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For this special Thursday edition of Movie Night, I’m fulfilling two long-standing horror requests. First up is Don’t Look Now (1973), which centers on a married couple (Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland) grieving the death of their daughter. They meet a pair of mediums who bring them a spooky message from the afterlife. Then her ghost starts appearing. They try to communicate with her, and things just get spookier. Director is Nicolas Roeg, whose David-Bowie-as-an-alien saga The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) we watched a couple of weeks ago. This is considered one of his better films.

Second is Altered States (1980), concerning a scientist (played by William Hurt) who comes up with some convoluted drug concoctions to induce heightened states of consciousness. His reality begins to unravel as he increasingly submerses himself in his hallucinatory binges. Weird stuff ensues. What’s real? What’s just a dream? I guess we’ll find out. Or will we? Director is Ken Russell, who is otherwise best known for witch-hunt movie The Devils (1971), which we previously watched.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

  • Don’t Look Now: https://letterboxd.com/film/dont-look-now/
  • Altered States: https://letterboxd.com/film/altered-states/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

  • Don’t Look Now: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/9406
  • Altered States: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/12245

CWs for Don’t Look Now:

  • Nudity.
  • Sex.
  • Blood and gore.
  • Ghosts.
  • Gaslighting.
  • Alcohol abuse.
  • Stabbing.
  • Seizure.
  • Death of child.
  • Death of parent.
  • Destruction of child’s toy.
  • Shower scene.
  • Vomiting.
  • Spitting.
  • Hospital scene.
  • Violent mentally-ill person.
  • Shaky cam.
  • Fat jokes.
  • Drowning.
  • Sad ending.

CWs for Altered States:

  • Sexual assault: one of the early hallucinations, lasting a few seconds, seems to imply this, though it’s presented in a vague, dreamlike fashion.
  • Drug use.
  • Animal abuse.
  • Deaths of animals.
  • Animal corpses.
  • Snakes.
  • Cutting of flesh.
  • Someone is burned alive.
  • Seizure.
  • Someone falls to their death.
  • Death of parent.
  • Jump scares.
  • Shower scene.
  • Vomiting.
  • Audio gore.
  • Needles.
  • Claustrophobia.
  • Body horror.
  • Flashing lights.
  • Sex.
  • Nuclear explosion.
  • Blood and gore.

Links to movies:

  • Don’t Look Now: https://tankie.tube/w/5wjYVt6j6HhSUEHaDtJSH1
  • Altered States: https://tankie.tube/w/dfqYJw1hfD7iQi8wYiFiwi