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Category Archives: Surrealism
LUZ: Confession, Obsession, Repression
Demonic obsession as obsessive love as Catholic confession as surreal head-trip
KOKO-DI KOKO-DA: Repeating Trauma, Performing Grief
This Scandinavian psychological horror examines grief with an unsettling plot about two parents attacked by a sideshow trio, over and over.
Down a Traumatic Rabbit Hole in SAINT BERNARD
Gabe Bartalos offers a strange new vision of madness with his wild film SAINT BERNARD, finally available via Severin Films.
Father Son Holy Gore’s Interview with FX Legend Gabe Bartalos
Father Gore talks with director and FX wizard Gabe Bartalos about his latest film, the utterly insane SAINT BERNARD.
[Essay] “Waking up, is it?”: Childhood Trauma, Repression, and Freud’s Uncanny in POSSUM
The debut feature from Matthew Holness is a terrifying trip into the trauma of a wounded man.
Room 104 – Season 2, Episode 6: “Arnold”
Arnold wakes up, soaking wet, and tries to piece together how he got to Room 104.
Room 104 – Season 2, Episode 5: “Woman in the Wall”
Catherine visits Room 104, where she’s confronted by the disembodied voice of another woman— who could she be?
CAM: This (Postmodern) Woman’s Work
CAM tells the story of a woman divided against other women, divided against herself.
Kidding – Season 1, Episode 9: “LT. Pickles”
Jeff begins to have a breakdown. Or, is it a breakthrough?
THE SLAYER Walks a Fine Line Between Art and Life
1982’s THE SLAYER is a Video Nasty, and it’s not amazing, but it’s so much more, too.
FASHIONISTA: Consumerism, Identity, and Mental Health
Simon Rumley’s FASHIONISTA is an allegorical tale of the effects consumerism has on the individual.
