House of Psychotic Women (Paperback): An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films

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At the time it was made, the anti-psychiatry movement — which loosely argued " carceral psychiatry punished rather than helped the patient" — was in full swing and embraced by many political radicals. Horror cinema, because it’s so extreme, does become a place where we can face all the things that give us anxiety, whatever those things are, because there’s obviously many, many different types and sub-genres that are all focused on different types of fears,” she said. In the surreal 1986 Polish horror-comedy I LIKE BATS, a vampire discovers that love may be the cruelest curse of all.

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From 2005 to 2010, Janisse made a series of unofficial music documentaries, referred to by video artist Hope Peterson as “bibliodocs,” as they featured exclusively pre-existing footage with contextual intertitles or voiceover narration.Films covered include The Entity, The Corruption of Chris Miller, Singapore Sling, 3 Women, Toys Are Not for Children, Repulsion, Let's Scare Jessica to Death, The Haunting of Julia, Secret Ceremony, Cutting Moments, Out of the Blue, Mademoiselle, The Piano Teacher, Possession, Antichrist and hundreds more! If you've been reading this blog for a while or have listened to my podcast, you've probably heard me mention "House of Psychotic Women" many times over the years. Named after the book by author Kier-La Janisse, who curated the set and provides filmed introductions for each of the four pictures in the collection, the set provides high definition home video debuts for each of the four movies contained herein. While the ideas never quite coalesced for me, there was a valiant attempt to craft Isabelle as a character who challenges social taboos, which I respect. She co-founded Montreal microcinema Blue Sunshine in Montreal with fellow programmer David Bertrand in 2010.

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She also deserves points for confronting the question about the subtle scars that we may invite by turning to such films for entertainment. Without anything else to do, she heads back home where she finds the remains of a turn up postcard from the Garma Hotel.

Shadow definition is a bit limited because of the damage, yet that’s not due to any digital tinkering.