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[petronia]

Finally over the hump vis workload. =_=; Went to the 9:30PM Fantasia showing of A Tale of Two Sisters, and narrated the story of The Uninvited to Tania in the car afterward, in the interest of sharing the pain. (T is a wuss and thus invites torture. She didn't so much watch the movie as huddle through it while her boifurendo kindly blocked her eyes; an improvement on Ringu, where she put on headphones and played music loudly so she couldn't hear what was happening onscreen.) Anyhow, A Tale of Two Sisters is gothic horror in the tradition of "The Turn of the Screw" - I think that's the only Henry James I honestly like ^^; - beautifully shot, with heavy Freudian psychosexual subtext and a classic "Asian horror" style. Ringu to the despite, in most of these films the supernatural is birthed by the human heart: no less substantial for being manifestations of repressed guilt/fear/desire. CLAMP does this a lot too, which is probably why mental crossovers are so easy. XD (The themes and action of this particular movie are disturbing to me personally; Subaru probably wouldn't like it much either.)

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[nekokoban]

... dude, I've actually SEEN A Tale of Two Sisters. XD The unfortunate thing is I remember it almost humorously, since I was watching it with a bunch of people from my anime club, and well. The part where she's looking under the sink?

Jose: "Something's SO gonna reach out and grab her."
[it does]
Jose: [SHRIEK]

... I think that's the only time I screamed during a horror film, and that was more out of surprise than anything.

/dumb, sorry

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Oh, the entire movie theatre (packed, 500-plus people) laughed through it. ^^; Which is a sign that it was a truly frightening movie, actually; there comes a point where the tension is ratcheted so high you have to dissipate it somehow, by screaming or giggling nervously, and given the choice the Fantasia crowd will always take the laughs, because we are hardcore genre geeks and thus Too Kewl To Scream. XDDD It freaked my mother out the one time she went - Miike Takashi's "Audition", and the more the girl dismembered and tortured, the more the crowd laughed. She came back and was like, "FREAKS! PSYCHOS! WHY DO YOU HANG AROUND WITH THESE PEOPLE? O_O"