on the trail of the disturbing, part II

[nematoddity]

Had to sit up for a couple hours tonight, trying to breathe, to tire myself out so shortness of breath won't bother me. So I'm picking up where we left off...

5. Last House on the Left. In 1972, a florid little film emerged from a new director, Wes Craven--who also wrote the piece. There is a rumor that he was so horrified by our soldiers' actions

Comments

[ambershadedlens]

Is odd how I recently ran across someone talking about Eraserhead. Seems like a movie that I need to track down.

[nematoddity]

It's...not for everyone, I'll be honest. At times surreal, at other times psychotic, illustrating a world that is almost, but not entirely, unlike the one we live in, made abhorrent by the very things we recognize as tame and banal...David Lynch had a gift, even back then.

[mutaytedjoe]

The French film Man Bites Dog should be on this list. Documentary crew follows a serial killer around. . .at some point they begin helping him. It starts with a simple "lift the feet, for me, would you?" (dumping a wrapped up corpse). When the main character ends up in a "one-up" murder contest with a rival serial killer with relatives as the victims, things get really interesting.

[nematoddity]

Interesting. I'd heard that was a good film, but not why. I'll see if I can track it down.