12/7/2023 0 Comments Cutting moments dvd cover![]() Part 2: Broken Dolls 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 Part 1: Wound-Gatherers The Entity Paranormal Activity Introduction: Have You Got a Magnificent Problem? “Fascinating, engaging and lucidly written: an extraordinary blend of deeply researched academic analysis and revealing memoir.” - Iain Banks, author of The Wasp Factory It may change you.” - Jimmy McDonough, author of The Ghastly One: The 42nd Street Netherworld of Director Andy Milligan Cherish this book, argue with it, throw it against the wall. Nothing like it existed before and certainly nothing since. House of Psychotic Women is an original, singular creation. For her, movies are a matter of life and death. Why? It talks about life and art in an unusual, provocative way. Films covered include The Entity, The Corruption of Chris Miller, Singapore Sling, 3 Women, Toys Are Not for Children, Repulsion, Let's Scare Jessica to Death, The Haunting of Julia, Secret Ceremony, Cutting Moments, Out of the Blue, Mademoiselle, The Piano Teacher, Possession, Antichrist and hundreds more! This sharply-designed book, including a 48-page full-colour section, is packed with 680 rare stills, posters, pressbooks and artwork throughout, that combine with family photos and artifacts to form a titillating sensory overload, with a filmography that traverses the acclaimed and the obscure in equal measure. Named after the U.S.-retitling of Carlos Aured's Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll, HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN is an examination of these characters through a daringly personal autobiographical lens. Unlike her male counterpart - 'the eccentric' - the female neurotic lives a shamed existence, making these films those rare places where her destructive emotions get to play. ![]() Horror as a genre provides the most welcoming platform for these histrionics: crippling paranoia, desperate loneliness, masochistic death-wishes, dangerous obsessiveness, apocalyptic hysteria. Beautifully written, extremely well researched and lush with gorgeous film stills and posters – a masterpiece." - Lydia Lunch, musician, poet, author & No Wave iconĬinema is full of neurotic personalities, but few things are more transfixing than a woman losing her mind onscreen. "High Priestess of Horror Kier-La Janisse has crafted the definitive encyclopedia of female neurosis as depicted in horror cinema and the many ways it paralleled her own trauma zones. I devoured this compelling, surprising, and moving book." - Molly Ringwald, actress, singer and author. ![]() Janisse weaves her own life into an intensely personal exploration of the genre, challenging the reader to reconsider the films in all of their complexity. "House of Psychotic Women is for the horror aficionado as well as the horror curious. Anecdotes and memories interweave with film history, criticism, trivia and confrontational imagery to create a reflective personal history and examination of female madness, both onscreen and off. House of Psychotic Women is an autobiographical exploration of female neurosis in horror and exploitation films. More than 100 new film reviews, extra pages, larger format If you wish to save money by ordering the Regular Edition (with no CD included and no author signature option) you need to CLICK HERE STRICTLY LIMITED 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE CD - Author Kier-La Janisse reads the literary classic 'The Yellow Wallpaper' with original score by Timothy Fife - PLEASE NOTE: the CD will not be available via mainstream book trade outlets ![]() ![]() Buck’s “unbearably intense and enormously moving” (Filmecho) stunner is now scanned in 2k from the original negative for the first time ever with all-new Special Features.EACH HARDBACK ORDERED DIRECT FROM FAB PRESS INCLUDES THE OPTION OF A PERSONALLY AUTOGRAPHED AUTHOR SIGNATURE PLATE When combined into a theatrical feature, this trilogy by writer/producer/director/editor Douglas Buck – whose directing credits would eventually include the SISTERS remake and ‘The Accident’ segment of THE THEATRE BIZARRE – was hailed as “nightmarish” (The New York Times), “like Todd Solondz on crack” (Digitally Obsessed) and “the most chilling portrait of the loss of humanity in the manicured lawns of Middle America ever made” (LA Weekly). Over the course of seven years, three short films about the brutal dissolution of the American family – CUTTING MOMENTS (1997), HOME (1998), and PROLOGUE (2003) – elicited both horrified gasps and standing ovations at film festivals around the world. ![]()
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