to the current horror culture. Serial killers aren't scary for desensitized audiences, and the mindless gore expectations set by older slasher films have created a pretty specific genre setup and pay off (dumb people who only exist to die get brutally murdered). It either has to be B-rated mindless fun (Laid to Rest 1 and 2 had terrible camera work and directing, making even incredible actors like Lena Headey feel lackluster, but the practical effects are so impressive I'd recommend it just for the blood and guts (and bewbs)), or comedic (the Hatchet series has great cameos, genuine laughs, and more impressive practical effects, but with good cinematography and directing (still bewbs)). Slashers that don't lean in to how ridiculous the concept of slashers are and try to take themselves seriously often end up falling short, either creating boring killers with no personality or trying to force a plot into a generic slasher shaped hole.

This does include most remakes of slasher movies, as a lot of slashers were remade in the early 2000's with less interesting characters to be killed off by the slashers. The remake of Candyman was an exception, because even though it wasn't as good as the original, it did go back to it's non slasher roots, learning from the mistake that was the third Candyman.

TLDR:

Non slashers that are considered slashers because of the slasher sequels/iconic murderers:

the Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Candyman

Child's Play

Best Precursor to the genre:

Black Christmas

Popular Classics:

Halloween

Friday the 13th

a Nightmare on Elm St

Pre 90's Slashers that I recommend:

The Dentist

Sleepaway Camp (it's divided on whether it's problematic or interesting representation)

Alice, Sweet Alice

My Bloody Valentine

Post 90's meta commentary/black comedy:

Scream

Behind the Mask: the Rise of Leslie Vernon

Hatchet

The Final Girls

Tucker and Dale vs Evil

There are obviously a lot more, but these are a few off the top of my head ❤️

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beaft · 2 years

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recommend some horror?

aha!! i am glad you asked (no really, i am, thank you for giving me the opportunity to be loud about my favourite genre). here is a non-exhaustive list of some of my personal favourites:

books

-the ballad of black tom by victor lavalle (retelling of lovecraft's "the horror at red hook" by a black author, i could talk about this one for hours suffice to say it's Very Good)

-pet semetary by stephen king (i have a love/hate relationship with mr king but i think this is one of his better books)

-the haunting of hill house by shirley jackson (actually, just about anything by shirley jackson, my personal favourite book by her is "we have always lived in the castle")

-beloved by toni morrison (it's not exactly horror, but i have to put it here anyway because it's too good not to)

-things we say in the dark by kirsty logan

-tell me i’m worthless by alison rumfitt

-house of leaves by mark z. danielewski (i detest this book. yes it's still one of my top favourites and no i will not be taking questions at this time.)

-my heart is a chainsaw by stephen graham jones

-literally anything by robert aickman

movies

-pan’s labyrinth (historical fantasy-horror, visually stunning, one of my favourite movies of all time)

-lake mungo (australian found footage horror about ghosts and grief)

-the texas chain saw massacre (not as gory as the title might suggest)

-the wicker man (the original version, unless you’re in the mood to see nicolas cage at his nicolas cagiest)

-jacob’s ladder (beautiful, eerie, hallucinogenic, you will not know what’s going on for most of it and that’s honestly kind of the point)

-carrie (the sissy spacek version NOT the one with chloe moretz)

-the ritual (it's not a perfect movie but the creature design is WONDERFUL)

-alien (grr! i'm gonna getcha! i'm the alien! and so on)

-nosferatu (both versions are excellent, but i am particularly partial to the 1979 one with klaus kinski as the vampire)

-whistle and i’ll come to you (unsettling short film based on an m. r. james story)

-hereditary (this one's best if you go in blind, but i realise that’s probably difficult since a lot of it has been memed to hell and back)

-the thing (sci-fi thriller/body horror movie set on an isolated arctic research base)

-don't look now (based on a daphne du maurier short story; light on the horror but heavy on the uncanny)

-cabin in the woods (comedy-horror) okay this one is kind of a guilty pleasure for me but it does have some clever moments and it’s genuinely very fun to watch

-silent hill 2006 (another guilty pleasure, it is very much not a good movie but also i've seen it like 7 times, so.)

-ginger snaps (the close relationship between a pair of misfit sisters is tested when one of them starts going through puberty, and also incidentally becomes a werewolf. similar vibes to jennifer's body although i personally prefer this one)

-penda’s fen (startlingly ahead of its time – it’s basically a coming-of-age story about a gay teenager in rural england with a tasty slice of religious/folk horror)

-crimson peak (love letter to the "gothic melodrama" genre)

-us (i personally preferred it to get out, but they’re both amazing; i haven’t seen NOPE yet but i hope to soon!)

tv shows

-castlevania (based on the video game, vampires + religious horror, gorgeously animated, unexpectedly funny)

-the terror (true-ish story of a doomed voyage to the north-west passage) (the demon bear may or may not be historically factual) (we just don't know)

-twin peaks (idk if it counts as horror but i’m putting it here anyway. it’s not for everyone but it occupies a special place in my heart)

-in the flesh (again, not quite horror, but there are horror elements, and i am putting it here because it’s both a pleasingly original take on the zombie-apocalypse genre and a beautiful queer love story. it got cancelled halfway through its run and i will never stop being salty about it.)

-the enfield haunting (three-part tv drama) (much better than the james wan movie) (not that that’s hard)

podcasts

-the magnus archives (do not ask me about this show unless you're prepared to hear me yell about it for Ever and Ever and Ever)

-alice isn't dead (lesbian trucker searches for her missing wife amidst various spooky happenings)

-a scottish podcast (washed-up radio DJ decides to become a phony paranormal investigator to make some extra cash, but his scheme goes awry when he stumbles on a genuine paranormal event)

-i am in eskew (man attempts to leave city, is unsuccessful)

message me if you want trigger warnings or a more detailed description for any of these!

#horror tag #replies #recommendations

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franki-lew-yo · 7 months

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not to be a shill but ya'll are kicking yourselves if you don't watch free!Tubi this month to get your horror and/or spoopy fix. There's so much stuff on there that's not garbage or at least fun!!

Currently They Live, The Fog and Saw are on their way out so watch those ones before they vanish. Seriously this site had Get Out on it for a bit for free!!

Personal recommendations:

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

Paranorman

House on Haunted Hill

Suspiria

The Wolf House

Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic

The Babadook

The Wicker Man

Hellraiser

Allelujiah! The Devil's Carnival

Blood Tea and Red String

Not for me but good:

Re-Animator

Children of the Corn

Evil Dead 2

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Phantasm

So hyped to watch:

Forbidden Zone

Cannibal! The Musical

The Love Witch

The Toxic Avenger

Sorry to Bother You

Let the Right One In

Bubba Hotep

Memories

The Happiness of the Katakuris

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

Godzilla, King of Monsters

Heard good things about but no immediate interest on my part:

The Stepford Wives

Tale of Tales

Train to Busan

Magic

Lair of the White Worm

Planet Terror

Death Proof

The Wailing

Dog Soldiers

The Stuff

Troll 2

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

Return of the Living Dead

Sleepaway Camp

Donnie Darko

Housebound

The Girl with all the Gifts

Ringu

Cube

The Frightners

definitely not going to watch but probably fun to know for more hardcore horror junkies:

Enter the Void

Be My Cat: A Film for Anne

Martyrs

The Poughkeepsie Tapes

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Ichi the Killer

The House that Jack Built

Antichrist

Dumplings

Inside

Threads

Audition

The Hills have Eyes

The Belko Experiment

The House of the Devil

We are the Flesh

Shivers

From Beyond

Baskin

Lake Mungo

The Stepfather

The even have all of Hilarious House of Frightenstein and the original Scooby Doo but also Death Note (subtitled) and Masters of Horror.

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wanderingnork · 3 months

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Baldur's Gate 3-Inspired Horror Movie Recs

Ah, Baldur's Gate 3. The heroic fantasy dating sim where you can seek adventure, romance, and glory as a character of your own design...while encountering an endless parade of terrors that would make the strongest horror fan cringe. From giant cosmic horror brains to armies of undead, from murder cults to haunted houses, your hero has a lot to overcome. They've got a lot on their mind...and in it, since the mind flayer tadpole chewing on their brain is the first horror they encounter!

If you enjoyed the horror of Baldur's Gate 3, here's a list of movie recommendations inspired by the various terrors on display in the game.

Want more of the cosmic terror, slimy organic architecture, and body horror provided by mind flayers? Check out The Void. A romp of practical effects showing off so very many slimy, icky monsters, body horror, and eventual cosmic horror.

Do you enjoy the zombies, ghouls, and skeletons wandering through the game? Watch the original Night of the Living Dead. You'll see where all the undead horrors of Baldur’s Gate began!

Love Raphael and all of the devils of Hell? Look into John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness. The movie throws open the gates to a marvelously weird, gross, and very much damned hell. Not as sexy as Raphael, for sure, but genuinely horrifying.

Did you think the haunted house questline for Oskar was fun? I suggest Crimson Peak, set in a haunted house full of lies, terrifying ghosts, and dead love.

Grossed out by the myconids' spore servants and fungal body horror? Watch the movie Gaia, where an entire forest is part of a single massive fungal organism...which likes to colonize human visitors as well.

Fascinated and terrified by Auntie Ethel? You might enjoy Pumpkinhead, a tragic tale featuring a witch in a hut in the woods whose gifts come with a terrible, terrible price.

Found yourself delightfully claustrophobic on the Iron Throne? Be amazed by Underwater, all about explosive tension, high pressure, and rapidly depleting air tanks as an oil rig crew tries to cross the ocean floor.

Lingered too long in the shadow-cursed lands? Go visit Silent Hill (2006). you’re in for a fiery ride through a gloomy, shadowy, monster-filled, utterly corrupted dimension. You'll meet evil doctors, undead nurses, creepy children, horrifying cultists, and more!

In love with all things Bhaal and Dark Urge? You may also enjoy Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). Just like Bhaal's temple, the movie is full of blood, body parts, mass murder, a fucked-up family, and a healthy dose of cannibalism.

(Previous Recommendations)

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #horror recs #the horror tag

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zalrb · 1 year

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Scream VI Review (since anon asked)

OK. So, the thing about the original Scream movies is that the meta isn’t contained to a couple of info dump scenes where someone explains the rules of the movie they’re in and rattles on about the wider trends in media.

It’s inherent in the dialogue and in the choices the movies make. Billy is pressuring Sidney to have sex and says that they’re “edited for TV”

and uses film ratings to describe his frustration

then when Sidney decides to do something risque, we don’t see it because Scream is “editing their relationship for TV”

when they discuss who the killer could be, Tatum uses Basic Instinct as an example of how a woman can be a killer

it’s in the fabric of the movies.

this scene

is like any other scene in a horror movie, it doesn’t have the irony of a scene like this

because this scene is simultaneously making fun of and paying homage to horror movie tropes with the added layer of Jamie Kennedy going “Jamie watch out” when yelling at the TV because it’s Jamie Lee Curtis onscreen.

Having a shrine with evidence from the other movies in a movie theatre with dialogue like this

isn’t enough.

Playing Red Right Hand at the end when it played at the beginning of the first movie while the mask burns onscreen isn’t really much of anything, like I think the shot and the callback is great

especially because it’s as if Richie directed the movie of his sociopathic family dying at the hands of their victims who are the children of Billy, like I get all of that but it didn’t really stay with me because for the most part, Scream VI is a generic horror movie that isn’t funny, which is another problem. The original scream trilogy was also funny.

Like, if you’re talking about things are bigger in a franchise, in keeping with the spirit of Scream, that should be made fun of in this movie, where things get progressively more ridiculous and outrageous and bloody that I laugh out loud,

Because throughout the first three Screams (maybe even the fourth too) there were so many meta jokes that contributed to the irony and the breaking of the fourth wall. Besides Tori Spelling playing Sidney

after Sidney made a crack about it

while the clip of Stab makes fun of the choices made in the first Scream movie, thereby poking fun at Tori Spelling as well as at themselves

with LUKE WILSON playing Billy??

There are also things like, at the time, David Arquette (who plays Dewey) and Courtney Cox were together so having him say this line referencing David Schwimmer who is Courtney’s onscreen brother in Friends is like haha

The thesis of this installment is character assassination

and it’s done in such a generic way and it would’ve been more interesting to really lean into how serial killers are immortalized and glamorized in society and the victims have to fight to be heard but ANYWAY when Scream 2 wanted to make a commentary on being desensitized to real world violence because of film, and the way reality and fiction bleed together, it does it in a very ham-handed way but it’s outrageous and entertaining and still rooted in film

and the debate happens in the first 20 minutes

the debate about sequels doesn’t stay within the confines of the Scream/Stab universe

they actually pay homage to other movies as characters

and I think the fact that the Scream franchise was also a franchise in love with movies, which made it fun and witty and smart got lost when KW stopped writing for the movies, which is why I’m always “meh” about them now. Like the villains of this one are a family of serial killers and NO ONE is going to mention Texas Chainsaw Massacre??

Man, I miss my meta.

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purebl00d-witch07 · 6 months

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as Shakespeare once said, “hello” :)

this is officially my first post on here! here's a preview (?) on what's to come:

fandoms *⁠･⁠゜☆ﾟ⁠.⁠*⁠･⁠｡ﾟ

first things first, you'll want to know that this is a multi-fandom blog, so you'll see stuff from a lot of different fandoms. some of these are listed below.

[current main fandoms in red]

harry potter

the grishaverse (mostly six of crows)

hannibal (movies and tv)

pirates of the caribbean

call of duty (no, i haven't played it but i am obsessed with the lore and characters)

slasher/horror fandoms (house of wax, halloween, texas chainsaw massacre etc)

stranger things

marvel cinematic universe

dead poets society

the addams family

edward scissorhands

sweeney todd

corpse bride

miss peregrine's home for peculiar children

(fandoms are not limited to these, ofc. these are basically what i can think of rn about my interests)

topics I'll probably talk/post abt *⁠･⁠゜☆ﾟ⁠.⁠*⁠･⁠｡ﾟ

my aesthetic(s): includes gothic (of any sorts, mostly vampire and Victorian), dark/gothic academia, gothic greencore, dark naturalism, dark royalcore, slytherin (because I'm a slytherin, shocker)

writing: my original pieces, all the stuff I've come to know abt it, tricks i use, prompts etc, etc.

psychology: various mental health topics, mostly criminal psychology because i am enamoured by our mind.

my culture: the many perks of coming from a Brown/Desi family, as well as being a Muslim girl (no, not an extremist).

memesssss: in short, i love memes :D

celebrities (!): i have soooo many slightly older celebrity crushes and i just have to post about them (to name a few: tom felton, mads mikkelsen, ben barnes, freddy carter etc)

my edits (!): i make stuff online! it's mostly things like phone/desktop wallpapers, posters/t-shirt designs, aesthetic collages. all the fun stuff we like for obsessing over fandoms. i don't currently have a place for them to be monetized/supported, so i suppose i could do it here.

some other stuff abt me *⁠･⁠゜☆ﾟ⁠.⁠*⁠･⁠｡ﾟ

unpublished author

gothic

fangirl & bookworm

brown/Desi, Muslim (again, not an extremist)

hard rock, alt, goth & metal music fan

introvert (intj-a)

straight, she/her

obsessed with (criminal/forensic) psychology, english literature, and almost everything artistic

ofc, these aren't the only things I'll be talking about here. there will be many (many) posts about music, and other small pleasures of life. do look out for them :) my works are always tagged with "the pureblood witch's crafts" from this account. my artwork will also most likely have a watermark with my alias "Athena Fontaine".

if i am inactive here, pls do remember that I still have to go to school and am quite busy with a lot of other things. i may have scheduled posts or things like that, but i do not promise them. along with the need to be powerfully independent, i also need good grades.

any violence or hatred towards anything or anyone will not be tolerated. i allow constructive conversations, but that does not mean you get to abuse that and overdo things.

hope you enjoy my content :) *⁠･⁠゜☆ﾟ⁠.⁠*⁠･⁠｡ﾟ

#mental health #nbc hannibal #gothic girl #harry potter #six of crows #my interests

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i-am-thevoid · 4 months

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hello!! we don't talk like at all but as a fellow horror loving metal head transexual

a horror movie you want to recommend to people

a horror movie that stuck with you for weeks after you watched it (give a reason if youd like to)

a horror movie you like that a lot of people dislike

the best/your favorite horror movie plot twist

favorite horror movie of all time <3

Hi!!! i fuckin love that horror loving metalhead transexual!!

sorry for this being so late im busy as fuck rn

1. Blood Quantum (2019) its soo good and shout out to indigenous horror movies please make more its awesome

2. The Remake of Candyman (2021), its so good for a remake and i love how it includes the original, and also touches on the modern injustices that black people face. also the special effects look amazing and theyre practical! the visuals and shadow puppet segments are AMAZING and the THEMES.

3. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) i fuckin love it its so silly and fun and i know a lot of people hate on it, you can pull choptop shenanigans out of my cold dead hands i love him also its so cool visually like everything looks so awesome, also like chainsaw fight <3

4. Saw (2004) i know this is basic but i just think its so fuckin funny how he just lays there the whole time and tbh i wasnt expecting it the first watch through.

5. Psycho (1960) will always be close to my heart, i dont know what it is about it but its always my favourite

#the void answers back #horror movie ask game #that i am VERY late at answering 💀💀💀💀#to be fair i havent had internet for a bit and shit like.

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thessalian · 7 months

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Thess vs Cosplayers

The one thing I didn't talk about when I was talking about MCM Comic Con was the cosplayers. I generally enjoy watching the cosplayers for a number of reasons. I mean, obviously it's just generally fun to see how into things people get, but also it's a good way to gauge general trends in terms of characters etc. So I look out for the stuff I know and go from there.

Critical Role was obviously very heavily represented, cosplayers spreading their efforts over all three campaigns. However, I think Vox Machina got the most overall coverage, and there were a lot of instances where you could tell when someone was doing the TLoVM versions and when they were doing the original campaign version. I think Keyleth and Scanlan got the most overall coverage from the Vox Machina campaign, with Vex, Vax, and Percy not far behind. I saw a couple of good Pikes and exactly one Grog. Also one Arkhan, one Delilah, one Sylas (not a pairing) and a Raven Queen. Oh, and two Trinkets, leaving aside the Vexes who were carrying Trinket plushes (or in one case, had a specially made Trinket-shaped wheelchair rest). For the Mighty Nein, Jester was entirely the front-runner, followed not-very-closely by Yasha, Caleb, and Mollymauk. There were more Veths than Notts, if you see what I mean, and one of the Veths was with her partner, who was dressed as Yeza. I saw a couple of Fjords, a couple of Beaus, and one Caduceus. For NPCs, apart from the aforementioned Yeza, there were a few Esseks and an awful lot of Avantikas. Also one Professor Thaddeus. Then there were Bell's Hells, and Laudna was the clear leader on that particular scoreboard, with Imogen a relatively close second. A fair few Ashtons, some with exceptionally good headpieces and even better hammers. A few really nicely done Fearnes. One Orym, one Chetney, and while I didn't see anyone specifically cosplaying FCG, there were a couple of people who made puppet-FCGs. Thinking about it, I even saw a couple of Bertrands. And, while not directly CR cosplay, one Deadpool cosplayer who had a Gilmore's Glorious Goods bathrobe on over their costume for the CR group photos.

Of course, with the popularity of Baldur's Gate 3 and the entire cast being present at MCM Comic Con, there were a lot of Baldur's Gate 3 cosplays. In terms of which characters got the most attention, Astarion won by a country mile. Marion actually expressed a bit of surprise at Astarion's popularity just because she'd been given to understand that he was a bit of a shit, and then I had to explain the concept of a "poor little meow-meow" and that Astarion was basically Zevran Aranai but amplified ... and then I had to explain Zevran and I finally just gave up and stuck with "Sometimes they like the shitheels and also his cosplay is one of the easiest to do". Anyway, there were some really impressive Astarions. Runner-up was Shadowheart, and Karlach was a distant third. I saw a couple of Gales, one Halsin, a really impressive Lae'zel, and I think a Minthara. Also a few people I'm pretty sure were cosplaying their own Tavs, and the most impressive fucking illithid costume I could have imagined. Wyll and Jaheira were not represented anywhere that I saw, which is a shame. I did see an Isobel, though. And I would have loved to see what some of those cosplayers did with Dame Aylin, but not that I saw this year.

Going more into the generalities! On the subject of video games, there were a few Links and Zeldas, a lot of Princess Peaches and a fairly impressive number of Marios and Luigis. (There was a steampunk Mario and Luigi pairing that was really cool.) There was the Classic Horror Quartet - a group consisting of Freddy Kreuger, Ghostface, Jason, and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre person. I was really gratified to see an Aloy. There's this one elderly couple who has been at MCM Comic Con every year I've been there, and they do the most impressive Warhammer 40K cosplay - the "We put their picture in our advertising for the convention" kind of impressive. (And those two have to be in their sixties at minimum so anyone who says this shit is only for kids needs to get a clue.) These were not the only WH40K cosplayers, but the most impressive - though there was someone in White Templar cosplay that did give them a bit of a run for their money. Obviously a lot of One Piece, given the live action series coming out. A few Disney princesses (and one Snow White's Wicked Stepmother circa 1937). A lot of Spider-men, obviously, of varying iterations - a couple of Spider-Punks, a gratifying number of Spider-Gwens, and so many different iterations of Spider-Man from Across the Spider-Verse.

Side note: between that and the penis-bearers who cosplayed Deadpool in body-stocking instead of crafted body armour, I desperately wanted to hold a sign recommending that those people look into the concept of a dance belt. So many dick-prints. A few avoided it by doing like Miles Morales in the earlier parts of Into the Spider-Verse and wearing shorts over their tights, but the rest ... yeah. So many dick-prints.

Star Wars, obviously. A couple of Leias, a few Reys, and SO MANY MANDOS. Mostly Din Djarin, obviously, but the occasional Boba Fett, Bo Katan and Sabine Wren. A few Anakins, like maybe two Obi-Wans, a couple of Heras, one really impressive Kanan, one equally impressive Ahsoka, one Dagobah-training-montage!Luke with a Yoda backpack puppet, and like two Revans. Also a lot of Darths, but not necessarily all the ones most people know about. I mean, sure, a fair few Vaders and a couple of Mauls, but also Darth Malgus and one really impressive Darth Nihilus. There were also several members of Imperial military, including a Moff Gideon complete with Darksaber and an Assistant Director Krennick. There were a couple of more generic Star Wars aliens too - a Duros bounty hunter and a couple of impressive Twi'leks.

The one thing that felt almost conspicuous in its absence? No Dragon Age. No Mass Effect. I mean, we had a couple of Homestuck characters and we didn't get one Morrigan or Zevran or Varric? Maybe all the cosplayers are waiting for DA4. Good luck to them; Bioware seems to be having another of those Development Hell moments.

Anyway, there was way too much great cosplay to list it all, and I probably missed some good ones along the way, but those were the highlights for me - well, the recognisable highlights, since there were a lot of really impressive cosplays but since I'm not huge into most anime I have no idea what they were cosplaying that was so impressive. And no, there are no pictures. I thought about it, but honestly, trying to balance cane and camera felt like a lost cause and they probably would have come out badly anyway.

#mcm expo

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fuckyeah-jessicabiel · 10 months

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Jessica Biel for Interview Magazine, November 2003 - Interview by James Van Der Beek

SHE'S FRIGHTENED OF BIG SPIDERS, BUT THAT HASN'T STOPPED THIS ACTRESS FROM SLASHING HER WAY TO THE TOP OF THE HORROR-FILM GENRE BY JAMES VAN DER BEEK PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROBERTO D'ESTE

She ruled the teen airwaves for six years as one of the WB network's young, sexy soap stars (she still occasionally revisits her series, 7th Heaven, now in its eighth season), but lately Jessica Biel has been focusing on feature films. To talk about her role in the just-released, much-anticipated remake of the grisly cult favorite The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, we set Biel up with ex-WB col- league and co-star in last year's The Rules of Attraction, James Van Der Beek.

JAMES VAN DER BEEK: Hello?

JESSICA BIEL: Hey, James. How are you?

JVB: Very good. You know, this is my first interview. I'm excited.

JB: Being on the other end, it's got to be strange.

JVB: I don't know. I've never done it before. [Biel laughs] So where are you-L.A.?

JB: No, I'm in Vancouver.

JVB: Oh, right. You're up there for Blade [III].

JB: Yes. I've been here for two weeks, and we don't start shooting for another two. I'm working out like a maniac. I work with a trainer every day. and I'm learning martial arts and archery.

JVB: Wow. You are going to kick ass.

JB: And I'm on this nutritional plan-no salt, no sugar, no bread. Just some fruits, every vegetable you can think of, lean meat, and water. They say they want me to have a six-pack stomach, but I think they really want me to have a twelve-pack. [both laugh] But it's fun getting paid to work out.

JVB: Let's talk about The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It's got a big buzz around it, huh? And it's got such a cool trailer. What made you decide to do it?

JB: Well, I was skeptical about doing it at first lbecause it's such a cult classic and-

JVB: -Had you seen the original?

JB: I had. I'd seen some of the sequels too, and I was not a fan of those. I was worried that this was going to be another sequel, but I met with Marcus Nispel [the movie's director], and he wanted to remake it in all its 1970s glory, but also update it. Then I read the script, and I was surprised by how well written it was. And when I found out that Michael Bay was one of the pro- ducers, I was ready to jump on board.

JVB: There are all kinds of horror movies coming out these days with a lot of talented, creative people behind them. It seems like there's a horror renaissance.

JB: I love horror movies.

JVB: What are some of your favorites? Are there some that scare the crap out of you?

JB: Poltergeist [1982], The Shining [1980], The Exorcist [1973]. Oh-Candyman [1992]! I was terrified by Candyman. Have you seen it?

JVB: No. I'm a wimp when it comes to scary movies. That's one of my deep, dark secrets.

JB: Well it's out now. [both laugh]

JVB: When you're on the set making a movie like that, can you get a sense of "Wow, this is going to creep the hell out of people?"

JB: Sometimes. And sometimes it was even scary for us.

JVB: You were out on location, right?

JB: We shot on a stage once, but everything else was on location in Texas, in the middle of nowhere. Even going to the Porta-Potti was ter- rifying. [Van Der Beek laughs] Not only were you afraid of something or somebody coming out of the woods, but the spiders down there were the size of my palm.

JVB: Well, everything's bigger in Texas. [both augh] Tell me about your character.

JB: Her name's Erin, and she's the glue that holds everybody together. She's compassionate and kind of mothering. She tries to save all her friends, though they end up getting killed anyway. [laughs] What's really cool about her is she has a will to survive and the strength to fight. She's not a victim. She's a strong, pissed-off young woman.

JVB: Oh, I can definitely see you playing that. [Biel laughs] I'm going to have to see this movie now. I'll go with Heather [Van Der Beek's wife]. She'll hold my hand.

JB: My boyfriend gets scared at horror movies too. He hides his eyes sometimes.

JVB: I've never actually done that, but I do look away from the screen. "Okay. That's the side of the theater. This is just being pro- jected." [Biel laughs] Now, how long have you been acting?

JB: I started 7th Heaven when I was 14.

JVB: Was that your first gig?

JB: I had done a few commercials.

JVB: Had you done any other work, like theater or singing?

JB: Growing up, I did lots of plays in Boulder and Denver. I remember thinking, This is fun! I can really do this! My parents were amazing. They said, "Okay. Let's go for it." I took some classes, and I performed at a competition where casting agents and managers from all over the country came in to see the kids in my area, and I won a scholarship to an acting school. Then I came out to L.A. for pilot season-I came out for pilot season three years in a row, and in the third year, 7th Heaven happened.

JVB: Did you realize how big it was to get a pilot that was picked up?

JB: I never really thought it would happen. I remember my manager saying "this won't get picked up they almost never do but you'll do it and it'll be great to put on your résumé."

JVB: Now, a series is a dream come true, and every actor wants to work, but at some point, the series inevitably becomes less fulfilling. How many years into 7th Heaven was it before you started to think, The grass might be greener somewhere else?

JB: Probably around the third or fourth season. I knew this character so well, and I wondered what it'd be like to try something else. Did you feel that with Dawson's Creek?

JVB: For me, it got to a point where the characters were getting older, and a lot of things that happen to people the age that we were playing could never be covered on the show because of the time slot and because of what the show had become. It felt like we weren't able to tell the truth anymore, whereas when we first started, we felt like there were no limits. Now, when we were making The Rules of Attraction together, early on we had a difficult scene together-the one after we had sex, and I'm on mushrooms and you just nailed it.

JB: Thank you.

JVB: So, I was wondering, how do you pre- pare? What's your process?

JB: It's different every time. For that scene I tried to think about what it would feel like to be used. When I feel comfortable, as I did in that situation, my emotions come out. I accessed the guilt I've felt in my past, applied it to the guilt that my char- acter was feeling, and it just kind of happened.

JVB: I remember being blown away by how proficient you were. You should be proud of that work. But tell me, is there any work you've done that you're embarrassed by?

JB: Umm... [laughs]

JVB: Oh, come on! What?

JB: Okay. When I was about 11, I did this 15- minute short that the filmmakers wanted to take around like a pilot and say, "This is our idea for a movie. Here's a quick taste." It was a musical that involved all the fairy tales, like "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Hansel and Gretel." But it was a bit off: I played Gretel, but my name was Regretel. And for some reason, I was painted blue. [Van Der Beek laughs] And all these slightly off fairy-tale characters were fighting each other. So what hap- pened was this little animated guy who looked like a calculator-his name was Diggy Digital- popped out of this boy's computer and saved the town. Then we all sang this song called "Digital World." [Van Der Beek laughs] That's not all! Afterwards, I went out to dinner with my parents, and I was like, "This is the best thing ever. I'm going to be a superstar!" [both laugh hysterically] Oh, God, I'm really going to regret saying this.

#jessica biel #james van der beek #chris evans #interview magazine #articles #2003 #magazines

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Get to Know Me

Tagged by @twin-nebula !!

A scent you love:

Black Pepper. Yes it still makes me sneeze. It's So worth it though.

What’s something you’re looking forward to this week?

I'll be going to the local Farmer's Market this weekend to meet up with some friends, and I'm really looking excited for it!

What’s a book you’re currently reading?

The Stormlight Archive, I'm......RIGHT at the start of Oathbringer. I REALLY need to start actively trying to put time into it again....

What’s a game you’re currently playing?

I play FF14 weekly, but I've also more recently (the last few months) gotten into TomeNET, and I've been REALLY enjoying it. I didn't expect to get SO sucked in, especially since it's so old, but the gameflow really meshes well with my brain, and I've been REALLY loving going through the game world, especially since so many places are recognizable!

What’s the most recent movie you watched?

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (The original) I'm watching through some horror classics with some friends....we all agreed it didn't hold up that great, though.

Are you watching anything on TV or listening to any shows?

I'm going through season 2 of Good Omens very, VERY slowly! I'm very spoiled on it, but I'm watching through it with someone who's going in completely blind, and seeing her reactions is super amusing.

Favorite season?

ABSOLUTELY AUTUMN. It gets cool, there's less rain, it's still bright out mostly but isn't as harsh, I REALLY love fall. Also Halloween.

What’s something you’ve learned recently?

I started looking into more about how different metals are handled/absorbed by the body, partially due to looking into aluminum pans and partially because I was looking into the LD50 of zinc, and then I kind of spiraled from there. It's pretty cool, I think!

I'm tagging: Anyone that wasn't to do this! But especially @epiglottalaxolotl and @toolassistedrat because I want to introduce them to the traditional tumblr joy of fun little tag-post games :>

#personal #words #text #link #seriously though PLEASE if you want to do this #do it!#my words #gosh my tagging systems a MESS

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sibelin · 1 year

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you've probably answered this before, but do you have any horror/thriller movie recommendations? :D

oh hi static ♥

i think i've done a list before but it was a long time ago! i usually recommend the classics (alien/the thing/candyman/hellraiser/halloween etc etc) but i'm pretty sure you already know about them! i tried to make a more original list (with old and recent films) but i'm not sure they're all good recs 😅 here you go :

Eyes Without a Face - it's an old horror classic but it holds up! the imagery is very haunting.

Black Christmas - this one genuinely scared me. it's uncomfortable in the same way a Texas Chainsaw Massacre could be uncomfortable. it has interesting themes and it's also one of the first slashers!

Near Dark - not sure about the end but it's a good 80s vampire film.

Jacob's Ladder - this one is a disturbing psychological horror with absolutely horrific visuals. not for everybody but it sure made an impact on me when i was younger :')

Nightbreed - listen it's not that good but it's fun! lots of clive barkery monsters and a few cool ideas.

A Tale of Two Sisters - it's a good, heartbreaking ghost story.

Ready or not - more on the comedy side, good fun!

Nope - It's spectacular and smart, i really recommend it :)

as for thrillers:

it's a classic but i have to throw The night of the hunter in there. one of my favourite film.

Take Shelter - it's more of a slow psychological thriller, it has good acting and interesting ways to approach its main character.

Green room - okay so this one is really hard to watch. the gore is gnarly and brutal. but it's original and intense.

anything Satoshi Kon! i'd go for Perfect Blue first but it's a very intense film. i'd advice to check trigger warnings beforehand for this one.

Nightcrawler - very interesting subject matter imo!

Parasite but honestly anything Bong Joon-Ho, he's a master in the thriller genre.

#sorry if that's a lot!#i'm bad at making lists 😅#some of these films are probably not easy to watch too :')#thank you for the ask!#what are your favourite thrillers?#ask

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trashmuis · 7 months

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I had a really good birthday today!! ❤️ I watched The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning from 2006 with my husband (honestly liked it much better than the 2003, tho the ending was kinda disappointing) AND the original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre again with my parents (bc my dad had never seen it) and it was fun watching his reactions then i went out for dinner, had some cake, and I got an amazing gift!!! I got...... A POLAROID CAMERA!!!!!! NOW I CAN BE NUBBINS!!! lmao

honestly tho im soooo psyched that I got a polaroid bc I desperately wanted to take some photos of things in my hometown, bc there are some actually beautiful southern goth aesthetics and some gorgeous scenery here, and at some point id like to maybe use it in an art installation. i want to do something representing my culture here in America, and the transition to the Netherlands, via photographs. And polaroid is so tricky to make look actually good but it looks so raw.

PLUS my husband also bought me a new drawing tablet so when I do go over there again, I can actually draw digitally!!!! wooooo!!!

Anyway, i cant believe im 26 now - it's crazy

#everything's coming up monica!#surprisingly!!!#my life #my birthday

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agentnico · 2 years

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Pearl (2022) Review

Plot: Trapped on an isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the watch of her mother. Lusting for the glamorous life she's seen in movies, Pearl's temptations and repressions collide.

Earlier this year A24 released a horror flick called X which was a slasher in style of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and honestly it’s still one of my favourite movies of this year. A creepy old horny lady slicing a chap’s throat and then dancing over his dead body to the tune of Don’t Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult - what’s not to love? So yep, if you’re looking for a fun weird horror movie, X should do the trick. As for Pearl, director Ti West filmed a prequel to X only weeks after completing filming on the original film, hence we now got Pearl releasing in the same year as it’s predecessor. And now a third film has already been announced and being fast-tracked to film. Heck, at this rate Ti West will build up his X cinematic world faster than the Marvel Cinematic Universe! Not that I’m complaining, as Ti West seems to have really found a way of reigniting the horror slasher genre in a way that is familiar yet feels fresh.

Pearl serves as a prequel to X, and revolves around the younger years of the aforementioned creepy old horny lady who sliced and danced her way through X. And immediately what stands out here is Mia Goth’s performance as the titular character. Her tragicomic performance of Pearl wanting to capture her dreams of being famous and being appreciated for her supposed talents, yet in doing so literally killing her way to success, it’s very interesting to watch. For Pearl is, let’s face it, batshit crazy. Absolutely nuts. Definitely one flew over the cuckoo’s nest. But also through mannerisms and all the weird things she does, Mia Goth manages to make the character strangely comical yet also frightening and creepy due to the lengths she is willing to go. Especially there are two scenes, one a monologue and the other a lingering shot during the end credits that really signify how much Goth has thrown herself into this role, so much so that it makes me wonder if Mia Goth is actually sane or not in real life. Then again I am not planning on meeting her personally so I think I am safe.

The film itself is also filmed in that over-saturated Technicolor glossy Disney fairy-tale style, and in some ways reminding me of The Wizard of Oz in like Dorothy, Pearl is being all lovely and nice and nothing could possibly go wro....oh wait, she violently killed a goose and fed it to her pet crocodile. Oh. Oh okay then. But Ti West definitely is having fun playing up to the irony of the fairytale dream in contrast to the psychotic nature of the central character. However when it comes to the story itself, the movie is a bit lacklustre. Don’t get me wrong, the elements of the plot are played out well, like the dysfunctional relationship between Pearl and her angry mother (the latter by the way would have been an amazing Health Secretary during the COVID pandemic, just saying) or Pearl building up towards an audition that she hopes will change her life forever. However none of these narrative are that game-changing or even memorable. The movie for the most part rests solely on Mia Goth’s terrific performance, and to be honest that’s not a bad thing, for Goth as I mentioned is fantastic and eerie in the role.

Overall as a companion piece to this year’s X this movie is very enjoyable and provides enough slasher gore and twisted macabre to make for a fun watch, though I would still say X definitely shines more as the superior horror flick. As for Mia Goth, if she were to get nominated for an Oscar, I wouldn’t be too surprised.

Overall score: 7/10

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