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

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Audio Commentary For I LIKE BATS By Kamila Wielebska, Actor And Co-Editor Of A Story Of Sin: Surrealism In Polish Cinema The film was released theatrically in its native Spain in August 1974 as Los Ojos Azules de la Muñeca Rota. The film was released theatrically in the United States by Independent-International Pictures in April 1976 as House of Psychotic Women.

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Up first in the set is the Elizabeth Taylor-starring 1974 thriller Identikit– also known as The Driver’s Seat in the very short theatrical release the film received in the US – and immediately we’re thrown into female madness at its most bizarre and weirdly intoxicating. Boasting one of Taylor’s wildest performances and complete with the kind of nerve-shredding emotional pain that the beloved actress was so talented at depicting, the film follows a clearly mentally disturbed woman arriving in Rome during a time of great violence fueled by the autocratic government. Her mission is unclear and the jagged cutting between the past, present and possible future further complicates matters. And when the climax arrives, it’s like a fragmented brain having a moment of clarity before turning inward fatally. Finishing up the extras on the disc is a trailer for Penny Slinger: Out Of The Shadows, menus and chapter selection options. Playing out wish-fulfillment through fictional characters can save us from living out similar scenarios with our real bodies. Janisse has often talked freely about being a teenage delinquent, one who believes that watching films like “Over the Edge,” starring a young Matt Dillon, gave her pause. “There was a recognition there in terms of, ‘OK, I’m like this and it would be very easy for me to cross over into being very bad, but I have to make choices,'” she said. “You can get some vicarious thrill out of the fact that characters are living out this extreme fantasy, but you’re also able to reflect on the consequences.” It's a film about memory, identity, and how well any of us can trust our own perception. In this way, it reminds me of "Mulholland Drive" (2001) and "L'Avventura" (1960). The aforementioned are better films, but "Footprints" is worth watching for the wonderful cinematography by Vittorio Storaro (this release contains a lengthy interview with him) and a killer performance by Brazilian actress Florinda Bolkan, who also stars in "A Lizard in a Woman's Skin," among many other eurotrash films that I've immediately added to my watch list. Balkan's cheekbones could cut a bitch. "The Other Side of the Underneath" "The Other Side of the Underneath" is the only British feature film of the 1970s solo-directed by a woman. If this image doesn't convince you to watch it, I don't know what will.House of Psychotic Women” levitates above the niche sub-genre of autobiography through cinema. Layers of knowledge, confession, and imagination mingle to produce a narrative that invites re-reading and re-interpretation. On one level, it is a memoir of personal trauma expressed through horror heroines everywhere from classic horror to giallo to exploitation to more arthouse fare like Robert Altman’s “Images.”Yet author Kier-La Janisse‘s book — intriguingly subtitled “An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films”—reaches beyond both autobiography and cinema to conjure a space where collective female neurosis is a sane response to insane circumstances.

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In 2017, Janisse and producer Andy Starke of Rook Films pitched a television series based on the book at the Frontieres International Co-Production Market. [22] Film work [ edit ] it becomes apparent that watching these films, and writing about them, is an act of solidarity in and of itself; a provocative means of dispelling the threat their subject matter poses to us. I also think that my interest in them…is a vicarious means of revenge for what my mother experienced in front of me all those years ago. The Corruption of Chris Miller; The Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll; Singapore Sling; Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly; The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here!; Martyrs; Images; 3 Women; Sisters Severin has also included the Extended Workprint Version of the movie, which runs roughly twenty-four minutes longer at one hundred and thirty minutes in length. The trimmed down feature version is likely going to be more palatable to most viewers, but it’s great to see both cuts included here.Based on film critic Kier-La Janisse’s acclaimed memoir of the same name, House of Psychotic Women is the dramatized tale of a 15 year old horror fan named CARLY who is abandoned to the child welfare system in 1980s Winnipeg after a suicide attempt. Introduction To THE OTHER SIDE OF THE UNDERNEATH By Kier-La Janisse, Author Of House Of Psychotic Women A six minute introduction By Kier-La Janisse (sporting an excellent Jamie Gillis shirt) starts the extras off. She offers up some welcome detail on Muriel Spark’s life and career as well as some thoughts on Elizabeth Taylor’s character and what she goes through in the film. For those of you who have already read House of Psychotic Women, the massive exploration of female neurosis in horror and exploitation films, then you may already be familiar with a couple of titles in this new box set. I’d be remiss not to mention that each film in this set offers its own unique representation of female madness, perfectly coupled to the book but also giving added weight to Janisse’s exacting analysis. And if you haven’t received the hint already, all four films contain the kind of confrontational imagery that the book excelled at depicting both visually and mentally. Kier-la Janisse's encyclopedic