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This Week In Film (7/19/2021 – 8/1/2021)

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July 19, 2021 – August 1, 2021 • Phantom Of The Paradise • Liquid Sky • Curse of Frankenstein • Dracula A.D. 1972 • Return To Horror High • Rambo: First Blood • Cobra • Demolition Man • Stripped To Kill • Night Drive • Scary Movie 3 • Blade Runner 2049 • Space Jam • Blow Out • Born For Hell • Killer’s Delight • Looker • Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage • The Green Knight • As a writer with bouts of depression, procrastination, and perfectionism, of course I’ve been working on a book for what feels like forever. I did an ungodly amount of research about Cannon films and Orion films. The characters in my book were curating battling film festivals. One festival was celebrating Cannon and watching New Years Evil, Lifeforce, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Highlander, Missing In Action, and Masters Of The Universe . The other festival celebrated Orion films and the characters watched Silence of the Lambs, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Caddyshack, First Blood...

Carrie Teaches Us Menstruation Horror Is No Laughing Matter

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CineNiche Graphic Design Purchase poster at Zazzle Brian De Palma's Carrie represents a first in menstruation horror.  This packed phrasing simply means Carrie shows the fears of adolescence through the eyes of a sheltered girl on the verge of womanhood.  The opening sequence features Carrie's first period and through extreme repression at home Carrie has no idea what is happening to her.  All the other girls laugh and throw tampons and pads at her.  In her state of frenzy Carrie has smeared her blood everywhere.  Miss Collins, her gym teacher, comforts her while secretly wanting to laugh as well.  In the principle's office she describes the situation to him and when he sees the blood on Miss Collins he recoils.  Carrie's anger and frustration manifests itself through telekinesis. One could argue that her ability develops out of repression. Without a healthy outlet for her feelings or knowledge of her body, everything bottle...