There are two wolves inside of me. One wants to watch Barbie movies from the early 2000s. The other wants to watch the new horror film.
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Gate of Hell 1953
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What awful times we live in.
There’s a lot one could say about this film from the colors (those fabrics) to the violence to the class conflicts to the crushing weight of social customs to the fatal blow of machismo meeting sexism but I am mostly struck by Kesa. The film opens with an act of courage on her part (one for which she is not rewarded and in fact loses her life for) and ends with one as well. Throughout it all, her steadfast courage holds her and the film with it.
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Pandora's Box 1929
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Though modern iconography has them with scales, tails, and dripping sexual allure, as often presented in mythology sirens were feathered bird women who promised knowledge and relief (things a worn out Odysseus might have been craving). As for Pandora, though her myth is that of the “woman dooms mankind forever” variety, her box did also contain hope as a way for humanity to persevere.
Is there hope in Lulu’s box? Perhaps, but it’s hard to tell if that’s won out…
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The Shiver of the Vampires 1971
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Cannot overstate how much I adored the little lesbian Renfields. They served, took nothing seriously, did 95% of all the work in the film, and got a happy ending. What more could you want in a film?
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MadS 2024
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My poor body!
Bad shit finds you on the worst day. Stops your car, demands to get in, infects your life going forward. You try to reverse it, scramble back, but it’s in you now.
The party’s just the Masque of Red Death. The crown prince stumbles in, white silk shirt and mouth so red. The ladies of court vie for his heart, the jesters laugh, the music swells but the hum of sweet death, the blood under his nails,…
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