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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 2h

I don't think Questa Verde Real Estate, Inc. did too well after this

caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 4h

Also thinking about the simple but effective symbolism of the dead pet bird in POLTERGEIST, being dug up by the contractors -- dead things not staying buried, surfacing literally and figuratively

(also, I'm watching POLTERGEIST)

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 3h

I have not actually

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 3h

YES

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 3h

God Tangina's speech about the afterlife and "the beast" is so fucking chilling, it's so good. The subtle way the score shifts. Tobe Hooper remains godlike

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 3h

The graveyard scene is when it really comes home that the real villain, as always, is capitalism

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 3h

The sound design really makes me wish I could have seen this in the theater

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 3h

Haha yeah even during the funeral the dog was like "oh man oh man I can't wait to eat that bird"

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 3h

Being PG and having that whole "guy tearing off his face in big sloppy chunks" scene is some real 80s shit

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Sam Reader, Antiochean Pope @strangelibrary.com · 3h

The entire movie is essentially an argument God is having with Kinderman over his own belief and cynicism, and the beautiful part is that he never has to abandon that cynicism and world weariness to believe. He just needs to understand its place in his life.

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 3h

Agreed. The dream sequence in this movie is probably my favorite ever.

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 3h

You ain't kidding

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 3h

This movie has some great glimpses into the parenting style of the decade. Oh our kid just got almost eaten by a tree? Eh we can just leave him here by himself he's fine

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 4h

That's the simplest answer but I don't think it's the true one.

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 4h

Imagine if Scott and Flanders had played those roles in the first one and had those scenes. Bliss

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 4h

Oh for sure. You especially see it in THE NINTH CONFIGURATION in how strangely witty everyone is (except for Kane)

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 4h

This is about Exorcist III if that's not clear

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 4h

Also dad saying "that big old tree is here to protect us" a day or two before it literally tries to eat him. Lying about Santa Claus has got nothing on this shit

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 4h

We see the parents getting stoned in an early scene; do you think that played a part in the decision to buy that fucked up clown and put it in a chair facing the kid's bed

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 4h

Also thinking about the simple but effective symbolism of the dead pet bird in POLTERGEIST, being dug up by the contractors -- dead things not staying buried, surfacing literally and figuratively

(also, I'm watching POLTERGEIST)

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 4h

"Hey did you know some Christians are hypocrites?!" for 95 minutes a week

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 4h

"Death's not a popular idea, Father, it's not a winner."

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 4h

Do you think when Kinderman (George C. Scott) repeatedly says "it's very late," he's obliquely referring to his own mortality, or the state of the world (the end times), or both? It's something I think about a lot, especially in the context of his conversations about God with Father Dyer.

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 6h

hell yeah

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A Scanner BOO!ly @ascannerburkely.bsky.social · 12h

I've made this essay free for the Halloween season. I hope you find something of value in it and consider supporting my film and fiction habits!
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