Poor Things (Lanthimos 2023)

Poor Things cause quite a stir on the film scene when it was released. While not exactly horror it is definitely bizarre and has some macabre and fantastic elements, so here we are to discuss it. We had mixed feelings about this film but if nothing else, we appreciate the big swings it took in terms of stylization, acting, and narrative.

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SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE

Poor Things (Lanthimos 2023)

Forrest Gump (Zemeckis 1994)

It Follows (Mitchell 2014) very minor spoilers

TOPIC INDEX – Poor Things  (Lanthimos 2023) (times are approximate) 

0:30 – Introductions

4:00 – Film discussion begins

4:30 – genre

5:30 – SPOILERS section begins

5:30 – recap of events

19:00 – born sexy yesterday trope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_Sexy_Yesterday

21:00 – continuum of relationships

51:00 – indulgent hedonism vs detached practicality

1:01:45 – God Godwin and daddy issues

1:03:30 – grading the film using the Collective Nightmares Evolving Rubric of Social Responsibility

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“Horror films are our collective nightmares.”

Episode 128

Keywords

sociology, horror, suicide, born sexy yesterday, frankenstein, sexuality, macabre, grotesque, sex work, jealousy, possessiveness, pleasure, cruelty, misery, life course, fetus, infant, tabula rasa, Freud, disillusionment, sex positive

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