Girl Meets Freak
Total trash! I’m not sure I loved it
Movie Discussion: Bryan Forbes’ The Stepford Wives (1975)
Girl Meets Context: Throughout the month of May we will be watching 1970s films about cults and conspiracies – from covens of witches to New Age self-help groups to neo-Pagans. This week we watched The Stepford Wives, Bryan Forbes’ adaptation of Ira Levin’s best-selling novel (note: Levin also authored Rosemary’s Baby). Forbes actually passed away this … Continue reading
Movie Discussion: Ken Russell’s The Devils (1971)
Girl Meets Context: Throughout the month of May we will be watching 1970s films about cults and conspiracies – from covens of witches to New Age self-help groups to neo-Pagans. This week we watched Ken Russell’s controversial art film. Based both on Aldous Huxley’s 1952 book The Devils of Loudun and the subsequent John Whiting play from … Continue reading
Movie Discussion: John McNaughton’s Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
Girl Meets Context: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer was made in 1986 but remained unreleased until 1990 because of its controversial content. The movie is a low-budget docudrama about a pair of mass murderers who are thinly-veiled fictionalized versions of Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole. The film follows Henry, played by Michael Rooker, a laconic … Continue reading
