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Black holes and alien bodies
I enjoy exploring the curious intersections of art and sexuality, so I had a delightful treat recently reading Charles Burns’ graphic novel Black Hole (Pantheon Books, 2005). The plot is fairly simple:...
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My Favorite Movies: Freaks
I was recently inspired (largely by Roger Ebert’s “Great Movies” series) to start a weekly series of posts devoted to what constitute “my favorite movies.” This is a multi-purpose idea: to probe into...
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Uzumaki: Spirals and Sanity
[The following was written by both us as part of the Film Club over at the horror blog Final Girl; go check them out. Also note that spoilers are abundant, like spiral patterns in an otherwise normal...
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Francis Bacon scares me
Tonight I was reading about Francis Bacon’s Study after Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X, and the painting itself really, deeply started to creep me out. It’s not hard to see why: Bacon fucks...
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Demons and disability in Jacob’s Ladder
Not long ago, I wrote a piece about Adrian Lyne’s nightmarish horror movie Jacob’s Ladder (1990), starring Tim Robbins. I thought, and continue to think, that it’s an uneven movie whose meandering,...
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Gross horror and pleasant anime: two great tastes that taste…odd together.
[This post is written by both of us in support of the Japanese Cinema Blogathon for Japan earthquake and tsunami relief, hosted by Cinema-Fanatic and Japan Cinema. Check them out and please donate if...
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In Heaven, Everything Is Fine
In Lynchland, though, it’s a different story altogether. That’s because this week’s entry in The Film Experience’s Hit Me With Your Best Shot series is David Lynch’s bombshell of a first feature,...
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American Narcississt
By Andreas More than any of the countless grisly murders, this is the moment in American Psycho (2000) that really creeps me out. Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is having wild sex with two...
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Ten Scary Simpsons Moments
By Andreas [This list is being crossposted on the terrific Simpsons-centric blog Dead Homer Society. Go check them out!] “Cool, she’ll be a freak!” – Bart To have an annual Halloween episode is one...
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