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I was re-watching one of my favorite movies the other day and realised that I couldn't think of another movie that comes close to portraying fear and horror from a woman's perspective.
I'm not just talking about the fear of the creepy-crawlys or giving birth to some kind of monster, that has been overdone in so many movies. It's almost a cop-out nowadays to show that; a way of covering all the bases. Albeit it does play a part in the story, it's just too easy to throw that in, ya know?
What impressed me the most is how the writers and director were able to incorporate other facets like abandonment, fear of losing control, fear of the unknown, fear of the loss of a loved one, etc. into the story. Many of the deepest and darkest horrors that would affect a woman. Then at the end when *she* was the one who had to kill the person she had fallen in love with? Whoa, talk about really giving the screw an extra turn...
That, folks, is why Cronenberg's version of The Fly is in my top 3 horror movies of all time. I still can't think of another movie that comes close to hitting so many different fears told from the female perspective.
stew
I was re-watching one of my favorite movies the other day and realised that I couldn't think of another movie that comes close to portraying fear and horror from a woman's perspective.
I'm not just talking about the fear of the creepy-crawlys or giving birth to some kind of monster, that has been overdone in so many movies. It's almost a cop-out nowadays to show that; a way of covering all the bases. Albeit it does play a part in the story, it's just too easy to throw that in, ya know?
What impressed me the most is how the writers and director were able to incorporate other facets like abandonment, fear of losing control, fear of the unknown, fear of the loss of a loved one, etc. into the story. Many of the deepest and darkest horrors that would affect a woman. Then at the end when *she* was the one who had to kill the person she had fallen in love with? Whoa, talk about really giving the screw an extra turn...
That, folks, is why Cronenberg's version of The Fly is in my top 3 horror movies of all time. I still can't think of another movie that comes close to hitting so many different fears told from the female perspective.
stew
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